Impact of birth weight and gender on early postnatal hypothalamic energy balance regulatory gene expression in the young lamb [PDF]
, 2013 Peer ...
Adam, C. L. +5 more
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Animals, 2021 The aim of this study was to estimate the methane-linked carbon footprint (CF) of the suckling lamb meat of Mediterranean dairy sheep. Ninety-six Sarda dairy ewes, divided into four groups of 24 animals each, were assigned to 2 × 2 factorial design.
Gianni Battacone +4 more
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Schmallenberg virus pathogenesis, tropism and interaction with the innate immune system of the host [PDF]
, 2013 Schmallenberg virus (SBV) is an emerging orthobunyavirus of ruminants associated with outbreaks of congenital malformations in aborted and stillborn animals.
A Bridgen +73 more
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Effects of green oak acorn (Quercus ilex) intake on nutrient digestibility, lamb growth, and carcass and non-carcass characteristics [PDF]
Archives Animal Breeding, 2022 The green oak (Quercus ilex) plays an important role in forest ecology when oaks are the dominant species or are plentiful. The use of acorns as an alternative to barley for livestock feeding can be beneficial for breeders.
I. Mekki +4 more
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Effect of the dam’s feeding regimen on the meat quality of light suckling lambs [PDF]
, 2007 In order to verify the effect of the introduction of concentrates without GMO risk and at low aflatoxin risk in the diet of grazing milk ewes on the quanti-qualitative production of meat of their milk-fed light lambs, two trials were carried out - in ...
Bonanno, Adriana +4 more
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BLOOD METABOLIC HORMONES AND LEPTIN IN GROWING LAMBS [PDF]
Poljoprivreda, 2010 The aim of this paper is to determine the concentration of blood metabolic hormones and leptin levels in growing lambs. The research was carried out on Tsigai lambs in two periods (suckling and fattening) during the winter feeding season.
Zvonko Antunović +4 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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THE EFFECT OF PRODUCTION SYSTEM AND WEANING ON LAMB CARCASS TRAITS AND MEAT CHARACTERISTICS OF AUTOCHTHONOUS JEZERSKO-SOLČAVA BREED [PDF]
Poljoprivreda, 2007 Thirty-two Jezersko-Solčava lambs were used in a 2X2 factorial design to evaluate the effect of production system (fattening in stable with hay and cereals ad libitum or on the pasture) and weaning (suckling or weaned lambs) on carcass and meat traits of
Angela Cividini, D. Kompan, S. Žgur
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Circadian, feeding, and locomotor activities of artificially reared lambs measured by actigraphy
Journal of Applied Animal Research, 2023 Eight artificially reared lambs were used to study locomotory and feeding activities in the first three weeks of life by actigraphy. Lambs were fitted with a Bluetooth-enabled (BT) accelerometer and data were downloaded as activity counts at 1-min ...
José A. Abecia, Francisco Canto
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Isolation and characterization of stx1 and stx2 toxin-producing Escherichia coli in neonatal lambs with diarrhea in Nineveh governorate, Iraq [PDF]
Journal of Applied Veterinary Sciences, 2022 Escherichia coli causes many health problems in lambs, the most prominent of which is diarrhea, the study aimed to detect the shiga toxins genes in E.coli isolated from the suckling lambs affected with diarrhea in Nineveh governorate.
A.H. Al-Sabawi, Dh.M. Jwher
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