Numerous studies have demonstrated influences of hybrid, feed, and housing on prevalence of keel bone fractures, but influences of behavior and production on an individual level are less known. In this longitudinal study, 80 white and brown laying hens were regularly checked for keel bone deviations and fractures while egg production was individually monitored using Radio Frequency Identificati...

The African penguin Spheniscus demersus has an 'Endangered' conservation status and a decreasing population. Following abandonment, 841 African penguin chicks in 2006 and 481 in 2007 were admitted to SANCCOB (Southern African Foundation for the Conservation of Coastal Birds) for hand-rearing from colonies in the Western Cape, South Africa, after large numbers of breeding adults commenced moult ...

The study assessed the awareness and adoption behavior of tribal respondents belonging to Kotagiri Udhagamandalam blocks Nilgiris district, Tamil Nadu with respect indigenous practices in animal husbandry rationality Indigenous Technical Knowledge (ITK). Three communities viz. Todas, Kotas Irulas were selected for thus comprising 180 as sample study. A multistage random sampling method was adop...

Staphylococcus aureus is a gram-positive bacterium that colonizes a variety of animal species [1]. S. aureus infections in animals are most commonly reported as a cause of mastitis in dairyproducing animals (including cattle and goats) and “bumblefoot” in chickens [2], as well as being identified as a pathogen of farmed rabbits [3]. Most reports characterizing animalassociated S. aureus have de...