This article is also accessible online at: http://BioMedNet.com/karger Dear Sir, For the past 15 years, the appropriate treatment of end stage renal failure has included both continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD) and haemodialysis. In some circumstances CAPD has been indicated as a more adequate option. However, the main handicap for CAPD patients is peritoneal infection [1], ranking...

The objectives of this study were 1) to propose a profit function for Italian Chianina beef cattle; 2) to derive economic values for some biological variables in beef cows, specifically, production expressed as the number of calves born alive per year (NACY), age at the insemination that resulted in the birth of the first calf (FI), and length of productive life (LPL); and 3) to investigate the...

The article discusses the influence of light pulsation on physiological state humans and birds, some aspects its occurrence, main characteristics alleged role in deterioration chickens’ zootechnical indicators under conditions using sources with flux pulsations different frequencies. current lighting equipment poultry farming is characterized by rapid development technologies active introductio...

OBJECTIVE To explore British African-Caribbean (AfC) nutrient intake by migration status (place of birth), diet (traditional Caribbean or more European) and age and relate this ecologically to coronary heart disease (CHD) mortality rates. DESIGN Cross-sectional. SETTING Inner-city Manchester, UK. SUBJECTS Two hundred and fifty-five adults of AfC origin aged 25-79 years, randomly sampled f...

Once-a-day (OAD) milking offers a major opportunity to improve labour output on New Zealand farms. However few full lactation studies have been undertaken to investigate the effect of this strategy on the productivity of the farm system. A trial was established in 2000 to measure the effect of milking frequency and breed in farm systems where stocking rate was adjusted to equalise per hectare f...

Bovine abortion is an important cause of economic loss to the cattle livestock industry. In California this may as much as $700 for each cow that has aborted (Thurmond & Picanso, 1990). Kossaibati & Esslemont (1997) estimated the average cost of calf mortality in English dairy herds was £310 per calf death at 1995 prices; for culling an additional cow following illness, such as abortion, it was...

We investigated genetic associations between mature cow weight (MW) and weaning weight (WW), yearling weight (YW), weight gain from birth to weaning (GBW), weight gain from weaning to yearling (GWY), weaning hip height (WHH), yearling hip height (YHH), scrotal circumference (SC), and age at first calving (AFC). Data from 127,104 Nellore animals born between 1993 and 2006, belonging to Agr...