Domesticated animals formed an important element of farming practices in prehistoric Britain, a fact revealed through the quantity and variety of animal bone typically found at archaeological sites. However, it is not known whether the ruminant animals were raised purely for their tissues (e.g., meat) or alternatively were exploited principally for their milk. Absorbed organic residues from pot...

The objective of the present study was to investigate genetic trends 18 subjectively scored linear type traits describing animal morphology, as well udder, teat, feet and leg conformation. analysis undertaken using 2,932,700 Holstein-Friesian females born in Republic Ireland between years 2000 2020, inclusive. results indicate that have progressively become shorter stature shallower (i.e. body ...

Abstract Concerns regarding the welfare of farm animals continue to grow. Traditionally, research efforts have largely focused on refining existing management practices improve welfare. However, incorporation views from those directly involved in animal care is equally, if not more, important. This study investigated perspectives Canadian dairy farmers We conducted 16 interviews with a total 22...

The sugar of the blood of dairy animals has been the subject of considerable investigation in its relation to milk secretion and disease. It is the precursor of the lactose of milk. Meigs (11)^ has presented a thorough review of the literature on this little-known phase of metabolism. There is good evidence to show that milk sugar is derived from the glucose of the blood, though the process by ...

It has long been known that season of the year has major impacts on dairy animal performance measures including growth, reproduction, and lactation. Additionally, as average production per cow has doubled, the metabolic heat output per animal has increased substantially rendering animals more susceptible to heat stress. This, in turn, has altered cooling and housing requirements for cattle. Sub...

A total of 1501 oral swab samples from Pakistan, Afghanistan and Tajikistan were collected from clinically healthy animals between July 2008 and August 2009 and assayed for the presence of foot-and-mouth disease virus (FMDV) RNA. The oral swab samples from two (of four) live animal markets in Pakistan (n = 245), one (of three) live animal market in Afghanistan (n=61) and both the live animal ma...

background: q fever is a zoonosis disease caused by an obligate intracellular organism coxiella burnetii. raw milk or dairy products that are produced by unpasteurized milk may contain virulent coxiella burnetii. the objective of this study was to determine the prevalence rate of c. burnetii in bulk milk samples from dairy sheep herds in fars, ghom, kerman, khuzestan and yazd provinces, iran. m...