The domestic camel (dromedary) is the most important livestock species in the Canary Islands and the most important autochthonous European camel population. After six centuries of a successful adaptation process to the particular environment of the Canary Islands, the abandonment of traditional agriculture has led this population to a major bottleneck. Along with a lack of foreign genetic inter...

To the editor: The foregoing letter by Lentz et al. examined the occurrence of the mcr-1 gene in Escherichia coli isolates recovered from chicken cloacal swabs collected between August and October of 2015, from a poultry slaughterhouse in southern Brazil [1], providing valuable additional data on the epidemiology of this novel gene. Of 343 animals screened, 10 (3%) different chickens belonging ...

Genetic improvement of pig performance is a primary tool in enhancing profitability in pig enterprises. The first step of genetically improving livestock is the development of a breeding objective which combines all economically important traits that can be improved by selection. These traits are given economic values that are defined as the increase in profit with a single unit change in each ...

Breeders experience difficulties in providing grass as animal feed due to the narrowness of grazing land and changes function where agricultural has become oil palm plantations. Farmers only expect that is under plants. have difficulty getting for their livestock when there less trees, especially during dry season. It necessary transfer technology utilizing leaves fronds quality continuously av...

CHAPMAN, A. R., P. W. HODGES, A. M. BRIGGS, P. J. STAPLEY, and B. VICENZINO. Neuromuscular Control and ExerciseRelated Leg Pain in Triathletes. Med. Sci. Sports Exerc., Vol. 42, No. 2, pp. 233–243, 2010. Previous studies have shown that cycling can directly influence neuromuscular control during subsequent running in some highly trained triathletes. A relationship between this altered neuromusc...


 They researched the profiles and characteristics of Bali Cattle Farmers in Covid-19 Era Village Ayunan Badung to know Balinese cattle breeders during pandemic. The methods used are survey using primary data secondary data. Sampling is carried out by purposive sampling questionnaire on 40 village have experience raising for more than three years. study results were 77.5% respondent produc...

Foodborne parasites are a source of human parasitic infection. Zoonotic infections of humans arise from a variety of domestic and wild animals, including sheep, goats, cattle, camels, horses, pigs, boars, bears, felines, canids, amphibians, reptiles, poultry, and aquatic animals such as fishes and shrimp. Therefore, the implementation of efficient, accessible, and controllable inspection polici...

Risk factors for congenital umbilical hernias were investigated in German Fleckvieh calves up for sale at livestock markets. Data from 53,105 calves were collected from 77 livestock auctions in 1996 and 1997. The overall incidence of congenital umbilical hernia was 1.8%. A significant influence on incidence was exerted by the sex of the calf, the occurrence of multiple births, the market place/...

Social interactions, especially those involving competition among individuals, are important in domesticated livestock and in natural populations. The heritability of traits affected by such interactions has two components, one originating in the individual like that of classical traits (direct effects) and the other originating in other group members (indirect effects). The latter type of trai...

Abstract Smallholder farmers in developing countries often lack resources. They rely mostly on extensive production approaches, such as cattle keeping and resort more to extracting forest resources at no charge. Our objective is assess the relationship between diversification of income sources, poverty livelihood capital for smallholder farm households which combine farming with extraction. We ...