The objective of this study was to identify claw lesions causing clinical lameness in lactating Holstein Frisian (HF) crossbred cows in dairy cattle. Seventy dairy farmers were interviewed at the monthly meetings of Progressive Dairy Farmers Association of Ludhiana, Punjab, India. Ten dairy farms were randomly selected as per probability proportional to size and a total of 450 lactating HF cros...

There is little empirical evidence to indicate that dairy cow live weight affects the extent of soil damage at the hoof-soil interface during grazing on poorly drained permanent grassland. In the present study the impact of Holstein-Friesian (HF) dairy cows with a mean (±standard deviation) live weight of 570 (±61) kg were compared with Jersey × Holstein-Friesian (JX) with a mean live weight of...

Kunnayut Eiamsa-ard, Hari Janardanan Nair, Lan Ren, Jianzhong Ruan, Todd Sparks, and Frank W. Liou Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Intelligent Systems Center, University of Missouri, Rolla, MO 65409 Reviewed, accepted August 3, 2005 ABSTRACT Nowadays, part repair technology is gaining more interest from military and industries due to the benefit of cost reducing as well as t...

Rodrigo Borges Fonseca1 Lourenço Correr Sobrinho2 Alfredo Júlio Fernandes Neto3 Adérito Soares da Mota3 Carlos José Soares4 1DDS, MS, Graduate student at Piracicaba Dental School, State University of Campinas – São Paulo, Brazil. 2DDS, MS, PhD, Professor at Piracicaba Dental School, State University of Campinas – São Paulo, Brazil. 3DDS, MS, PhD, Professor at Dental School, Federal University o...

Chang-Hun Park, M.D., Kiyoung Yoo, M.D., Ki-O Lee, M.T., Sun-Hee Kim, Ph.D., Ki-Woong Sung, Ph.D., and Hee-Jin Kim, Ph.D. Department of Laboratory Medicine and Genetics, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul; Korea Hemophilia Foundation, Seoul; Samsung Biomedical Research Institute, Samsung Medical Center, Seoul; Department of Pediatrics, Samsung Medical Cent...

There is a paucity of information about the nation's local governmental public health agency (LPHA) workforce. Without additional research, crucial questions about the individuals providing front-line public health services remain unanswered. Current national efforts to develop a public health workforce research agenda must include strategies for collecting basic data on local governmental publ...

Unit for Human Reproduction, 1st Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece, Department of Reproductive Medicine and Gynaecology, University Medical Centre, Utrecht, Netherlands, Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Division of Gynaecological Endocrinology and Reproductive Medicine, University Clinic of Schleswig-Holstein, Campus Lue...

A new method is presented for hydrophone calibration using the Khokhlov Zabolotskaya Kuznetsov (KZK) equation. Simulated and experimental on-axis finite amplitude distortion time waveforms and frequency spectra are compared. The hydrophone calibration up to 100 MHz is estimated for two different hydrophones.

Plasma thyroxine (T4), triiodothyronine (T3) and iodide levels were measured from birth until 30 days of age in 17 Holstein x Friesian (HF), 7 Salers and 7 Charolais calves born at term. The response of plasma T4 and T3 levels to bovine thyrotropin (TSH) injection was also compared in two groups of 9 HF calves 3hrs and 21 days, respectively, after birth. In the HF calves, plasma T4 and T3 level...

We analyze an extension of the Rothschild-Stiglitz model with ambiguous loss probabilities and ambiguity-averse consumers to determine whether there are adverse or advantageous selection equilibria. We show that non-increasing absolute ambiguity aversion is sufficient for adverse selection. We show generally that actuarially fair pricing is also sufficient for adverse selection and that advanta...