Transhumant production system (TPS) is a type of extensive livestock production practiced by transhumant pastoralists in which indigenous livestock breeds are mainly fed a pasture-based diet. The hypothesis tested in this work was whether differences existed between fat samples from the different species in respect to ratios of n-6/n-3, and polyunsaturated fatty acids to saturated fatty acids. ...

Background: High mortality of goat kids due to infectious and non-infectious diseases negatively impacts husbandry. Methods: To study the influence genetic nongenetic factors on preweaning kids, three years’ data (July, 2015 June, 2018) breeds maintained at Indian Council Agricultural Research-Central Institute for Research Goats (ICAR-CIRG) viz. Barbari, Jamunapari Jakhrana was analyzed find e...

Şam keçisi yetiştiriciliği yapılan özel bir işletmede, yaz mevsiminde sıcak ve nemli olan Çukurova ikliminde süt verimi yüksek keçi genotipi geliştirmek amacı ile Alpin x melezlemesi yapılmıştır. Bu çalışma söz konusu melezleme (F1) doğan oğlakların besi özelliklerinin oğlakları karşılaştırılarak değerlendirilmesi Çalışmanın hayvan materyalini 15’er baş saf melezi erkek oğlaklar oluşturmuştur. ...

The aims of this study were to analyze the systemic IgG responses against third-instar salivary gland (L3SG) antigens by ELISA in Oestrus ovis experimentally infected kids (EIK) and in naturally exposed adult goats (NEG). Firstly, kids (n=4 per group) were assigned to receive intranasally 0, 12, 24, 36, and 48 first-instars in experimental infections. Blood samples were taken from EIK at Days 0...

the aim followed in this study was to investigate the effects of soybean oil (high in c18:2 n-6, an omega-6 fatty acid) and fish oil (high in epa 20:5 n-3 and dha 22:6 n-3, omega-3 fatty acids) on meat quality and on the fatty acid profiles in goat kids. twenty-four male kids were allocated through stratified randomization and on the basis of body weight (19.43±1.2 kg) into three equal groups. ...

The aim of the present study was to study the effects of social instability (regrouping) during the second trimester (7 weeks) of pregnancy on aggression, cortisol concentrations and growth in goats and its consequences for survival, growth and some aspects of behavioural development in the kids. Six weeks after mating, 32 goats were distributed into eight groups. In four of the groups, randoml...

Cryptosporidium parvum is a protozoan parasite highly infectious to man and animals. C.parvum oocysts excreted with faeces of infected animals can be a source of infection for man having great influence on public health in immunodeficient but also immunocompetent host. The disease is characterized by watery diarrhoea, dehydration and weight loss. C. parvum has been reported as a common serious ...

Female ornaments are expected to evolve through sexual selection when male parental investment is high. Blue-footed boobies are socially monogamous seabirds with a long period of biparental care. Males and females have colourful feet that are displayed ostentatiously during courtship, both before and after pairing, and extrapair copulations are frequent. We manipulated the foot colour of paired...

This study was carried out to examine the growth and survival characteristics between birth weaning (90th day) in kids born 2020-2022, within scope of "National Sheep Breeding Improvement Project under Farm Conditions" villages districts Adana. A total 15200 Hair goat kids’ data were used study. After birth, kid’s weight, sex, date recorded, on 90th day, weights determined. All sucked their mot...