The author of this article proposes to consider moralising in Dimitry Rostovsky’s work as a separate narrative, which has certain set genre characteristics. Many sermons delivered by Metropolitan can be analysed not only from the point view glorifying church holiday or an Orthodox saint but also standpoint writings aimed at educating and raising moral level both flock pastors. especially highli...

Smooth golden fleece (Urospermum dalechampii (L.) F.W. Schmidt) and prickly picroides Scop. ex Schmid) are two wild edible plants used in traditional cuisine folk medicine. In this research, the domestication of both species was tested for first time using a floating system plant densities (412 824 m?2) to evaluate yield quality. Some quality traits were also compared cultivated ones gathered g...

The developments in Norwegian sheep breeding since the early 1990s are reviewed. For the largest breeding population, the Norwegian White Sheep, results are presented for both genetic and phenotypic changes. Of the nine traits that make up the aggregate genotype, the largest gain per year, in per cent of the corresponding phenotypic average, was found for carcass grade (1.66%) and carcass weigh...

The objective of this study was to determine the genetic parameters of methane (CH4) emissions and their genetic correlations with key production traits. The trial measured the CH4 emissions, at 5-min intervals, from 1225 sheep placed in respiration chambers for 2 days, with repeat measurements 2 weeks later for another 2 days. They were fed in the chambers, based on live weight, a pelleted luc...

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,...

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...