Local sheep breeders and scientists in Italy cooperate and conduct research on the genetic improvement of autochthonous genetic types (AGTs) by various approaches, including a cytogenetic breeding selection since 2011. The Laticauda sheep (Ovis aries, 2n = 54) breed is one of the AGTs reared in the Campania region (southern Italy). Performing cytogenetic analyses, we have detected and described...

Kivircik sheep is an important local Turkish sheep according to its meat quality and milk productivity. The aim of this study was to analyze gene expression profiles of both prenatal and postnatal stages for the Kivircik sheep. Therefore, two different cDNA libraries, which were taken from the same Kivircik sheep mammary gland tissue at prenatal and postnatal stages, were constructed. Total 307...

This paper briefly narrates the historical and present challenges facing sheep herders in the Kyrgyz Republic. Originally these were nomads employing an horizontal and vertical migration system, but Russian conquest and settlement forced this to change to a system of transhumance. The latter, albeit structured in a collective system, was more or less maintained throughout the communist period. ...

Using a comparative approach, we investigated the ability of dwarf goats and sheep to use direct and indirect information about the location of a food reward in an object-choice task. Subjects had to choose between two cups with only one covering a reward. Before making a choice, subjects received information about the baited (direct information) or non-baited cup (indirect information). Both g...

Abstract The main etiologic agent of tuberculosis (TB) in livestock is Mycobacterium bovis; human TB cases caused by M. bovis are rare. Analysis a outbreak polyresistant involving and sympatric sheep Spain suggests local circulation drug-resistant strains among livestock.

The present study was designed to investigate the effect of supplementing of protein additives (PA) in forms of 10% ovine amniotic fluid (OAF), 10% fetal bovine serum (FBS) and 10% sheep serum (SS), individually to culture media (TCM-199 or RPMI-1640) on in vitro nuclear maturation (IVM) of sheep oocytes. In addition, the effect of seasonal variations on the yield and quality of recovered sheep...

Rice straw with abundant availability becomes very potential to be used as local sheep feed. Fermentation needs done improve the nutritional quality of rice which is quite low. The content considered in order support productivity sheep. Local one livestock commodities that provide meat. This study aimed determine digestibility dry matter and organic feed based on (oryza sativa) fermented ecoenz...

Besides its importance in cattle, Neospora caninum may also pose a high risk as abortifacient for small ruminants. We have recently demonstrated that the outcome of experimental infection of pregnant sheep with 10(6) Nc-Spain7 tachyzoites is strongly dependent on the time of gestation. In the current study, we assessed peripheral and local immune response in those animals. Serological analysis ...

The performance of selected oil adjuvants containing Southern African Territories (SAT) serotypes of foot and mouth disease virus was assayed by testing antibody levels elicited in cattle, sheep and goats, and by testing protection of cattle on challenge. Various oil adjuvant formulations were tested initially in cattle and guinea pigs, and compared with a standard alhydrogel and saponin-based ...