Lamb waves are frequently used in nondestructive evaluation and are proposed for structural health monitoring applications. While many numerical methods to obtain dispersion curves for Lamb waves have been developed and implemented, in general they are time consuming and do not lend themselves to analyses involving the perturbation of parameters such as the small thickness and wave speed change...

Spoilage of meat has remained a serious challenge in developing countries. The objective of this study was to evaluate the beef and lamb meat quality from supermarkets and shops in summer and winter season. Beef and lamb meat were stored at 4±1 o C during 5 days and test for microbiological properties, oxidation stability, and color properties, in beef and lamb meat. Samples were collected from...

This paper reports genetic parameters for lamb survival and mortality traits on sheep farms in New Zealand. Lamb survival and mortality records were obtained from 38 flocks (103,357 lambs) from 5 yr of lambing data (2007 to 2011) and include many breeds and their crosses (predominantly Romney, Perendale, Coopworth, and Texel). A number of models were tested, all including environmental weather ...

Data on antifungal prophylaxis in paediatric cancer patients at high risk for invasive fungal disease (IFD) are scant. Intermittent administration of liposomal amphotericin B (LAMB) has been shown to be safe and effective in adult patients with haematological malignancies. We prospectively evaluated the safety and efficacy of prophylactic LAMB at a dosage of 2.5 mg/kg twice weekly in children a...

Data collected on 3256 lambs born to Horro and Menz breed ewes single-sire mated to 71 rams at the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) Debre Berhan station between September 1992 and June 1996 were analysed for rates of survival and growth from birth to weaning. A significantly lower proportion of Menz lambs died before 1 year of age (28%) than the Horro lambs (59%). Least squares...

the aims of this research were to estimate of genetic parameters for pre-weaning traits and lamb survival in iran-black sheep. for this purpose 6344 records for birth weight (bw) and lamb survival (ls) and 5264 records for weaning weight (ww), average daily gain (adg) and kleiber ratio (kr) were available, which collected by abbasabad animal breeding and rearing station, over the period from 19...

A study was conducted to evaluate effects of age at weaning on various growth characteristics and stress measures of Zandi lambs. The lambs were weaned at 45 and 90 days of age. The body weights and average daily gain (ADG) were monitored during the experimental period and 5 months of age. Cortisol, glucose, blood urea nitrogen (BUN) and lamb behavior (agitation, vocalization) were recorded bef...

Adhesively bonded joints between metallic and composite plates are gaining increasing acceptance in safety critical applications such as automotive and aerospace structures. Lamb wave methods have considerable potential for the inspection of adhesive joints and assemblies for two reasons: they do not require direct access to the bond region, and they are much more amenable to rapid scanning tha...

Abstract Fetal microchimerism has been detected in maternal tissues of humans and rodents during after pregnancy. Studies focusing on fetal DNA transfer to domestic animals are limited, especially sheep. ram was observed the circulation pregnancy, but it is not known if this chimerism persists soft parturition. The objectives exploratory study were to: 1) determine male detectable mature ewes p...

sheep conjoined twins have been reported less than cow. an apparently female conjoined twin lambs was examined based on external and internal features. in radiology, two vertebral columns and two pairs of the ribs were seen. only two heads and two necks were separated (thoraco-omphalopygopagus). there were three forelimbs (tribrachius), one of which grew on dorsal region as a notomelus.  teat b...