Our objectives were to perform a proof-of-concept study assess the association of prolonged inflammatory state (based on continually elevated haptoglobin concentration at end first week after parturition) with mineral, protein, and energy balance markers in 2 wk parturition, milk production 60 d lactation clinically healthy cows. We conducted cohort 1 herd west Texas that was milking Jersey Jer...

Atrial Fibrillation (AF) is the most common cardiac arrythmia in adults with likely sex-specific risk factors. Specifically, increasing parity has been identified as a factor that contributes to development of atrial fibrillation females. This suggests female sex hormones may be important modulating for fibrillation. we hypothesize progesterone (P4), hormone found high levels during pregnancy a...

Coxiella burnetii is an intracellular bacterial pathogen that causes Q fever. Infected pregnant goats are a major source of human infection. However, the tissue dissemination and excretion pathway of the pathogen in goats are still poorly understood. To better understand Q fever pathogenesis, we inoculated groups of pregnant goats via the intranasal route with a recent Dutch outbreak C. burneti...

the aim of this study was identification of important factors and their effects on mortality of lori-bakhtiari lambs from birth to weaning. the data set used for statistical analysis were collected from 4991 lambs born between 1370 and 1384 in flock at lori-bakhtiari sheep breeding station. data was modeled using logistic regression. mortality variable as dependent and ewe weight at mating, ewe...