OBJECTIVES To characterise the symptomatic phenotype of Chiari-like malformation (CM), secondary syringomyelia (SM) and brachycephaly in the Cavalier King Charles Spaniel using morphometric measurements on mid-sagittal Magnetic Resonance images (MRI) of the brain and craniocervical junction. METHODS This retrospective study, based on a previous quantitative analysis in the Griffon Bruxellois ...

BACKGROUND Caries, enamel hypoplasia, molar incisor hipomineralization, amylogenesis imperfecta, dentine dysplasia, hypophosphatasia and other dental disorders lead to tooth mineralization disturbances and structural abnormalities, decreasing masticatory organ functions. Dental disorders in sheep can lead to premature slaughter before they have attained final stage of their reproductive life an...

To evaluate the effect of decreasing dietary protein on growth performance, carcass traits, and intestinal mucosal morphometry, 180 female Hubbard strain broiler chickens were divided into 3 groups and fed 3 isoenergetic diets ad libitum from 14 d of age until slaughter age (49 d). The treatments varied according to 3 protein levels: high-protein diet (HiP, 22.5% CP, DM basis), medium-protein d...

Five Simple Sequence Repeats (SSRs) were used to assess the relationship between inflorescence characteristics and their allelic variation in 53 Brassica oleracea wild relatives (n = 9). Curd morphometric traits, such as weight (CW), height (CH), diameter (CD1), shape (CS) curvature angle (CA), its curd stem (CD2), measured. The aim of work was analyze relationships among patterns SSRs primers ...

Diverse source of early genotypes is obligatory for breeding high yielding castor (Ricinus communis L.) cultivars. One hundred and twenty-five medium duration including three checks were evaluated the presence genetic diversity variability. Genetic distance, variance components correlation coefficients estimated seven seed related quantitative traits. Significant genotypic differences observed ...

Breeding for yield and quality requires the assessment of seed metrics vigour traits. This study, therefore, assessed variability inter-dependence grain (GY), morphometric traits in hybrid maize. Seeds 75 early maturing maize varieties were evaluated four replicates. A field trial laid out a randomised complete block design with three replicates was also conducted Ibadan, Nigeria, to determine ...