Many lizard species will shed their tail as a defensive response (e.g., to escape a putative predator or aggressive conspecific). This caudal autotomy incurs a number of costs as a result of loss of the tail itself, loss of resources (i.e., stored in the tail or due to the cost of regeneration), and altered behavior. Few studies have examined the metabolic costs of caudal autotomy. A previous s...

Little is known about the characteristics of biters and victims before the appearance of a tail-biting outbreak in groups of pigs. This study aimed to characterise biters and victims (according to gender and performance) and to quantify their behavioural development during the 6 days preceding the tail-biting outbreak. The hypotheses tested were: (a) biters are more often female, are the lighte...

The composition of non-carcass thin-tailed sheep fed Indigefera zollingeriana with different rearing systems, was evaluated using twenty an average initial body weight 18.3 ± 2.01 kg. variables observed in this study included the head, feet, skin, tail, liver, spleen, lungs, heart, kidneys, rumen, reticulum, omasum, abomasum, intestines, empty viscera and omnetal fat. design used a factorial co...

The main problem in the development of cattle business people palm plantation, one exeption availibility forage animal feed whether quantity n quality. Other side existence leaves midrib has been waste a disturbing and not utilized by farmers. To touch technological innovations te form silage then worthy eating cattle. purpose this research is identify effects provisio based increased body weig...

The aims of this study were to identify the morphometric measurements and body weights Thin-tailed ewe, examine qualitative characteristics ewe close relationship between weight other measurements. This used 40 female Ewe aged under 1 year. method was purposive sampling. Parameters observed face length, ear chest circumference, width, depth, shoulder height, hip front leg hind tail length weigh...

This study was carried out to elucidate the predictive value of tail skin temperatures (TSTs) assessed in naïve rats as a non-invasive pre-experimental method of classification of coping style. Male Lewis rats were classified according to tail skin temperatures (TST), and relative size within cage-groups. TSTs were monitored over two-hour periods following exposure to physical and emotional str...