Bluetongue virus genetic and phenotypic diversity: towards identifying 1 the molecular determinants that influence virulence and transmission 2 potential 3 4 Peter Coetzee, Moritz Van Vuuren , Maria Stokstad, Mette Myrmel, Estelle. H. Venter 5 6 Department of Veterinary Tropical Diseases, Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of 7 Pretoria, Private Bag X04, Onderstepoort, Pretoria, 0110, So...

466 The effect of arginine supplementation during pregnancy on uterine blood flow in dairy heifers. C. Yunta*1, B. R. Mordhorst2, K. A. Vonnahme2, C. Parys3, and A. Bach1,4, 1Department of Ruminant Production-IRTA, Caldes de Montbui, Barcelona, Spain, 2Center for Nutrition and Pregnancy, Department of Animal Science, North Dakota State University, Fargo, 3Evonik Industries AG, Hanau, Germany, 4...

akbar pirestani,*, mohammad javad bagheri, sayed mahdi hashemi, amir hossine asgarishahi   department of animal science, khorasgan (isfahan) branch, islamic azad university, isfahan, iran     *corresponding author: email: [email protected]     received: 20 july 2013   accepted: 21 november 2013       abstract this study was conducted to evaluate the impact of se+vit e and cu injection on...

Yarahmadi B1, Mahdavi HR2, Moaydinezhad A4 1. Research Instructor, Department of Animal Products, Lorstan Research Center of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Khorramabad, Iran 2. Research Assistant Professor, Department of Animal Products, Karaj Animal Science Research Institue, Karaj, Iran 3. MSc in Biotechnology, Department of Agricultural Biotechnology, Hamadan Bou Ali University, Hamadan,...

Low-input lambing management was the focus of the 2007 Sheep Symposium at the joint annual meetings of the American Society of Animal Science, the American Dairy Science Association, the Asociación Mexicana de Producción Animal, and the Poultry Science Association held in San Antonio, Texas, on July 8 to 12, 2007. The purpose of this symposium was to bring together biologists and managers who c...

One of the great contributions of Armsby to the science of animal nutrition was the demonstration that the requirements of animals for nutrients, and the values of feeds in covering these requirements, are two separate and distinct problems, requiring different experimental methods for their solution. The requirement of an animal for energy, for example, must involve a study of the heat product...

Two samples of data from approximately 4000 Holstein cows were analyzed by REML with a multivariate (milk and fat yields) animal model for first lactations started in 1970 through 1977 and in 1978 through 1985 and also for first lactation records started in low, middle, and high production herds in 1978 through 1985 separately for California, New York, and Wisconsin herds. Heritability estimate...