6 Departments of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, 1 Medicine, 2 and Pharmacology and Cancer Biology, 3 and Duke University Eye Center, 4 8 Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina 27710 Abstract: 50 words 10 Text: 996 words *Correspondence to either: 12 Dr. Afshari at Department of Ophthalmology Wadsworth Bldg, Box 3802, Erwin Road 14 Duke University Eye Center, Durham, NC 277...

published data on the effects of ruminal bolus on the number of ovulatory follicles in ewes does not exist. the present study determined the effects of a ruminal bolus on trace element status, follicular dynamics and reproductive performance in ewes. eighty afshari cycling ewes were synchronized during breeding season using cidr for 14 days and assigned to 4 groups (n=20); group 1 received a si...

Factors affecting ewe prolificacy (number of lambs born per ewe lambing) were evaluated using records on 9705 Targhee, 12,721 Suffolk, and 7231 Polypay lambings from flocks participating in the US National Sheep Improvement Program. Factors considered were ewe age and season of lambing. Prolificacy was affected by age of the ewe (P<0.001) and was highest for ewes lambing between 4 and either 7 ...

Serum samples from 697 Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep (Ovis canadensis) from North America were examined for antibodies to Toxoplasma gondii by the modified agglutination test incorporating mercaptoethanol and formalin-fixed tachyzoites. Antibodies to T. gondii were found in 25 of 697 (3.6%) sheep in titers of 1:25 (8 sheep), 1:50 (4 sheep), 1:100 (7 sheep), 1:200 (1 sheep), 1:400 (1 sheep), 1:80...

the aim of this study was to investigate the effects of different metabolizable protein levels in diet during the peri parturition on performance and blood parameters of afshari ewes and lambs. thirty two once lambing ewes in the last six weeks of pregnancy and the first six weeks of lactation with diets before and after parturition containing rates of nrc recommended and 20% higher one as low ...

The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of two dietary metabolizable protein (MP) concentrations on the performance and health status of Afshari ewes and survival and growth of their lambs during late pregnancy. For 6 weeks prior to lambing, 32 Afshari ewes were randomly assigned to two dietary treatments, containing low (LMP) or high (HMP) MP concentrations. The ewes in LMP (n=16)...

Previous studies demonstrated that bighorn sheep (Ovis canadensis) died of pneumonia when commingled with domestic sheep (Ovis aries) but did not conclusively prove that the responsible pathogens were transmitted from domestic to bighorn sheep. The objective of this study was to determine, unambiguously, whether Mannheimia haemolytica can be transmitted from domestic to bighorn sheep when they ...

this research was conducted to investigate the effects of fennel by product (fbp) on productive performance of growing lamb and in vitro gas production parameters, using 20 afshari×chal male lambs (bw = 49 ± 0.24 kg) were used in a randomized complete block design. experimental treatments consisted of diets including of 0, 3, 6 and 9% of fbp (dry matter basis). dietary treatments had no effect ...

The aim of this study was to determine the effects of 8 h of road transportation on physiological responses and meat quality traits of sheep at 6, 12, and 24 mo of age. Seventy-two male sheep were equally divided into transported (TRANS) and nontransported (CON) treatments (n = 36), and each treatment was subdivided into 3 groups by age (n = 12). Sheep in CON groups were weighed, blood sampled,...