Objective: Estimation of genetic parameters for Kleiber ratio (KR) and genetic trends for pre-weaning weights of Arabi sheep has not been previously conducted.Methods: Data and pedigree information were collected at the Khuzestan Ramin Agricultural and Natural Resources University, Animal Science Research Station, located in southwest Iran, from 2001 to 2008. (Co)variance components and corresp...

Recent work has emphasized that both glucose and acetate are important metabolites in the ruminant. Annison & Lindsay (1961) estimate that 33 % of expired C02 is derived directly from acetate in the fed sheep, and Annison & White (1961) find that, under these conditions, 23 % comes from glucose; both these values are sensitive to the nutritional state of the animal. Considerable quantities of b...

The present study was performed to study the effect of inbreeding on the pre-weaning growth traits including the birth weight (BW), weaning weight (WW), average daily gain (ADG), Kleiber ratio (KR) and lamb survival from birth to weaning (SUR) in Baluchi, Iran-Black and Zandi sheep. Significant positive inbreeding trends were found only for Baluchi and Iran-Black breeds as 0.038 and 0.278, resp...

Recognition of the parallels between animal life and flame provided the impetus to view life as combustion. Animal digestion and metabolism experiments revealed principles of nutrient sources of energy, the relation of chemical content to absorbed nutrient value, respiratory quotient, and biological value. Measurements of heat loss by animals revealed dramatic, >30-fold, differences in mass spe...

BACKGROUND Placentas are generally round/oval in shape, but "irregular" shapes are common. In the Collaborative Perinatal Project data, irregular shapes were associated with lower birth weight for placental weight, suggesting variably shaped placentas have altered function. METHODS (I) Using a 3D one-parameter model of placental vascular growth based on Diffusion Limited Aggregation (an accep...

2. Lockemann U, Püschel K, Schäfer A, Schneider V, Geserick G, Gillner G, Pietrzak T, Alcarez R, Varchmin-Schultheiß K, Birkholz M, Gabler W, Ramms M, Müller E, Jacob B, Springer E, Anschütz U, Hausmann R, Trübner K, Klöppel A, Roggendorf M, Brettel HF, Pollak S, Riße M, Kernbach-Wighton G, Weinke H, Kleiber M, Heinemann A, SanchezHenke M, Wischhusen F, Eidam J, Mattern R, Karhunen P, Wilske J,...

There is a well known tradition in the literature on definite Determiner Phrases (DPs) that concentrates on the asymmetries in the distribution and the anaphoric properties of determiners such as articles and demonstratives. A huge amount of work on the topic has been done on French by linguists like Kleiber, Corblin, Marandin, Maes, Apothéloz, Reichler-Béguelin or De Mulder, and on English by ...

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