Lamb growth, survival and carcass characteristics were compared for progeny of either 1/2-Suffolk, 1/2-Rambouillet (Western) ewes or 1/2-Suffolk, 1/4-Rambouillet, 1/4-Finnsheep (1/4-Finn) ewes produced over 3 yr in three different management systems. System 1 lambs were born in late fall and fed to slaughter on a concentrate diet. System 2 lambs were born in January and February and grazed pure...

We studied survival and demography of black bears, Ursus americanus, in Banff National Park (BNP) from 1994 to 2000 to test the efficacy of National Park protection. We monitored 25 radiocollared bears an average of 1.9 years each for a total of 51.8 bearyears. Eighty-two percent of all mortality {n= \\) was human-caused, composed of highway mortality (36%), management mor­ tality (27%) and man...

There is a widespread conviction that people distinguish two kinds of acts: on the one hand, acts that are generalisably wrong because they go against universal principles of harm, justice, or rights; on the other hand, acts that are variably right or wrong depending on the social context. In this paper we criticise existing methods that measure generalisability. We report new findings indicati...

A Camel Research Station was established in 1990 at the central desert land of Iran named Kavir-e-loot, to evaluate productivity performance of one humped camel. The data consisted of birth weights (BW), three (W3), six (W6), nine (W9) months and yearling (W12) body weight of animals and the pedigree was registered during a period of 14 years since 1991 to 2004. The body weight traits of birth,...

background: this study aimed to assess the incidence and survival rates of neonates weighing less than 2500g for duration of the first 28 days in an iranian community. methods: in this prospective longitudinal study, all neonates with birth weight less than 2500g were selected from the list of all neonates born in the only public-sector referral hospital, for a six months period. the weight of ...

The objectives of this study were to identify the breeding Begaria cattle keepers. A semi-structured questionnaire, live animal ranking, and focus group discussions employed farmers. was conducted on a total 75 conveniently sampled households. Among population households, 506 heads (252 male 254 female animals) ranked as first best, second third and/or worst animals. Owners asked choose animals...

The goal of this paper is to present Yabloesque versions of Grelling’s and Zwicker’s paradoxes concerning the notions of “heterological” and “hypergame” respectively. We will offer counterparts of these paradoxes that do not seem to involve self-reference or vicious circularity.