This special issue of Archives of Animal Breeding presents thirteen papers of oral presentations and nine short Communications of poster presentations of the satellite Symposium "Animal Well-Being and Coping with Stress in Farm Animals" held from the 17* to 18* May 2000 in Dummerstorf. The introductory remarks ofthe Symposium coordmators give a short overview of the subjeet, emphasizing that a ...

The study by Lesimple and Hausberger (2014) compared in 26 cases the decoding of wellbeing of the horse by a caretaker through a questionnaire on the one hand and an experienced outside observer on the other hand. Stereotypic or abnormal repetitive behavior (SB/ARB) is what they study under the broad umbrella of wellbeing. They reported that there was a huge discrepancy in the prevalence of SB/...

Cathepsins are proteases, detected at basal levels in all living cells (Turk et. al., 2001), that are known to play an important role in several physiological processes such as lysosomal protein degradation, antigen presentation and apoptosis. However, cathepsins are also associated with pathological conditions and diseases such as cancer, osteoporosis and bronchial asthma (Turk et. al., 2001; ...

As government mandates and public perceptions encourage the adoption of group housing, appropriate management strategies must be evaluated to determine their effect on sow well being and performance. To evaluate the effects of floor space allowance (FSA) and dietary fiber, a 10 mo study was conducted involving 6 trials (n = 40 sows/trial). Pregnant, mixed parity sows were housed 10 per pen with...

The most common type of childhood-onset epilepsy syndrome is childhood absence epilepsy (CAE) with well-defined electro clinical features but unknown pathological basis. The incidence of absence epilepsy is about 2 and 8 out of every 100 000 children up to the age of 16, and the prevalence is 2 and 10% of children with any form of epilepsy. Children with CAE suffer from high rate of pretreatmen...

genetic parameters and trends for milk and fat yields as well as for fat percentage were estimated from 35,438 milk production records (305d, 2x) of 17,971 holstein dairy cattle in 133 herds during the period of 1990-2003 in khorasan province. variance components were estimated using restricted maximum likelihood statistical method applying univariate and repeatability animal models. for the un...

multiple sclerosis (ms) is a complex disease resulting from the occurrence of intermingled episodes of neuro-inflammation and degeneration. the temporal and spatial patterns in which these events occur are not well understood as well as the molecular substrates underlying it. myelin loss and gain, as well as axonal damage are considered crucial events influencing the course of the disease but t...

iran is a large country with a vast variety of tribes and ethnic groups. these various tribes are unified with a national language and culture while using their own local languages and enriching ethnic art forms. among iranian ethnic groups, the turkmen are remarkable for their art of carpet weaving which has a unique structure compared to other designs and textures. the charming motifs on turk...