there are more than one million agricultural cooperatives members in iran. in the meantime, the rapid development of the animal husbandry in iran has forced cooperatives to meet the members’ scientific and practical needs for completing production cycle of the dairy industry. livestock production covers a wide spectrum of livestock activities including bee keeping, silkworm raising, and aquacul...

It has traditionally been the responsibility of the animal science community to develop management, nutrition, health and well-being protocols for animals raised for production purposes. The vast array of scientific inquiry dedicated to production livestock have been instrumental in the management of these animals to optimize a value-based end product. Within the last several decades however, t...

This article presents the current state of pasture ecosystems foothill and mountain zones, preservation their biodiversity ways to increase productivity degraded pastures ensure stable development animal husbandry, methods improving through sowing long-term drought-resistant forage plants.

Rural women play a significant role in domestic and socio-economic life of the society so that national development is not possible without developing this important and substantial segment of our society. Given the importance of women in agriculture, this study was conducted to examine the role of Iranian women in the farm management decision-making processed concerning animal husbandry. The s...

BACKGROUND Human toxocariasis is a parasitic infection caused by the larvae of Toxocara canis. We examine the Toxocara seroprevalance in veterinarians and animal husbandry workers living in the Mugla Province, Turkey to evaluate better the risk factors for Toxocara exposure. METHODS In 2014, 376 volunteers participated in the study in 2014. All blood specimens were tested using a commercial e...

Hypodermosis is responsible for significant economic losses and remains a current problem in animal husbandry. This study determined the extent of Hypoderma spp. invasion in north-eastern Poland in dairy herds. The extent of the invasion, determined on the basis of positive results of an ELISA assay (Bovine Hypodermosis Milk Screening of Institut Pourquier), varied in herds. Statistical analysi...