Most donkey and local horse breeds are vulnerable to extinction as mechanization of agriculture progress throughout the world. The present study analyzed the pedigree and herd records of the donkey Asinina de Miranda breed (RAM), identifying genealogical and human factors that may affect the breed genetic diversity in the future and suggesting suitable strategies to breed preservation, early on...

BACKGROUND Palmar region of metacarpus in the horses and donkeys is an important region because of its tendons and ligaments which contribute to stay apparatus. This study was done on forelimbs of 6 healthy Miniature donkeys to detect the tendons, ligaments and their accessories on the palmar surface of metacarpus in this animal. MATERIALS AND METHODS Based on that magnetic resonance imaging ...

Milk is the most nourishing natural biofl uid. Milk bioactives contribute signifi cantly to meeting nutrient requirements while minimizing the risks of cancers, traumas, and metabolic complexities. Some mothers may not be able to feed their infants breast milk for a prolonged period. Very young infants and the elderly may be intolerant to cow milk and its proteins and cholesterol. Th us, viable...

Fourteenth-century logicians such as Burley and Buridan note that quantifiers not only express relations between terms but also introduce items in discourse that can be referred to anaphorically. The problem this raises is not one of truth conditions, as we have seen—it is not difficult to give first-order representations of sentences such as ‘an animal is running and it is a man’ or ‘Every far...