Economic Evaluation of Breeding Objectives in Sheep and Goats- Summary and Commentary

Economic Evaluation of Breeding Objectives for Sheep and Goats: Practical Considerations and Examples

Ticks fauna of sheep and goats in some suburbs of Mazandaran province, Iran

BACKGROUND:Ticks are obligatory blood sucking arthropodsthat can transmit important pathogens. OBJECTIVES: Thedistribution and diversity of ticks fauna were last studied in the northof Iran in 2007. Mazandaran province has a humid climate, whichis favourable to animal husbandry such as sheep breeding. Due tohumid climate, the likelihood of exposure to tick infestation isincreasing. The aim of t...

Economic Evaluation of Breeding Objectives in Sheep and Goats - General Considerations

SUMMARY The procedures to be fo llowed and some o f the problems which ing breeding objectives are discussed. Specia l emphasis is given reconcile confl icts between different bases o f evaluation, and it ~o att~ that from,a, long-term viewpoi nt , effic i ~ncy s hould be the goal of ~~econcI where efflclency 1S measured as the rat10 of the v alue of all input br~ of al l outputs. In the shorte...

Observations on the Incidence, Epidemiology, Control and Economic Importance of Gastro-Intestinal Parasites of Sheep and Goats in Iran

Comparison of Leptospira interrogans infection in the goats and sheep

Background: Most leptospiral infections in sheep and goat are asymptomatic but may result in high fever, abortion, stillbirth, agalactiae. There is a different foraging behavior between sheep and goat that may cause the different prevalence of Leptospira interrogans infection in sheep and goats. OBJECTIVES: The purpose of the present study was to compare the prevalence of L. interrogans antibod...