the present study was conducted to detect the occurrence, serotype, genotype, phylogenetic relationship and antimicrobial resistance pattern of stec from healthy goats of west bengal, india. from the 125 faecal samples collected from healthy goats, 245 isolates were identified as escherichia coli. the e. coli harbouring any gene for shiga toxins (stx1/stx2) was detected in 36 (14.7%) of the 245...

Chemical compositions of ensiled cassava peels, dried peels and gliricidia on the performance West African Dwarf sheep were evaluated. Twelve grower rams ewes between 5-7 months age allotted to three treatment diets: D1 (control) diet was 100% (GLI) (leaves with bark soft stem), D2 consisted 80% plus 20% (ENP/GNI) while D3 (DP/GLI). The test feeds observed have more comparable crude fibre conte...

Observations on the age at first breeding of West African Dwarf Sheep University Ibadan. Nigeria showed that optimal and weight 1st young ewes was not less than eleven months least 13kg respectively When mated earlier, incidence abortion in­creased lambs tended to smaller birth. In older ages lengthening generation internal unacceptable. The relalionuship between (4 ) (X) from four 56 weeks est...