The objective of this study was to know the herd and animal level prevalence of Q fever in domestic ruminants in some selected districts in Bangladesh. Randomly collected 111 bulk milk and 94 sera samples of cattle, sheep, and goats were tested by indirect ELISA (iELISA). DNA extracted from 23 aborted fetal membranes was analyzed by real time (rt) PCR. The positive cut-off value of iELISA in bu...

Morphological traits of the whole udder (circumference, width, height, and length), teats (angle, length and width), udder cistern (teat opening and cistern height), and milk yield were measured over one lactation in a total of 18 ewes (nine Chilota and nine Suffolk Down sheep) belonging to the same experimental flock (Centro Experimental INIA Butalcura, Chiloé, Chile). Analysis of variance sho...

THE OBJECTIVE OF THIS STUDY WAS TO COMPARE THE GOODNESS OF FIT OF FOUR LACTATION CURVE MODELS: Wood's Gamma model (WD), Wilmink (WL), and Pollott's multiplicative two (POL2) and three parameters (POL3) and to determine the environmental factors affecting the complete lactation curve of F1 dairy sheep under organic management. A total of 5,382 weekly milk yields records from 150 ewes, under orga...

J. Anim. Sci. Vol. 88, E-Suppl. 2/J. Dairy Sci. Vol. 93, E-Suppl. 1/Poult. Sci. Vol. 89, E-Suppl. 1 M376 Effect of chestnut tannins supplement on milk production traits of dairy sheep on pasture. A. Nudda*1, G. Battacone1, A. Fenu1, M. Decandia2, M. Sitzia2, M. Acciaro2, and G. Pulina1, 1Dipartimento di Scienze Zootecniche, University of Sassari, Sassari, Italy, 2Agricultural Research Agency of...

1. Sodium 2-methyl-2-phenoxy-propanoate is intended for use as injectable 10% aqueous solution in cases of digestive problems, rumen impaction, enterotoxaemia, ketosis, gaseous bloat of the rumen, hepatic failure in cattle (including dairy cows), horses, swine, sheep and goats. The method of administration is by deep intramuscular, intraperitoneal or slow intravenous route at the dosages of 10 ...

Massese is an Italian sheep breed, with black or grey coat colour, mainly reared in the Tuscany and Emilia Romagna regions. Recently, the emerging interests in this breed have resulted in the production of Pecorino cheese obtained with only Massese milk. In order to be profitable, this marketing link between Massese breed and its products should be defended against fraudsters who could include ...

Abstract Background Sheep milk is a nutritional and health-promoting food source for humans. The DEATH superfamily conserved protein family, some of its members are closely related to lactation. Systematic studies the important further understanding functions in mammary gland during lactation; however, there currently lacking. Results Herein, 74 were identified sheep, phylogenetic analyses indi...

The purpose of this study was to assess the prevalence of Staphylococcus aureus nasal carriage of dairy sheep in farms producing cheeses manufactured with raw ewe's milk. The study showed that 29% of ewes carried S. aureus in their nares. The genetic diversity of the 136 isolates recovered from the anterior nares of the ewes, from the ambient air of the milking parlour and from cheeses was inve...

The aim of this work was to determine whether the removal of supernumerary teats from dairy sheep when they are born is a useful procedure in the farming routine. Ewes were divided into 3 groups according to the number of teats at milking: ewes who were born with 2 teats; ewes who were born with 4 teats and had the 2 supernumerary nipples cut just after birth; and ewes who were born with 4 teat...