Ninety-eight and 88 female Angora kid goats (6 mo of age) were grazed/browsed on Edwards Plateau rangeland in 92- and 88-d trials in 1989 and 1990, respectively. The goats were either not supplemented (negative control, NC) or fed isoenergetic amounts of corn (C), a corn/cottonseed meal/molasses mixture (C/CSM), or a corn/cottonseed meal/fish meal/molasses mixture (C/CSM/FM). The C/CSM and C/CS...

We evaluated the profitability of anthelmintic treatment and nutritional supplements using partial budget analysis on 108 weaned Menz (n=39), 50% Awassi-Menz (n=38) and 75% Awassi-Menz (n=31) crossbred sheep genotypes kept on-station under subclinical helminthosis at Debre Berhan, Ethiopia. Data were collected on feed intake, live weight, eggs per gram of faeces (EPG), packed cell volume (PCV),...

Aim: A fast activation time of hemostatic agents with blood must be sufficient to effectively stop bleeding within surgical procedures. However, there are no functional in vitro tests of hemostatic agents which mimick such a clinical application. Method: The efficacy of two common hemostatic agents was examined with heparinised human whole blood (0.7 IU/ml) and a contact time of only three minu...

BACKGROUND Bariatric surgery is an effective tool in treating severe obesity. It provides significant weight loss in morbidly obese people accompanied by improvement in comorbidities and quality of life. AIM To investigate the weight loss outcomes in the first month after bariatric surgery after introduction of solids three weeks postoperatively. METHODS Thirty-two charts of patients who un...

The fibre characteristics of fleece determine its fate through the textile industry. Parameters such as diameter, length, elasticity and strength define functional quality fleece. Therefore, aim present study was to investigate effects different environmental factors well wool mineral contents on traits in Central Anatolian Merino sheep. Additionally, were investigated. For this purpose, 300 sa...