Two hundred crossbred lambs were used to determine energy value and optimum inclusion level of field pea (Pisum sativum) in corn-based diets. In experiment one (Exp. 1), 100 crossbred lambs (33.9 ± 1.3 kg initial BW) were blocked by weight and sex (two blocks of ewe lambs per treatment; three blocks of ram lambs per treatment) and fed for 89 days. In experiment two (Exp. 2), 100 crossbred ram l...

Background: In recent years, dietary fat supplementation has become a common practice and fat supplemented diets have had variable effects on animal performance and carcass characteristics. OBJECTIVES: This study was conducted to determine the effect of  increasing the levels of sesame oil on performance, rumen parameters and plasma lipid profile in finishing Chal lambs. METHODS: Eighteen male ...

We carefully analyze the WFPC2 and STIS images of GRB970228. We measure magnitudes for the GRB970228 point source component in the WFPC2 images of V = 26.20 −0.13, Ic = 23.94 +0.10 −0.09 and V = 26.52 +0.16 −0.18, Ic = 24.31 +0.15 −0.11 on March 26 and April 7, respectively; and Rc = 27.09 +0.14 −0.14 on September 4 in the STIS image. For the extended component, we measure magnitudes of Rc = 25...

skeletal abnormalities are most often used to describe defects in the arms or legs that are associated with genes or chromosomes, or that occur due to an event that happens during pregnancy. spider lamb syndrome (sls) is a congenital disorder in sheep breeding that is recognized by some deformities in skeletal system especially in the limbs.a dead day-old cross-breed white lamb with deformed li...

2015 © American Water Works Association JOURNAL AWWA OCTOBER 2015 | 107:10 Tularemia is an acute febrile zoonotic disease caused by the bacterium Francisella tularensis. Shortly after the initial isolation of the organism in Tulare County, Calif. (McCoy & Chapin 1912), the first case of a human infection was reported from Cincinnati, Ohio (Wherry & Lamb 1914). The first documented waterborne ou...

Lamb survival is a key issue for sheep farming operations. The majority of lamb deaths from birth to weaning occur in the first 3 days after birth and range from 5% to 30% for individual sheep flocks. A simplified lamb post-mortem examination (PM) protocol has been developed for use on farm to determine the primary cause of lamb death between birth and 3 days of age. Firstly lamb viability at b...

A linear programming optimization tool is useful to assist farmers with optimizing resource allocation and profitability. This study developed a profit model silage supplement scenario. Utilizable kilograms of pasture dry matter (kg DM) the total mass was derived using minimum maximum available for beef cattle sheep herbage utilization percentage. Daily metabolizable energy (MJ ME/head) require...