This survey was carried out to determine the infection rate of Coenurus cerebralis in Urmia abattoir, West Azerbaijan, Iran. A total of 402 sheep heads were examined and the number of C. cerebralis cysts per each head was recorded. Thirty three sheep heads were examined each month during 12 months from 2006 to 2007. Of 402 heads, a number of 75 heads (18.65%) were infected with C. cerebralis. T...

Preference among tree fodders in four Madras red breed of sheep and four kanni breed of goats fed with four locally available tree species viz. Albizia lebbek, Gliricidia sepium, Leucaena leucocephala and Inga dulce was studied through intake studies by cafeteria method for a period of 35 days. The nutrient composition of the tree leaves was analysed. Leucaena leucocephala was mostly preferred ...

Santa Inês is the most common hair sheep breed in Brazil and probably has the highest genetic diversity among sheep breeds in this country. Successful breeding programs for Brazilian sheep breeds are not common for various reasons, including a lack of control of parentage in the flocks. We developed an allele frequency database for 23 STR loci for the Santa Inês breed based on 285 animals ...

this survey was carried out to determine the infection rate of coenurus cerebralis in urmiaabattoir, west azerbaijan, iran. a total of 402 sheep heads were examined and the number ofc. cerebralis cysts per each head was recorded. thirty three sheep heads were examined eachmonth during 12 months from 2006 to 2007. of 402 heads, a number of 75 heads (18.65%)were infected with c. cerebralis. the c...

The worldwide production of sheep milk was 9,246,922 tonnes in 2009, whereas dairy cows produced 583,401,740 tonnes (FAOSTAT, at http://faostat.fao.org; accessed July 2011). The dairy sheep production is based on the utilization of local breeds of small or moderate effective and well adapted to local conditions in the different Mediterranean countries. This peculiarity contrasts with the "Holst...

This paper presents a new system architecture and test bed application implementation called Sheep Manager. Sheep Manager system uses NFC technology for the identification of sheep inside a flock as well as sensors for the real-time measurements and recording of raw milk extraction per ewe. All recorded information are then stored into the cloud. Authors also propose an algorithm for sheep bree...

In Europe, especially in Mediterranean areas, the sheep has been traditionally exploited as a dual purpose species, with income from both meat and milk. Modernization of husbandry methods and the establishment of breeding schemes focused on milk production have led to the development of "dairy breeds." This study investigated selective sweeps specifically related to dairy production in sheep by...

This study was done from September 2006 to May 2007. A total of 105 Menz breed sheep from Yemenze Gera Midir district in the Amhara National Regional State, Ethiopia. The spatial distribution of sheep keds (Melophagus ovinus) and chewing lice (Bovicola ovis) on Menz breed sheep were examined which were naturally infested. The densities if sheep keds and lice were determined through counting aft...

Tuj sheep, a well adopted breed for the geography and climate of the highlands, originated in the Caucasus and are found throughout the northeast of Turkey. Although the mature sheep are able to reproduce normally at these conditions, ewe-lambs are normally not able to reach puberty during the first year of their life. Shortage in feed due to long and cold winters together with the seasonality ...

In Iraq, Awassi is the most widespread sheep breed on non-European origin. The adapt to a wide range of environmental conditions. Sheep farming, mainly breed, represents an essential economic activity Iraq; however, so far, only very few genetic data exist this breed. present study was performed in Biology Department, University Zakho. Thirty two Blood samples were obtained from Awassi-Iq (Ovis...