The primary research mandate of the Small Ruminant CRSP (SR-CRSP) is to design and test appropriate and affordable ,echnology to enhance the productivity of resource-poor stockowners' herds of sheep, goats, llama, and alpaca in developing countries (DCs). Correctly conicxtualized in a social science of agricultural development (DeWalt this volume) and carefully targeted to reach its intended be...

Small ruminant lentiviruses (SRLVs) are prevalent in North American sheep and a major cause of production losses for the U.S. sheep industry. Sheep susceptibility to SRLV infection is influenced by genetic variation within the ovine transmembrane 154 gene (TMEM154). Animals with either of two distinct TMEM154 haplotypes that both encode glutamate at position 35 of the protein (E35) are at great...

Ruminants may ingest appreciable quantities of nucleic acids and large amounts are synthesized by the microbial population in the reticulo-rumen. The importance of nucleic acids to the nutrient intake of the ruminant is probably dependent on the amounts of these materials relative to other nitrogenous substances which are presented to the small intestine. These amounts bear little or no relatio...

Objective- Comparative evaluation of standing and lateral recumbent restraint positions for rumenotomy based on transforming growth factor-β (TGF-β) concentrations of Kano-Brown goats (KBGs).Design- Experimental studyAnimals- Eighteen KBGs of both sexes diagnosed of rumen foreign body impaction (RFBI), were allocated to groups A, B ...