Different disasters have similar consequence on the health and welfare of livestock. Numerous geophysical disasters can exacerbate epizootics, resulting in the deaths of many animals and the reduction of production efficiency. These disasters also present a considerable threat of spoilage of processed foods, endangering public health. Furthermore, large-scale disasters involving animals can mod...

Land use is intensifying in southern Kajiado District, Kenya. In the 1960s and 1970s, land used communally by Maasai was divided into group ranches with title held collectively by ranch members. Some ranches have since been divided into parcels owned by individual members. Other sources of land use intensification include human population growth and immigration, more intensive livestock managem...

Scrapie, a disease of sheep and goats with a progressive course and fatal outcome, has not been identified in Nigeria. Anecdotal scrapie reports by livestock workers abound. Livestock diseases like scrapie form huddles in livestock economics of countries. For 8 months we surveyed for scrapie targeting emergency/casualty slaughter sheep and goats in Jos, Nigeria. We clinically examined 510 sheep...

The evolutionary processes that have enabled Bos taurus cattle to establish around the globe are at the core to the future success of livestock production. Our study focuses on the history of cattle domestication including the last 60 years of B. taurus breeding programmes in both favourable and unfavourable environments and its consequences on evolution and fitness of cattle. We discuss the em...

Mountain livestock systems, and particularly those based on breeding small ruminants, traditionally constituted a mainstay element of the local economy in Southeastern Spain's mountainous areas. With the rural exodus, which began in the early sixties, these systems were in critical danger of disappearing, due to, among other causes, the scarcity of shepherds and goatherds, the breakdown of an e...

This study aims to evaluate the existing condition of UPT. The Petangis Livestock Breeding Center (BPT) in Batu Engau District, Paser Regency, analyzed State Mainstay Buffalo Cattle program (SIKOMANDAN), which has been running Belengkong District and plans for implementing SIKOMANDAN at BPT Crying. research is descriptive nature, with technique selecting respondents using purposive sampling EXT...

Abstract Goat farming become a main business, because goats breed relative quickly and are one of the types livestock that familiar with systems sustainability in rural areas. In province North Sumatra, particular Hamparan Perak sub-district, they have started to cultivate dairy goats. The research aims analyze what factors weaknesses, strengths, opportunities threats influencing thedevelopment...

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The main focus of this research is to determine the molecular phylogeny and characterization Mundri Sheep (Ovis aries) through sequencing mitochondrial Cytochrome b Oxidase Subunit I (COI). This sheep breed appears morphologically different from other local breeds Pakistan. current carried out appraise status whether it aa or not. Blood samples were collected Livestock Experiment Station, (LES)...

Tibetan sheep are one of the three major coarse breeds in China, and they possess a long history formation. However, few studies have been conducted on identification at molecular level. In this study, total 448 individuals from 24 populations 5 regions Tibet, Qinghai, Gansu, Yunnan, Sichuan were analyzed using Affymetrix Ovine SNP 600K high-density chip to construct specific single-nucleoside ...