Introduction The ostrich is a unique animal that has been successfully domesticated due to a productive demand for its healthy, low fat meat and high quality (Cooper, 1999), durable leather (Cooper, 2001). Currently the animal is farmed widely in Africa and certain countries in Europe, Australia and America. In the UK, following their introduction in the late 1980s, ostrich farming became a ver...

This article develops a conceptual framework to understand government response citizens’ social media participation in public policy making and identifies four participation-response archetypes: the Ostrich, Cuckoo, Queen Bee, Mandarin Duck modes. Drawing on analysis of 136 cases China, Cuckoo mode, which opinions are pre-expressed is reactive, was predominant observed. Incidents Ostrich avoidi...

West Nile virus (WNV) is widely distributed in South Africa, but since a few cases of neurological disease have been reported from this region, endemic lineage 2 strains were postulated to be of low virulence. Several cases of nonfatal encephalitis in humans as well as fatal cases in a foal, dog, and ostrich chicks have, however, been associated with lineage 2 WNV in South Africa. The pathogene...

This study aimed to economic evaluation of ostrich production in Sistan region by the use fuzzy conception in five platforms including (1 bird, 30 birds, 50 birds, 100 birds and 200 birds). The result showed that amount of benefit cost for 30, 50, 100 and 200 was 0.20, 0.26, 0.30, 0.31 and present value was 105, 549, 1460, 2927 million rials. According to the results obtained from present value...

The ostrich breeding system is complex and unique; communal clutches are laid by several females, although only one female, the major female, and the resident territorial male provide parental care. More eggs are laid in the nest than can be incubated and the major female ejects surplus eggs from the incubated central clutch. Microsatellite markers were used to analyse the parentage of communal...

BACKGROUND The ostrich Struthio camelus reaches the highest speeds of any extant biped, and has been an extraordinary subject for studies of soft-tissue anatomy and dynamics of locomotion. An elongate tarsometatarsus in adult ostriches contributes to their speed. The internal osteology of the tarsometatarsus, and its mechanical response to forces of running, are potentially revealing about ostr...

*Corresponding Author Kemei Peng [email protected] The Ostrich tibia belongs to the long bone, which has a complex structure comprising to different types of bone cell, a calcified extracellular matrix and two crisscross pipelines. Few present report concerning on the histological structure of Ostrich tibia had been carried out. This experiment was carried out to investigate the Tibia Morpholo...

In this study was investigated the structure of pecten oculi in the ostrich, duck, pigeon, turkey, and starling. The pecten oculi of the ostrich was vaned type and made up primary, secondary, and few tertiary lamellae. However, duck, pigeon, turkey and starling had a pleated-type pecten oculi which displayed folded structure. The numbers of pleats of the pectens were 12, 13-14, 21-22, and 17 in...

Effects of gamma irradiation and storage time on the Chemical and Sensory quality of ostrich meat stored at 4 ̊C were evaluated in this study. Irradiation increased (P<0.05) the intensity of lipid oxidation, irradiation odor and loss of color and sensory quality in aerobic packages. No significant differences in pH value of ostrich meat were observed due to irradiation. Considering the sensory a...