Lipska sheep is an autochthonous Serbian population from the group of Pramenka (Zapfel) sheep, bred in area around Smederevo, Pozarevac and Mladenovac. The average weight male animals (BW) 95 kg 62 female animals. Other measurements are: wither height (WH) 74 cm, body length (BL) 78 chest width (CW) 23 depth (CD) 40 cm hearth girth (HG) 91 cm. In last sixty years, adult gained ten kilograms wei...

This study aimed to assess the effects of diets containing spineless cactus genotypes resistant carmine cochineal insect (Dactylopius opuntiae) on liver condition sheep. Thirty-six non-castrated Santa Inês male sheep (six months age and average initial body weight 22.0 ± 2.9 kg) were assigned a completely randomized design, with three treatments 12 replicates. The animals fed diet Tifton hay as...

Recombination is a complex biological process that results from a cascade of multiple events during meiosis. Understanding the genetic determinism of recombination can help to understand if and how these events are interacting. To tackle this question, we studied the patterns of recombination in sheep, using multiple approaches and data sets. We constructed male recombination maps in a dairy br...

Recombination is a complex biological process that results from a cascade of multiple events during meiosis. Understanding the genetic determinism of recombination can help to understand if and how these events are interacting. To tackle this question, we studied the patterns of recombination in sheep, using multiple approaches and datasets. We constructed male recombination maps in a dairy bre...

In many species, the reproductive centers of the brain are profoundly affected by sociosexual stimuli. This is particularly evident in female ungulates such as sheep, in which exposure to males switches them from reproductively quiescent to fertile. In two experiments with female sheep, we tested whether the brain centers that control gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) neuronal activity resp...

Aim: The objective of the present study was to study the disposition kinetics and dosage regimens of long acting moxifloxacin -1 following intravenous administration at the dose rate of 7.5 mg/kg b. wt. in six male sheep and to calculate dosage regimens of the same in sheep. Materials and Methods: The study was conducted using six healthy male sheep. Long acting Moxifloxacin solution (10 % moxi...

PURPOSE To determine the analgesic, motor, sedation and systemic effects of lumbosacral epidural magnesium sulphate added to ketamine in the sheep. METHODS Six healthy adult male mixed-breed sheep; weighing 43 ± 5 kg and aged 20-36 months. Each sheep underwent three treatments, at least 2 weeks apart, via epidural injection: (1) ketamine (KE; 2.5 mg/kg), (2) magnesium sulphate (MG; 100 mg), a...

Most ungulates are gregarious species and outside the mating season are typically observed in single-sex groups. However little is known about the mechanisms underlying social segregation between sexes. We investigated the effect of conspecific attraction on individual spacing between unrestrained merino sheep Ovis aries and confined conspecifics. We considered differences between males and fem...

One hundred camels (Camelus dromedaries) and fifty sheep and goats being adult, male, and apparently healthy field animals were studied to provide data regarding the normal values of some hepatic trace elements. Liver samples were collected during postmortem examination, digested, and analyzed for Cu, Zn, Fe, Co, and Mn using atomic absorption spectrophotometry. The results showed that the diff...

The sheep is a valuable model in which to study GH neuroregulation as its pattern of GH secretion is very close to that in humans. Furthermore, important differences in somatostatin (SRIH) action between rats and sheep have been found previously. Our goal was to compare in male rat and ram pituitaries the binding characteristics of somatostatin receptors and the effect of SRIH and 17 analogues ...