This study aimed to analyze the economic feasibility of replacing soybean meal by sunflower cake in the diet of lambs. Twenty-eight non-castrated crossbred Suffolk lambs aged four months, with 21 kg average body weight ± 9 kg were used. These animals were distributed by weight category into 3 treatments (10, 20 and 30% dry matter (DM) addition of sunflower cake in replacing soybean meal) and co...

In this study, 640 cattle and 742 sheep slaughtered at twelve abattoirs in Thrace were investigated for hydatid cysts. The infection rate of hydatidosis was 11.6% in cattle and 3.50% in sheep. The cysts were found in 3.15% of 127 calves ( < 1 year old), in 13.6% of 513 cattle (between 1-10 years old), in 2.64% of 720 lambs ( < 1 year old) and in 31.8% of 22 sheep (between 1-6 years old). The in...

This study was conducted to evaluate foetal/pregnancy losses following slaughtering of food animals at Nsukka Municipal Abattoir Enugu State, Nigeria over a period three months (April June). The pregnancy status each animal determined tentatively by visual observation and palpation the exposed uterus after slaughtering. Attempts were made recover embryos from dams with structures suggestive flu...

Background: Regarding the consequences of parasitic infections, this study aimed to determine the prevalence and types of parasitic infections in the liver of slaughtered animals and their economic losses. Methods and Methods: This descriptive cross-sectional study was performed on 510,802 and 501,108 head of livestock, respectively, in 2018 and 2019, including different species of cattle, she...

Gastrointestinal parasites, such as helminths and protozoa, are abundant parasitic agents of livestock, particularly ruminants. The current study aims to determine the prevalence rate infections in large ruminate animals slaughtered mechanical abattoir Alexandria governorate, Egypt. was identified through records detected fecal matter addition recorded postmortem examination findings. Three hun...

In this paper conventional X-ray analysis of cattle metapodials is used to study the age structure of slaughtered cattle at Eketorp ringfort on the island of Öland, Sweden. The X-ray analyses suggest that several animals in both phases were slaughtered aged 4-8 years. More oxen/bulls than cows reached the advanced age of over 8 years, yet in phase III more oxen/bulls seem to have been slaughter...

In this study, the effects of two different levels sweet almond supplementation (2,500 and 5,000 mg/kg) to Japanese quails’ diets (Coturnix coturnix Japonica) on performance, carcass group, blood values meat quality were examined. For purpose, 72 one-day-old quails randomly distributed under control experimental groups for 35 days experiment, their body weight feed consumption evaluated. At end...