Taste responses in ruminants. 4. Reactions of pygmy goats, normal goats, sheep and cattle to acetic acid and quinine hydrochloride.

Taste responses in ruminants. 3. Reactions of pygmy goats, normal goats, sheep and cattle to sucrose and sodium chloride.

T HERE are a number of factors, both of an environmental and an intraorganic nature, which can influence the taste responses of various species of animals, some serving to increase and others acting to decrease stimulant concentrations at behavioral taste thresholds. Among these variables are included the nature of the taste medium (Mackey and Valassi, 1956; Mackey, 1958) ; the temperature of t...

A study on prevalence of some helminthic infections of the liver and lungs among ruminants in abattoir of Fars province, Iran

Zoonotic helminths are often transmitted to humans through domestic animals. This retrospective study was performed to estimate the prevalence of some important zoonotic helminthic infections of the liver and lung including echinococcosis, fasciolosis and dicrocoeliasis in Kazerun and Shiraz abattoirs, Fars, Iran, during 2011-2013. A total of 12381 sheep, 6473 cattle, 22847 goats, 66 camels, an...

A survey on the hydatidosis in human and hydatid cyst in reading livestocks which were slaughtered in Arak slaughter house

Hydatid disease is one of the most serious parasitic infection in humans and ruminants. In spite of this, no research had been conducted about the prevalence of this infection in the city of Arak, which is one of the centers for raising livestocks. In order to do this, medical files of  73 subjects, whom were diagnosed as having hydatid cyst ( between years 1983-1993) and had gone under operati...

Seroepidemiology of Rinderpest and Peste des Petite Ruminants in Sheep and Goats in Iran

Prevalence of some parasitic helminths among slaughtered ruminants in Kirkuk slaughter house, Kirkuk, Iraq

A retrospective study was carried out in year 2003, to show the prevalence of hydatid cysts, liver flukes and lung worm among slaughtered sheep, goats, calves, cattle and buffaloes in Kirkuk slaughter house. The number of ruminants slaughtered in Kirkuk abattoir was sheep (40233), goats (9223), calves (9577), cattle (2855) and buffaloes (50). It was found that the highest rate of hydatid cysts ...