a study was conducted to evaluate effects of age at weaning on various growth characteristics and stress measures of zandi lambs. the lambs were weaned at 45 and 90 days of age. the body weights and average daily gain (adg) were monitored during the experimental period and 5 months of age. cortisol, glucose, blood urea nitrogen (bun) and lamb behavior (agitation, vocalization) were recorded bef...

Abstract Farm diversification is mainly driven by risk mitigation effects and economic gains related to complementarities between production activities. By combining these two aspects, we investigate economies in a sample of French mixed sheep farming systems rank using stochastic dominance criteria. Partially diversified (Sheep-Grass, Sheep-Crop, Sheep-Landless) fully (Sheep-Grass-Crop-Landles...

introduction it has been estimated that pbp production based on fresh weight in iran is over 400,000 mt annually. pistachio by-products consist of 53.50% external hull (epicarp) with the remaining composed of leaves, mesocarp and kernel. the results of few studies showed feeding of low levels of pbp had no effects on sheep, dairy cow and goat performance. ensiled of pbp with peg, naoh and urea ...

Background: The application of laparoscopic method for intrauterine insemination is limited in sheep industry by the high cost of equipment and low pregnancy rate of frozen-thawed spermatozoa. Both disadvantages could be decreased if chilled ram semen is transported to the farms and inseminated through cervix. Semen extender provides the requirements for sperm and affects its motility, viabilit...

We address here a theoretical basis for the icosahedral symmetry that is observed so commonly for viral capsids, i.e., the single-protein-thick rigid shells that protect the viral genome. In particular, we outline the phenomenological hamiltonian approach developed recently (see Zandi, R., Reguera, D., Bruinsma, R., Gelbart, W.M. and Rudnick, J. (2004), Original of icosahedral symmetry in virus...

With interest we read the report of a psychosis incidence study in the Dutch town of Utrecht (Zandi et al., 2010). The authors hypothesized that previous reports of an increased incidence of schizophrenia among Moroccan–Dutch people in the Netherlands were due to cross-cultural bias. They examined first-onset cases using a “culturally sensitive” version of the Comprehensive Assessment of Sympto...

this research was conducted to evaluate the effect of different zinc (zn) sources on performance, bloodmineral and cell counts of zandi lambs. 18 male lambs at weaning were supplemented with two differentsources of zinc, 25 ppm znso4 and 25 ppm zinc-peptide added to the basal diet as control. live bodyweight, weight gain and feed efficiency improved with zn-peptide supplementation (p