Recently, in many parts of the world, greater importance has been given to lamb meat as well intensive production and sheep, due demand for this type at affordable prices. In Serbia, similar most European countries, structure total sheep comprises about 70% 30% meat. This study assessed resource-based measures on 11 dairy farms investigated, a 30 lambs, effects sex, presence bruises pneumonia c...

A study was conducted in order to evaluate the contamination by Brucella spp. of meat from animals slaughtered because they had resulted positive for brucellosis at some time during their life. After slaughter and before delivery to market outlets, swab samples were taken from 307 carcasses of infected animals: 40 cattle, 60 sheep and 207 goats. The swabs were subsequently analysed by means of ...

Eruptionof permanent incisors (dentition) is used as aproxy for age for definingmeat quality inAustralian sheep meat. However, this approach may not be reliable. While not presently available, an objective method could be used to determine sheep age, and thus sheep category, which would then potentially remove any inaccuracies that may occur in classifying sheep meat product. Statistical classi...

The Australian Merino is the most important genetic resource for the wool and the lamb and sheep meat industries of Australia. In this paper estimated genetic parameters for ultrasound scan and wool traits at yearling and hogget age are presented for Merino sheep. Results indicate that it is possible to breed Merino sheep that perform well for both ultrasound scan and wool characteristics when ...

Methods are recommended and described for determining Pyrethrin I, Cinerin I, Pyrethrin II, Cinerin II and Jasmolin II with or without combination with synergists such as piperonyl butoxide, in milk, fish and meat, Lat and meat by-products of cattle, goats, hogs, horses, sheep, poultry tissues and eggs using g.l.c. arid t.l,c, It is probably adaptable to cereals, fruit and oilseeds.

This study was conducted to evaluate the effects of providing shade on growth performance, welfare, and meat quality of grazing sheep under high ambient temperature. A total of 120 healthy male Ujumqin wool sheep (a local breed; BW = 18.7 ± 1.27 kg; 14 wk old) were randomly and equally divided into shaded and unshaded treatments with 3 pens per treatment. Sheep were grazed on an unshaded pastur...

PCR for verocytotoxin-producing Escherichia coli (VTEC) was positive in 4.6% of 2,440 raw meat samples; only beef, sheep, and venison samples were positive. None of the isolated VTEC strains belonged to serogroup O157. Additional virulence factors were detected in only a minority of strains, suggesting that most of these meat VTEC isolates are not pathogenic.

A model analyzing the economics of sheep farming is formulated. The basic idea is simple. Sheep are capital and they are held by farmers as long as their capital value exceeds their slaughter, or meat, value. The farmers are therefore portfolio managers aiming to find the optimal combination of different categories of animals and the yields are compared with the yields from other assets. The mo...

Hydatid disease is a cyclozoonotic infection caused by the cestode genus Echinococcus. It occurs throughout the world and is especially common in sheep- and cattle-raising regions of Africa, Australia, New Zealand, India, the Middle East, South America, and the Mediterranean. The incidence of humans infected with hydatid disease is approximately 1-2:1000. It is higher in rural areas. Infection ...

Background & Aims of the Study: Sarcocystiosis is a zoonosis appeared in domestic animals caused by various species of Sarcocystis. This protozoan disease has worldwide distribution among human and many species of animals. Humans acquire infection by eating of raw and under cooked beef, pork or mincemeat containing schizonts of Sarcocystis hominis and S. suihominis. The aim of present study is ...