Stall feeding of sheep and goats: An alternative system to traditional grazing on community lands
Indian Journal of Animal Sciences, 2020 Sheep and goats in the country are mostly raised on grazing resources. But these resources are gradually shrinking over the periods both in term of areas under them and also in yield and quality.
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Scouring and dag in sheep in Western Australia: the role of parasitic nematodes and nutritional factors in diarrhoea in sheep of post-weaning age [PDF]
, 2006 Diarrhoea ("scouring") in sheep increases the risk of faecal soiling of the breech ("dag") that in turn causes significant production losses for sheep producers and increases susceptibility of sheep to breech blowfly strike. The common causes of scouring
Jacobson, Caroline
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Building a better ewe: lifetime productivity of Polypay sheep at the U.S. Sheep Experiment Station
Frontiers in Animal ScienceEwe longevity is a primary concern for sheep producers, since keeping productive ewes in the flock for as long as possible will help defray their development and carrying costs. Records from the U.S.
Carrie S. Wilson, J. Bret Taylor
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Scientific Papers Animal Science and Biotechnologies, 2023 The purpose of these researches was to analyze the quantitative and qualitative parameters of wool obtained from the Palas sheep population with high prolificacy and to assess the processing availabilities of these fibres type.
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Variability in disease phenotypes within a single PRNP genotype suggests the existence of multiple natural sheep scarpie strains within Europe [PDF]
, 2010 Variability of pathological phenotypes within classical sheep scrapie cases has been reported for some time, but in many instances it has been attributed to differences in the PRNP genotype of the host.
González, L. +26 more
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Scientific Papers Animal Science and Biotechnologies, 2023 The aim of this paper was to analyze the coefficient of phenotypic correlation and regression between main wool production traits for the sheep belonging to the Palas line specialized for meat, milk and with high prolificacy. The study was performed on a
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Milk yield and reproductive performance of hair goats raised under the extensive condition in konya and karaman regions of turkey [PDF]
Eurasian Journal of Veterinary Sciences, 2020 Aim: This study was conducted to investigate the characteristics of milk yield and reproductive performance of Hair goats raised under the extensive condition in Konya and Karaman regions of Turkey.
Mehmet Emin Tekin +3 more
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Metazoan-protozoan parasite co-infections and host body weight in St Kilda Soay sheep [PDF]
, 2008 For hundreds of years, the unmanaged Soay sheep population on St Kilda has survived despite enduring presumably deleterious co-infections of helminth, protozoan and arthropod parasites and intermittent periods of starvation.
Tempest, L. J. +3 more
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Internal parasites and association with diarrhoea in sheep at an abattoir in Western Australia [PDF]
, 2005 Diarrhoea (scouring) is an important issue for the sheep meat industry. Scouring is a major risk factor for fleece soiling and consequential carcase contamination with microbes that cause meat spoilage and potential dangers for humans (2).
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TSE pathogenesis in cattle and sheep [PDF]
, 2008 Many studies have been undertaken in rodents to study the pathogenesis of transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSE). Only a few studies have focused on the pathogenesis of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) and scrapie in their natural hosts ...
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