Here we studied how the transit through the gut of the earthworm Eisenia fetida affects the microbial and nutrient stabilization of pig and cow manure, by analyzing fresh casts. Earthworms reduced the pools of dissolved organic C and N in casts from both types of manure, as wells as mineral N. Microbial biomass was enhanced only in casts from pig manure and did not change in casts from cow manu...

nilofar rahbar, hossein ali asadi gharneh* department of horticulture, isfahan (khorasgan) branch, islamic azad university, isfahan, iran *corresponding author email: [email protected] received: 3 may 2015                                                                          accepted: 14 june 2015 abstract fertilizer management is an important factor in successful cultivation of pharmaceu...

Cow milk, a highly nutritious food item, is amenable to quality degradation due to lipolysis and proteolysis, as a sequel to the growth of spoilage microorganisms, particularly under ambient condition in tropical countries, with consequential loss of aesthetic appeal and product output. Prescription antibiotics used for milk preservation have many undesirable side effects on the health of consu...

BACKGROUND The somatic cell count (SCC) is commonly used to monitor udder health and diagnose subclinical intramammary infection (IMI) in dairy cattle. HYPOTHESIS The Somaticell test (ST) and California mastitis test (CMT) are clinically useful cow-side tests for diagnosing subclinical IMI. ANIMALS One hundred and eleven dairy cows at dry-off and 92 cows within 4-7 days postcalving. METHO...

This essay asks how conceptualizing love as work might provide a fresh perspective on love’s politics. In offering an ethnographic account of for Gau-Mata, the Cow-Mother idealized Hindu nation, fuels right-wing nationalist politics cow-protection in India’s central Himalayan state Uttarakhand, I suggest that specific arrangements labor through which affective attachments are organized critical...

in order to have a sustainable agriculture it is necessary to use environmental friendly inputs to improve ecological aspects of environment. basil (ocimum basilicum l.) is a medicinal and vegetable crop which is cultivated in different parts of the world. an experiment was conducted at research station, faculty of agriculture, ferdowsi university of mashhad, iran, in year 2009. a complete rand...