The objective of this study was to identify claw lesions causing clinical lameness in lactating Holstein Frisian (HF) crossbred cows in dairy cattle. Seventy dairy farmers were interviewed at the monthly meetings of Progressive Dairy Farmers Association of Ludhiana, Punjab, India. Ten dairy farms were randomly selected as per probability proportional to size and a total of 450 lactating HF cros...

There is little empirical evidence to indicate that dairy cow live weight affects the extent of soil damage at the hoof-soil interface during grazing on poorly drained permanent grassland. In the present study the impact of Holstein-Friesian (HF) dairy cows with a mean (±standard deviation) live weight of 570 (±61) kg were compared with Jersey × Holstein-Friesian (JX) with a mean live weight of...

Rodrigo Borges Fonseca1 Lourenço Correr Sobrinho2 Alfredo Júlio Fernandes Neto3 Adérito Soares da Mota3 Carlos José Soares4 1DDS, MS, Graduate student at Piracicaba Dental School, State University of Campinas – São Paulo, Brazil. 2DDS, MS, PhD, Professor at Piracicaba Dental School, State University of Campinas – São Paulo, Brazil. 3DDS, MS, PhD, Professor at Dental School, Federal University o...

Chang-Hun Park, M.D., Kiyoung Yoo, M.D., Ki-O Lee, M.T., Sun-Hee Kim, Ph.D., Ki-Woong Sung, Ph.D., and Hee-Jin Kim, Ph.D. Department of Laboratory Medicine and Genetics, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul; Korea Hemophilia Foundation, Seoul; Samsung Biomedical Research Institute, Samsung Medical Center, Seoul; Department of Pediatrics, Samsung Medical Cent...

Unit for Human Reproduction, 1st Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece, Department of Reproductive Medicine and Gynaecology, University Medical Centre, Utrecht, Netherlands, Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Division of Gynaecological Endocrinology and Reproductive Medicine, University Clinic of Schleswig-Holstein, Campus Lue...

Plasma thyroxine (T4), triiodothyronine (T3) and iodide levels were measured from birth until 30 days of age in 17 Holstein x Friesian (HF), 7 Salers and 7 Charolais calves born at term. The response of plasma T4 and T3 levels to bovine thyrotropin (TSH) injection was also compared in two groups of 9 HF calves 3hrs and 21 days, respectively, after birth. In the HF calves, plasma T4 and T3 level...

Stroke welcomes Letters to the Editor and will publish them, if suitable, as space permits. Letters must reference a Stroke published-ahead-of-print article or an article printed within the past 3 weeks. The maximum length is 750 words including no more than 5 references and 3 authors. Please submit letters typed double-spaced. Letters may be shortened or edited. Include a completed copyright t...

Biological invasions are one of the largest ecological and economic problems we face. Invasive species represent one of the most significant threats to biological diversity, along with habitat loss and fragmentation (Wilcove et al., 1998; Pimentel et al., 2000). Thus, any knowledge we can contribute to understanding the process of invasion will have huge benefits for humanity. In particular, id...