Outbreaks of Type III Parainfluenza among Native Cattle in Pasture

Serological survey for antibodies against infectious bovine rhinotracheitis and parainfluenza 3 viruses among cattle in Iran

Comparative prevalence of Bovine Viral Diarrhea Virus antibodies among native and imported cattle in north of Sistan and Baluchistan- Iran

Background and Aims: Sistan is a major pole in dairy production and genetic resource for the unique sistanian breed in the southeast of Iran. This region has a wide border with Afghanistan and cattle imports are done through this border.  The   main aim of this study was to compare the seroprevalence of Bovine Viral Diarrhea Virus (BVDV) infection rate using direct Enzyme-linked ...

Distribution of Escherichia coli O157:H7 within and among cattle operations in pasture-based agricultural areas.

OBJECTIVE To determine the distribution of Escherichia coli O157:H7 in pasture-based cattle production areas. SAMPLE POPULATION Two 100-km2 agricultural areas consisting of 207 pasture, 14 beef-confinement, and 3 dairy locations within 24 cattle operations. PROCEDURE 13,726 samples from cattle, wildlife, and water sources were obtained during an 11-month period. Escherichia coli O157:H7 was...

Analysing decisions about conserving native pasture

Grazing businesses with a proportion of native grassland may face the choice of reassigning the rights to use an area of native grassland to the public. In analysing this choice it is important to establish the future situation of the farm business with and without the area of land in question, including the possibility of further development of production capacity on other areas of the farm. T...

patterns and variations in native and non-native interlanguage pragmatic rating: effects of rater training, intercultural proficiency, and self-assessment

although there are studies on pragmatic assessment, to date, literature has been almost silent about native and non-native english raters’ criteria for the assessment of efl learners’ pragmatic performance. focusing on this topic, this study pursued four purposes. the first one was to find criteria for rating the speech acts of apology and refusal in l2 by native and non-native english teachers...