Article Details: Received: 2020-10-14 | Accepted: 2020-11-27 Available online: 2021-01-31 https://doi.org/10.15414/afz.2021.24.mi-prap.85-88 The aim of the study was to determine influence selected climatic characteristics on milk production ewes during lactation. Data from sheep farm Liptovska Teplicka located in moderate climate zone (latitude 48°57'50.3N, longitude 20°04'31.0E) were analysed...

Economical breeding is important to obtain maximum gain from the breeding in the animal sector. The economic loss has to be eliminated or should be minimized. The liver fluke, Fasciola hepatica, present mostly in sheep and dairy cattle affect the yield of animals and even cause their death. To eliminate or minimize the impact of these parasites on the animals, it is important to understand the ...

Brucellosis is a disease that causes severe economic losses for livestock farms worldwide. Brucella melitensis, B. abortus and B. suis, which are transmitted between animals both vertically and horizontally, cause abortion and infertility in their primary natural hosts - goats and sheep (B. melitensis), cows (B. abortus) and sows (B. suis). Brucella spp. infect not only their preferred hosts bu...

Artificial insemination of farm animals is very common in today's animal husbandry in the developed world, especially for breeding dairy cattle (75% of all inseminations) and swine (up to 85% of all inseminations). It is used for breeding buffaloes, sheep, goats, horses, dogs and a variety of laboratory animals as well. It allows a male to inseminate a much larger number of females and to use t...

J. Anim. Sci. Vol. 88, E-Suppl. 2/J. Dairy Sci. Vol. 93, E-Suppl. 1/Poult. Sci. Vol. 89, E-Suppl. 1 751 Live and carcass leg characteristics in terminally sired lambs. M. R. Mousel*1, T. D. Leeds2, D. R. Notter3, H. N. Zerby4, S. J. Moeller4, and G. S. Lewis1, 1USDA, ARS, U.S. Sheep Experiment Station, Dubois, ID, 2USDA, ARS, National Center for Cool and Cold Water Aquaculture, Leetown, WV, 3Vi...