Animal and Veterinary Sciences

Volume 7, Issue 2, March 2019

  • Analysis of the Course of Birth and the Early Postpartal Period in Pigs After Hormonal Partus Induction with Special Consideration of Complication Rate

    Wolfgang Zaremba, Thomas Udluft, Klaus Failing, Hartwig Bostedt

    Issue: Volume 7, Issue 2, March 2019
    Pages: 29-39
    Received: 12 March 2019
    Accepted: 22 April 2019
    Published: 11 May 2019
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    Abstract: The aim of this field study was to analyse the course of parturition in sows, differentiated by eutocia and dystocia, after previous partus synchronisation. The study included 1,975 sows of a closed herd divided into 5 groups: Sows having farrowed until or on day 114 post conception served as controls (A; n = 710). Sows in which parturition did not... Show More
  • Application of Clostridium Botulinum Toxin Type D to Control Plateau Zokors in Qinghai–Tibet Plateau Pastoral Areas

    Shengqing Li, Xiyun Zhang, Huaixi Liu, Tongzuo Zhang, Guoyuan Hu, Zhining Li, Tingting Wang, Rong Huang, Yanming Zhang

    Issue: Volume 7, Issue 2, March 2019
    Pages: 40-45
    Received: 31 December 2018
    Accepted: 01 February 2019
    Published: 17 May 2019
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    Abstract: The feasibility of Clostridium botulinum toxin type D as a novel biological rodenticide to control plateau zokors was explored. In this study, Horn’s method was used to determine the gavage LD50 of C. botulinum toxin type D to plateau zokors. Modified Karber metho was employed to determine the oral LD50 of granular and wheat baits. Results showed t... Show More
  • Response of Yaffa Breeder Cocks to Dietary Fumonisin B1: Volumetric Proportions of Spermatogenic Elements, Tubular Diameter and Pubertal Age

    Ogunlade Jacob Taiwo

    Issue: Volume 7, Issue 2, March 2019
    Pages: 46-51
    Received: 05 April 2019
    Accepted: 22 April 2019
    Published: 23 May 2019
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    Abstract: Sixty pre-pubertal Yaffa breeder cocks of about 16 weeks old were used to evaluate the reproductive effect of fumonisin B1(FB1), a toxic secondary metabolite of Fusarium verticillioides on pubertal age, tubular diameter and volumetric proportions of spermatogenic elements. The cocks were randomly allotted to diets containing 0.2(control), 5.2, 10.2... Show More
  • Goats Fattening Under an Agrosilvopastoril Production System in Oaxaca

    Ernesto de Jesús Viruel-Morales, María Isabel Pérez-León, José Cristóbal Leyva-López, Gerardo Rodríguez-Ortiz, Jorge Hernández-Bautista, Ernesto Castañeda-Hidalgo

    Issue: Volume 7, Issue 2, March 2019
    Pages: 52-58
    Received: 15 February 2019
    Accepted: 03 April 2019
    Published: 12 June 2019
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    Abstract: The agroforestry systems consider the integrated management of all production within the production unit processes and conservation practices related to the use of natural resources. From this point of view, it should be approached as a system composed by subsystems and the interactions that occur among them, in order to provide a sustainable, soci... Show More
  • Evaluation of Viral Migration of Different Variants of Equid Alphaherpesvirus 1 in the Central Nervous System of Hamsters by Immunohistochemistry

    Aline Aparecida da Silva, Elenice Maria Sequetin Cunha, Maria do Carmo Custódio de Souza Hunold Lara, Eliana Monteforte Cassaro Villalobos, Alessandra Figueiredo de Castro Nassar, Enio Mori, Carolina Natalia Zanuzzi, Cecília Mónica Galosi, Claudia Del Fava

    Issue: Volume 7, Issue 2, March 2019
    Pages: 59-68
    Received: 12 March 2019
    Accepted: 12 April 2019
    Published: 13 June 2019
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    Abstract: The intranasal inoculation of equid alphaherpesvirus1 (EHV-1) Brazilian variants A4/72, A9/92, A3/97, Iso72/10 and the Argentine variant AR4 in a Syrian hamster model Mesocricetus auratus induced severe encephalitis. Clinical signs included weight loss, lethargy, somnolence, anorexia, and intense salivation two days post-inoculation (dpi), followed... Show More