Understanding seasonal weight loss tolerance in dairy goats: a transcriptomics approach

Mastitis in Dairy Goats

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Seasonal variations of serum copper concentration in Raeini cashmere goats

The aim of this study is to determine the serum copper (Cu) concentration found in Iranian Raeini cashmere goats in different seasonal and climatic conditions. Twenty four male (6 to 18 months old) and 48 female (6 to 18 and 18 to 30 months old) Raeini goats were selected from the station, rural, and nomadic flocks. The average Cu concentrations among the male and female goats were 0.5 ± 0.04 a...

A behavioural approach to weight loss.

History has led us to believe that if we are overweight we are lazy, we are the problem and we should get off the couch and get moving. Although exercise is extremely important for weight optimization and health, nutrition is often the component that is not addressed correctly and leaves us in a recurring cycle of weight fluctuation and poor health. Recently a study showed that 80% of all worke...

A team approach to weight loss.

Understanding Harim in Architecture with a Phenomenological Approach

Architecture reflects the human perception of their existential relations with the world andtherefore it creates meaningful places. Every place with its boundaries concretizes a Harim, whichis the manifestation of such existential relations. This interrelation between the boundary (Marz)and the Harim may cause us to assume them both the same, but these two are different. Althoughevery Harim has...