The aim of this trial was to assess the effects of the administration of different combinations of mycotoxins in naturally contaminated maize grains on dairy heifer growth, blood measurements and puberty onset. A total of 35 Friesian female heifers were randomly allotted to three experimental groups from 18-21 to 42-45 weeks of age. During the 24-week experimental period (EP), heifers were fed ...

Aim of the study: The effects forage source (alfalfa hay; AH vs. wheat straw; WS) with rumen undegradable to degradable protein ratio [low (LR) = 28:72; high (HR) 36:64] were evaluated in young dairy calves.Area Arak, Iran.Material and methods: Forty-eight 3-d old female Holstein calves (44.5 kg BW) allocated four treatments: (1) low dietary RUP:RDP (AH-LR); (2) (AH-HR); (3) WS (WS-LR); (4) (WS...

Data on linear body measurements (LBM) of ca. 100 Zulu sheep raised under extensive management systems at four sites in northern KwaZulu-Natal were collected over a period of 2.5 years (October 2000 to May 2003). Data were used to quantify the live weight (LW), heart girth (HG), wither height (WH) and scrotum circumference (SC) of sheep in different age groups as well as the effects of some env...

Costus spicatus (Jacq.) Sw. and Costus spiralis (Jacq.) Roscoe var. spiralis (Costaceae) are economically important plants due to their pharmacological and medicinal properties and ornamental value. These plants are natives from the Brazilian Atlantic Rainforest and are fed upon by Agaraea minuta Schaus, 1892 (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae). This study describes the damage done by A. minuta on C. spic...

keyvan karkoodi*, saeed khalajzadeh department of animal science, saveh branch, islamic azad university, saveh, iran   *corresponding author's e-mail: [email protected]   received: 12 august 2013 accepted: 21 november 2013   abstract   thirty neonatal male holstein calves fed by starter diets containing ground wheat (gw) or dry-rolled wheat (drw) to 12 weeks of age. skeletal growth ...

This study was conducted to the morphological characteristics of indigenous goats breed under farmer’s management condition in Ancher and Gemechis districts, West Hararghe Zone, Eastern Ethiopia. The most frequently observed coat color pattern goat (60.8%) plain, (9.1%) spotted (30.1%) were patchy type area brown (36.8%) followed by white (24.7%). Heart girth had consistently highest correlatio...