British Sheep Breeds as a Part of World Sheep Gene Pool Landscape: Looking into Genomic Applications

DRB1 Gene Patterns of Two Iranian Sheep Breeds

Genetic improvement programs may improve disease resistance in animal production. The best-characterized genetic control of disease resistance and immune response in animals is the one associated with the Major Histocompatibility Complex (MHC). The ovine lymphocyte antigenof DRB1 gene encodes cell surface glycoproteins that initiate immune responses by presenting processed antigenic peptides to...

Sheep breeds in Rajasthanx

b) Numbers. The total sheep population in the Chokla distribution area was 0.53 m according to the 1972 census and 0.511 m according to the 1977 census, thus showing a slight decline. Of these, adult males and adult females were 0.049 and 0.352 m respectively. Chokla is perhaps the finest carpet-wool breed, although most Chokla wool is now being diverted to the worsted sector because of the dea...

Dried bet pulp as a barley replacement for fattening lanbs of two iranian breeds of sheep

Sheep genotyping for PrP gene polymorphisms in rare Greek breeds

L. V. Ekateriniadou, PhD, National Agricultural Research Foundation Veterinary Research Institute, 570 08 Ionia, Thessaloniki, Greece C. H. Panagiotidis, PhD, A. Terzis, BA, T. Sklaviadis, PhD Prion Disease Research Group, School of Pharmacy, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki 54 124 Thessaloniki, Greece A. Triantafyllidis, PhD, P. Deligiannidis, MS, C. Triantaphyllidis, PhD, School of Biolog...

Breeds of Sheep for Commercial Milk Production

Any producer contemplating the prospect of sheep dairying will face the problem of breeds: which breeds or what type of animals to purchase (or develop) in order to have the most economical commercial milk production? The problem is not an easy one to solve because there is not a single breed that combines all favorable traits. Some breeds are better than others in producing milk and others are...