The aim of this study was to describe a case of hair lost and skin changes due to Scopulariopsis brevicaulis infection a dead goat and a sick kid, and to determine effective treatments. At the macroscopic examination, both goat hair loss and skin lesions of varying size were seen along the body of the animals. Microscopically, arthrospor was seen in the hair and skin samples. In parasitological...

Sixty-five Holstein-Friesian calves were randomly allocated to one of eight nutritional treatments at 4 days of age. In this factorial design study, the treatments comprised of four levels of milk replacer (MR) mixed in 6 l of water (500, 750, 1000 and 1250 g/day) × two crude protein (CP) concentrations (230 and 270 g CP/kg dry matter (DM)). MR was fed via automatic teat feeders and concentrate...

The aim of the present experiment was to determine whether age, live weight, or a combination of both, was the most important factor influencing fat 5 alpha-androstenone levels in male pigs. Three groups of 50 boars each were fed either on a liberal plane of nutrition (CTRL group) or were restricted (SW and SA groups). Fat 5 alpha-androstenone was measured three times in each pig (on biopsies a...

A 3-yr experiment was conducted with cows and their calves to evaluate resource inputs, animal performance, and carcass characteristics of two production systems. In the control system, cows (CON; n = 99/yr) grazed pasture and were fed hay during the winter, and CON steer calves were finished in the feedlot for 211 d after weaning. In the treatment system (TRT; n = 100/yr), cows grazed pasture ...

this study investigated the effects of the dietary supplementation of zizyphus mauritianaleaf meal (zlm) on the performance of yankasa lambs. twenty five lambs aged between 6 and 8 months were randomly divided into five groups of five animals each in a completely randomized design to receive supplementary diets containing 0, 10, 20, 30 and 40% zlm as replacement for cotton seed cake in concentr...

BACKGROUND Tobacco use is leading preventable cause of premature deaths. Sales of tobacco products within 100 yards of educational institutions (EIs) in India are restricted under Section 6 of Cigarettes and Other Tobacco Products Act (COTPA), 2003. This study accessed compliance of Section 6 of COTPA around EIs in Delhi. METHODS A cross-sectional study was conducted in randomly selected 100 ...

Small ruminant breeding programmes in low-input production systems are best organised at the community level. Participant farmers have to agree on goal traits and their relative importance. When BLUP values of not available time, appropriate selection indexes can be used aid visual selection. Taking Ethiopian Abergelle goat Bonga sheep community-based ( CBBPs ) as an example, objective function...