expression of the growth hormone receptor (ghr) gene which is located on the sixteenth chromosome of sheep and its binding with gh is essential for growth and fat metabolism. in this study, blood samples were collected from the jugular vein from 88 sheep of kermani breed.dna was extracted from blood sample using the modified salting out method for amplification of 155 bp fragment containing a p...

Endocarditis is rarely reported in sheep and information presented for ovine endocarditis is based mostly on comparative findings in the cattle. Infective vegetative endocarditis of the right heart was diagnosed in a 3-year-old fat-tailed ram. Clinical findings included tachycardia, marked brisket edema, jugular veins distention and pulsation and pale mucous membranes. Hematologic abnormality i...

Since ecological and climatic conditions limit the possibilities for cereal production, old-established Faroese traditional food system is principally based on utilization of animal protein fat. The diet islanders has thus been adapted to specific environmental circumstances area. Historically, fat provided a high energy nutritious source hard-working sheep farmers fishermen. Fat procured from ...

The aim of the study was to compare chemical composition and quality attributes of meat between male long fat tailed sheep (n = 17) and Small East African goats (n = 17) existing in Tanzania. Animals of 1.5 to 2 yrs in age and live body weight of 22.59±0.50 kg were purchased from livestock auction markets. Animals were fasted for 18 h and slaughtered according to standard halal procedure. Left ...

Biological indicators that can be used to predict the sensitivity of animals to environmental changes are of interest to the sheep industry for economic and welfare reasons. The coefficient of variation of fibre diameter (HCVFD) is a potential indicator of environmental sensitivity and tends to be negatively correlated with fatness. To further understand the association of HCVFD with the sensit...

The aim of the present study was to estimate genetic and phenotypic parameters of milk production traits in the first and second lactations of Romanian Simmental dairy cattle. For the estimation of variance, heritability, genetic and phenotypic correlations among milk yield, fat yield, protein yield, and percentages of fat and protein, 3400 first and second lactation records over a period of fi...

MicroRNAs are short (17-24 nt) non-coding RNAs that are involved in post-transcriptional regulation of gene expression in multicellular organisms by affecting both the stability and translation of mRNAs. In recent years, deep sequencing of the transcriptome is increasingly being utilized with the promise of higher sensitivity for the identification of differential expression patterns as well as...