mycotoxins are secondary metabolites of molds and have adverse effects on humans, animals, and crops. those can cause illnesses and economic losses. aflatoxin m1 (afm1) is one of the mycotoxins produced from the hydroxylated metabolite of aflatoxin b1 (afb1). it can be found in milk or milk products obtained from livestock that have ingested contaminated feed. in this paper, recent studies were...

A candidate marker that influences the flavor and odor of Indonesian sheep is Potassium Channel Tetramerization Domain Containing 2 (KCTD2) gene. This study aims to examine polymorphism association between KCTD2 gene lamb in local sheeps. used DNA taken from longissimus dorsi (LD) muscle 100 rams including 75 Javanese Thin-Tail (JTTS), 10 Fat-Tail Sheep (JFTS), 15 Jonggol (JS), with ranged weig...

1 Dicle University, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Department of Physiology, 21280, Diyarbakir, Turkey 2 Dicle University, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Department of Biochemistry, 21280, Diyarbakir, Turkey 3 Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Biochemistry, Çanakkale, Turkey 4 Dicle University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Physiology, 21280, Diyarbaki...

OBJECTIVE To assess the regeneration of osteochondral defects in the joint cartilage of the knee induced by autologous platelet-rich plasma (PRP). METHODS Osteochondral defects produced in the trochlear groove of both knees of ten sheep; defects of the right knees were filled with autologous PRP and the left knees were left unfilled. Macroscopic and microscopic evaluation was carried out 12 w...

Bu çalışma 2009 yılının Şubat ve Mart aylarında Erzurum’un Pazaryolu, Pasinler Ilıca ilçelerinde yürütülmüştür. Yöresindeki 11 odakta bulunan 28 ağıldan yaşları 1 aylığa kadar değişen 461 kuzu (253 ishalli, 208 sağlıklı) 397 (9 388 koyun dışkı örneği alınmıştır. Cryptosporidium spp. 858 örneğinin 397’sinde %46.3 yaygınlık tespit edildi. Eimeria örneğin 313’ünde ortalama %36.5 21 ‘inde ise (%2.4...

the study was carried out for a period of 150 days on 120 holstein friesian crossbred dairy cows between mid to late lactation to quantify the influence of body condition score (bcs) on yield and composition of milk. total 12 dairy farms having same housing systems and holding at least 20 crossbred dairy cows per farm between mid to late lactation were selected for this study purposes. bcs of i...

the aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of replacing progesterone injections by progesterone vaginal inserts on productive and reproductive parameters of lactating cows with reproductive problems after prolonged periods of heat stress. fifteen holstein cows were randomly assigned to one of three treatments: 1) treated with two progesterone vaginal inserts (p4-ins); 2) treated with prog...