Forage halophytes such as saltbush (Atriplex spp.) are widely used to revegetate Australian saline land and can provide a medium-quality fodder source. An animal house experiment was conducted to investigate differences in the carcass and eating quality of sheep ingesting saltbush from saline land in combination with a barley supplement. Twenty-six merino hoggets (two groups of 13) were fed eit...

Aim: Bluetongue is a non-contagious, infectious viral disease of domestic and wild ruminants; which is believed to have originated in Africa. The epidemiology of Bluetongue virus infection is poorly defined in many parts of the world, including a wide range of Asia and the Middle East. This paper reports the results of a Bluetongue serological survey in sheep from some provinces of Iran during ...

The size that an epidemic can reach, measured in terms of the number fatalities, is extremely relevant quantity. It has been recently claimed [Cirillo & Taleb, Nature Physics 2020] distribution major epidemics human history "extremely fat-tailed", i.e., asymptotically a power law, which important consequences for risk management. Reanalyzing this data, we find that, although fatality may be com...

The role of the lymphatic system in the absorption of fat in sheep and lambs was investigated by Heath & Morris (1962) and their experiments showed that a considerable proportion of the dietary fat is absorbed into the intestinal lymph and carried to the blood by way of the thoracic duct. In young lambs, the pattern of fat absorption resembles that in cats, rats and rabbits. When a fat meal is ...

In this study, we conducted a genome-wide association study (GWAS) for five milk production traits in the Valle del Belice sheep. Repeated measurements yield (MY), fat percentage and yield...