Dairy cows have shown a steep increase in milk production, which is unfortunately characterized by a dramatic decline in reproductive performance. In these modern high yielding cows authors worldwide mention a higher number of puerperal problems, such as retained placenta, acute metritis and abnormal vaginal discharge. All of which are known to negatively influence reproductive capacity of thes...

Over a period of two years, growth rate and health were measured for dairy calves allowed to suckle their mothers up to 6-8 weeks of age. Thirty-one calves were weighted weekly, and the mean daily growth rate was 1.2 +/- 0.03 kg from birth up to 13 weeks of age. Illness in calves and young stock was not observed. In the cows, the mean incidences of ketosis, displaced abomasum, puerperal paresis...

The importance of a successful transition from late pregnancy to early lactation is well accepted . Health problems during the transition period can easily erase the entire profit potential for an individual cow in that lactation, through increased costs for veterinary treatment and lost production potential (Drackley, 1999). The incidence of health problems on US dairy farms today remains stag...

There are currently no prescribed requirements for B vitamins or choline dairy cows during the transition period, but many recent studies have shown a variety of benefits from supplying these nutrients to periparturient cows. The purpose this research effort was determine potential benefit including rumen protected blend composed (riboflavin, folic acid, vitamin B12) and (RPBlend, Jefo Nutritio...

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...

An infant boy presented at birth with a large mass protruding from the left orbit that significantly displaced the left globe laterally and inferiorly . Biopsy of the mass was performed the next day, yielding the diagnosis of infantile myofibromatosis. Therapy was considered but the parents opted for no treatment, although they agreed to yearly CT follow-up examinations. The CT study at the tim...

1. The effects of various factors on rates of flow and composition of digesta leaving the abomasum of preruminant calves were studied. The possible relation of some of these effects to the development of serum antibodies to certain dietary constituents has also been examined. Two situations were distinguished: (a) unsensitized responses, shown by calves receiving milk protein or soya-bean produ...

spiculopteragia asymmetrica is a gastrointestinal nematode frequently found in the abomasum of cervids. during december and february 2010, two red deer were died in semeskandeh sanctuary in mazandaran province. moreover, five live deer from mentioned area were treated by ivermectin and collected feces of these animals were used for assessment helminthes infection by parasitological methods. sev...

A body wall hernia entrapping abomasum and concurrent duodenal fistula in a buffalo calf aged about 8 months, secondary to a dog bite was successfully treated by closure of fistulous orifice and ventro lateral herniorrhaphy.