Steers (n = 125) of known percentage Angus (A) and Brahman (B) breeding (A = 31, 3/4A:1/4B = 32, 1/2A:1/2B = 31, 1/4A:3/4B = 31) were slaughtered after being fed as calves during the cool period of the year or fed as yearlings during the warm period of the year. Steers were slaughtered at equivalent outside fat thickness as monitored visually and with real-time ultrasound. Warner-Bratzler shear...

Moroccan goats are characterized by the presence of different populations identified only based on their phenotypes. The objectives of this study were to assess the genetic differentiation of the Draa goat breed and to analyze its genetic structure and its relationships with other local populations using 12 microsatellite markers. The screening was done in South Eastern and Southern Morocco on ...

 A cross sectional study was carried out from October 2010 to March 2011 at Andassa Livestock Research Center, North-West Ethiopia. The objective was to determine the prevalence of cattle flukes infection. Faecal samples were collected from a total of 384 cattle, cross breed (n= 39) and Fogera breed (n=345) of all age groups and sex. Sedimentation technique was employed for the recovery of fluk...

the broad goal of this research was to examine the nature of the melanocortin receptor 1 (mc1r) locus on the coat color phenotype of seven goat breeds with different color coat. blood samples were collected from five iranian indigenous (khalkhal, markhor, naeini, najdi and tali) and two exotic (cashmere and saanen) goat breeds. polymerase chain reaction restriction fragment length polymorphism ...

CONCLUSION: To our knowledge, this is the first systematic review devoted to breed responsible for severe dog bites in the peer-reviewed literature, as well as the first report evaluating breed specific legislation in the United States. Our data suggest that breed specific legislation may be effective in reducing the incidence of dog bites attributed to breeds that are regulated. Significant ef...

Breed diversity is a valuable resource of the sheep industry. Crossbreeding systems use breed diversity to increase productivity relative to purebred flocks. Crossbreeding systems vary in managerial complexity and in use of beneficial effects due to crossbred ewes and lambs. Efficiency of meat production is maximized in terminal crossbreeding systems by use of specialized sire breeds to complem...

There is an increasing significance for the breed, age, and sex-related variations in hematological biochemical parameters veterinary medicine. The primary objective of this study was to identify possible breed-related differences determine effect age sex on hematologic serum Bosnian Herzegovinian - Croatian Shepherd dog Tornjak raised Bosnia Herzegovina (B&H). Data from 19 17 were analyzed gro...

Case Description- A 3-month-old, female mixed breed dog was presented to the Veterinary Teaching Hospital of Ferdowsi University with an obvious deformity in its right forelimb. Clinical Findings- - In clinical examination, there was a separation from elbow joint to the end of digits and a long skin cleft between these separated regions was seen. Radiographic examination revealed a wide space b...

the melanocortin-1 receptor mc1r is encoded by the extension locus, playing a fundamental role in the determination of coat color in a number of mammalian species. however, so far there has been no report regarding the single nucleotide polymorphisms (snps) of the mc1r promoter region and the potential association of its snps with coat color in sheep (ovis aries). throughout the present study, ...