Carmo P.M.S., Irigoyen L.F., Lucena R.B., Fighera R.A., Kommers G.D. & Barros C.S.L. 2011. Spontaneous coffee senna poisoning in cattle: Report on 16 outbreaks. Pesquisa Veterinária Brasileira 31(2):139-146. Departamento de Patologia, Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, 97105-900 Santa Maria, RS, Brazil. E-mail: [email protected] Sixteen outbreaks of Senna occidentalis (coffee senna) ...

the present study was conducted on efficiency of utilization of dietary energy for milk production in lactating crossbred cattle. 18 lactating crossbred cattle of early to mid-lactation, approximate body weight (375.39±23.43 kg), milk yield, parity and stage of lactation were divided into three groups of six animals each and were fed 0, 50 and 100% diammonium phosphate (dap) in the mineral mixt...

BACKGROUND Prednisolone was one of the first glucocorticoids to be synthesised, but it is still widely applied to cattle. Illegal uses of prednisolone include its uses for masking a number of diseases before animal sale and, at lower dosages for extended periods of time, for the improvement of feed efficiency and carcass characteristics. Since occasional presence of prednisolone has been detect...

The burden of leptospirosis in humans and animals in Africa is higher than that reported from other parts of the world. However, the disease is not routinely diagnosed in the continent. One of major factors limiting diagnosis is the poor availability of live isolates of locally circulating Leptospira serovars for inclusion in the antigen panel of the gold standard microscopic agglutination test...

The results of this examination show that the determination of Ca and inorganic P concentrations in the blood plasma and urine is of no significance for an early diagnosis of metabolic diseases of cattle skeleton, i. e. in the latent or prodromal stages of the disease. Data obtained by chemical analysis of the tuber coxae biopsy samples taken from cows with various forms of osteopathies due to ...

Soil application of liquid cattle manure (LCM) (excrements plus urine, occasionally containing bedding material) can enhance plant growth and increase crop yield (Beauchamp, 1986; Culley et al., 1981; Evans et al., 1977; Kaffka & Kanneganti, 1996; Lithourgidis et al., 2007; Matsi et al., 2003; Motavalli et al., 1989; Sutton et al., 1986; Zhang et al., 2006; Zebarth et al., 1996). In most of the...

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