OBJECTIVE Prolonged bleeding during cardiovascular surgery presents a risk for the patient and increases the time and cost of surgery. TachoSil is a ready-to-use haemostatic agent that consists of an equine collagen patch coated with human fibrinogen and thrombin. This trial evaluated the efficacy and safety (< or =30 days post-surgery) of TachoSil surgical patch compared with standard haemosta...

Data from the Montana State University Targhee flock were used to estimate genetic and environmental relationships between lamb BW and adult ewe BW, condition score, and prolificacy. The flock was managed under commercial western range conditions typical of the area. Data included records from 12,154 lambs born to 2,930 dams and 200 rams between 1960 and 2005. Lamb traits included BW at birth a...

The importation of alpacas and llamas from South America over the last 15 years has resulted in the concurrent introduction of the biting louse, Bovicola breviceps, into Australia.1,2 Alpacas are produced for their luxury fibre and infestation of lice may result in fleece price penalties. B breviceps is specific for camelids, which includes alpacas, llamas, vicunas, guanacos, dromedary and Bact...

In Britain sheep are normally kept out-of-doors in winter and on hill farms they may be exposed to very severe weather conditions. On some hill farms pregnant ewes weighing 100 lb at the beginning of winter may well weigh 80 lb just before they lamb if the intervening winter weather has been severe. Deaths of ewes and more particularly of newborn Iambs can be very many in bad winters (Robinson,...

Four experiments were conducted in three separate years to test the utility of near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) to predict the clean mohair content of Angora goat fleece. Mohair fleece samples were obtained each year from yearling billies at the conclusion of the Angora Goat Performance Test conducted at the Texas A&M University Research Station, Sonora. In Exp. 1 (n = 293) and Exp. 2 (n = 256...

Molecular genetics provides an increasing capacity to modulate the function of individual genes, but the practical implications of these technologies are still poorly understood. This study examined adult Merino or Merino-cross sheep that had an additional copy of the ovine GH gene with a modified metal-lothionine promoter, which resulted in a doubling of the plasma concentration of GH. Previou...

The production performance of ewes was assessed in a terminal crossbreeding experiment involving five Merino and Merino-type dam lines and two terminal crossbreeding sire breeds. Dam lines were SA Mutton Merino (SAMM), SAMM rams crossed to Merino ewes (SAMM cross), Dohne Merino, as well as specialist Merino lines selected for clean fleece weight (FW+) and for an increased reproduction (Rep+). D...

Objective. The objective of this observational cross-sectional study was to investigate associations between farmers’ mental health scores for stress, anxiety, depression, and resilience, sheep welfare outcomes. Materials methods. Twenty-two farms in the departments Boyacá, Cundinamarca, Tolima, Meta, Colombia, were visited once. Clinical health, cleanliness, calmness randomly selected per farm...