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Ewe-lamb bonding behaviours at birth are affected by maternal undernutrition in pregnancy [PDF]
, 2003 Maternal undernutrition in pregnancy results in low birth-weights and impaired postnatal survival in sheep. Largely anecdotal evidence suggests that the expression of appropriate maternal and neonate behaviours may also be disrupted by undernutrition. In
Alistair B. Lawrence +12 more
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Transplacental transmission of field and rescued strains of BTV-2 and BTV-8 in experimentally infected sheep [PDF]
, 2013 Transplacental transmission of bluetongue virus has been shown previously for the North European strain of serotype 8 (BTV-8) and for tissue culture or chicken egg-adapted vaccine strains but not for field strains of other serotypes.
Bellacicco, A. +8 more
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Short oestrous cycles in sheep during anoestrus involve defects in progesterone biosynthesis and luteal neovascularisation [PDF]
, 2014 Anoestrous ewes can be induced to ovulate by the socio-sexual, 'ram effect'. However, in some ewes the induced ovulation is followed by an abnormally short luteal phase causing a so called, "short cycle".
Acritopoulou +28 more
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Tropical Animal Science Journal, 2020 Based on the assumption that the time required by the lamb to reach a certain weight at slaughter (slaughter weight) is partially dependent on the amount of milk ingested during suckling, and on the dietary management of the sheep and lamb.
N. da S. Heimbach +11 more
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Response to somatic cell count-based selection for mastitis resistance in a divergent selection experiment in sheep [PDF]
, 2009 A divergent selection experiment in sheep was implemented to study the consequences of log-transformed somatic cell score (SCS)-based selection on resistance to natural intramammary infections.
Aurel, Marie-Rose +6 more
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Italian Journal of Animal Science, 2023 This study aimed to investigate the effects of nano and organic selenium on ovarian activity, fertility rate, and progesterone hormone levels in Ossimi ewes. Thirty ewes were treated with intra-vaginal sponges impregnated with medroxyprogesterone acetate
Montaser Elsayed Ali +5 more
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EFFECT OF RATIONS CONTENT OF DEGRADABLE PROTEIN AND BARLEY GRAIN (STARCH) IN MILK PRODUCTION , COMPONENTS AND SOME BIOCHEMICAL BLOOD PARAMETERS OF AWASSI EWES [PDF]
Mesopotamia Journal of Agriculture, 2019 This study was conducted in Al-Rashidiya animal breeding station, using 32 Awassi ewes (3-5 yrs old) with average body weight of 66.59 kg with their single born lambs.
Omar ALMallah +2 more
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Antioxidants, 2020 Heat stress is a known promoter of reactive oxygen species generation, which may compromise pregnancy and foetal development. Melatonin is a pleiotropic molecule that regulates various processes including pregnancy.
Efterpi Bouroutzika +9 more
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Veterinary Medicine and Science, 2022 Background The ovary has an important role in reproductive function. Animal reproduction is dominated by numerous coding genes and noncoding elements.
Shahram Hosseinzadeh +3 more
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Acta Veterinaria, 2014 U poslednjih nekoliko godina postoji povećano interesovanje za smanjenje broja somatskih ćelija u mleku u cilju poboljšanja kvaliteta mleka kod preživara.
Pavol Makovický +4 more
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