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1. Assessment of body and scrotal thermoregulation and semen quality of hair sheep rams throughout the year in a tropical environment

Author:
Kahwage, Priscila Reis; Esteves, Sérgio Novita; Jacinto, Manuel Antônio Chagas; Barioni Junior, Waldomiro; Machado, Rui; Romanello, Narian; Passeri, Letícia Figueiredo; de Mendonça, Karina Laurindo; Garcia, Alexandre Rossetto
Source:
Small ruminant research 2018 v.160 pp. 72-80
ISSN:
0921-4488
Subject:
genotype; heart rate; heat; production technology; rams; semen quality; sheep breeds; spermatozoa; spring; summer; sweating; temperature profiles; testes; thermal degradation; thermal stress; thermoregulation; tropics; wool
Abstract:
... The present study was carried out to assess the capacity of Morada Nova (MON) and Santa Inês (SIN) hair sheep breeds to maintain homeothermy and its relation with semen quality in a tropical climate. Sixteen rams (MON = 7 and SIN = 9) were assessed for 12 months. During summer and spring, the Temperature-Humidity Index values surpassed the level indicative of thermal stress, and sweating, respirat ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.smallrumres.2018.01.015

2. Check All-That-Apply (CATA) analysis of lamb management practices and constraints faced by resource-limited sheep farmers in two ecologically different regions of South Africa

Author:
Lungu, N.S.; Muchenje, V.
Source:
Small ruminant research 2018 v.160 pp. 107-115
ISSN:
0921-4488
Subject:
castration; cold; computer software; dipping; drought; elderly; elementary schools; farmers; farms; heat; households; lambing; lambs; management systems; men; monitoring; predation; starvation; vaccination; wool production; South Africa
Abstract:
... The check-all-that-apply (CATA) technique was used to determine lamb management practices and some constraints faced by resource-limited communal sheep farmers in the Sour veld and Sweet veld regions. A total of 107 respondents were involved in the study. Data generated from CATA was analysed using the XLSTAT 2016 software. Results showed that the majority of the households were headed by men (75. ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.smallrumres.2018.01.019

3. Comparison of the myostatin (MSTN) gene in Russian Stavropol Merino sheep and New Zealand Merino sheep

Author:
Trukhachev, V.; Yatsyk, O.; Telegina, E.; Krivoruchko, A.; Zhou, H.; Hickford, J.G.H.
Source:
Small ruminant research 2018 v.160 pp. 103-106
ISSN:
0921-4488
Subject:
DNA fragmentation; Merino; amino acid sequences; amino acids; meat production; myostatin; rams; sequence diversity; single nucleotide polymorphism; stop codon; New Zealand
Abstract:
... The aim of this research was to study the myostatin gene (MSTN) in Russian Stavropol Merino sheep and compare them with Merino sheep from New Zealand (NZ). Thirty rams of the Stavropol Merino breed and ten NZ Merinos were investigated. In order to detect sequence variation in MSTN, enrichment and sequencing of targeted DNA fragments was undertaken using NimbleGen technology. Nucleotide sequence va ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.smallrumres.2018.01.005

4. Conformation characteristics of suckling lambs carcasses from the Spanish local breeds Churra and Castellana and the non-native breed Assaf determined using digital photographs

Author:
Caro, Irma; Alaiz-Rodríguez, Rocío; González-Castro, Victor; Quinto, Emiliano J.; Mateo, Javier
Source:
Small ruminant research 2018 v.160 pp. 89-94
ISSN:
0921-4488
Subject:
carcass weight; digital images; females; males; ovine carcasses; photographs; sheep breeds; suckling; Spain
Abstract:
... This study aimed to determine and compare the conformation of suckling lamb carcasses from three sheep breeds produced in Spain, two local and one non-native. A total of 52 and 55 carcasses from the local breeds Churra and Castellana, respectively, and 54 from the non-native breed Assaf (92 male and 69 female in total) were evaluated for their conformation characteristics using dorsal- and side-vi ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.smallrumres.2018.01.013

5. Effects of feeding system, heat treatment and season on phenolic compounds and antioxidant capacity in goat milk, whey and cheese

Author:
Chávez-Servín, Jorge L.; Andrade-Montemayor, Héctor M.; Velázquez Vázquez, Cecilia; Aguilera Barreyro, Araceli; García-Gasca, Teresa; Ferríz Martínez, Roberto A.; Olvera Ramírez, Andrea M.; de la Torre-Carbot, Karina
Source:
Small ruminant research 2018 v.160 pp. 54-58
ISSN:
0921-4488
Subject:
animal feeding; antioxidant activity; cheeses; dry season; gallic acid; goat milk; grazing; milk; pasteurization; wet season; whey
Abstract:
... Phenolic compounds are present in goat milk and cheese. The composition of goat milk and its products may vary depending on factors such as season, feeding system and heat treatment. The aim of this work is to quantify total phenolic compounds (TPC) and antioxidant capacity in pasteurized and unpasteurized samples of milk, milk whey, and cheese from goats fed in two different systems (free-range g ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.smallrumres.2018.01.011

6. Estimation of the variance due to parent-of-origin effects for productive and reproductive traits in Lori-Bakhtiari sheep

Author:
Amiri Roudbar, M.; Abdollahi-Arpanahi, R.; Ayatollahi Mehrgardi, A.; Mohammadabadi, M.; Taheri Yeganeh, A.; Rosa, G.J.M.
Source:
Small ruminant research 2018 v.160 pp. 95-102
ISSN:
0921-4488
Subject:
average daily gain; birth weight; data collection; ewes; flocks; genetic factors; growth traits; lambing; litter size; litter weight; phenotypic variation; reproductive traits; statistical models; variance; weaning; weaning weight; yearlings; Iran
Abstract:
... Parent-of-origin effects are often excluded from models used for estimating of additive and non-additive genetic variances. Omission of parentally-linked genetic factors, such as imprinting, from statistical models has potential to induce profound bias during the estimation. In this study, parent of origin variance for productive and reproductive traits in Lori-Bakhtiari sheep was estimated using ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.smallrumres.2018.01.022

7. Extra dietary vitamin E – selenium as a mitigation strategy against housing-induced stress in Dohne Merino lambs: Effect on growth performance, stress biomarkers, and meat quality

Author:
Maraba, Kgadi Pauline; Mlambo, Victor; Yusuf, Azeez Olanrewaju; Marume, Upenyu; Hugo, Arno
Source:
Small ruminant research 2018 v.160 pp. 31-37
ISSN:
0921-4488
Subject:
Merino; antioxidants; biomarkers; carcass quality; carcass weight; color; dressing percentage; erythrocytes; fatty acid composition; feed intake; feed supplements; glucose; glutathione peroxidase; growth performance; hemoglobin; lambs; males; meat; meat quality; oxidative stress; pH; psychosocial factors; selenium; shelf life; slaughter weight; superoxide dismutase; temperature; vitamin E; water holding capacity; weight gain
Abstract:
... Deprivation of social contact through solitary confinement has the potential to induce stress in farm animals. Current evidence that housing-induced stress contributes to suboptimal welfare, growth performance and meat quality in sheep is neither ubiquitous nor convincing. This study, therefore, investigated the effect of social stress, as induced by single-pen (isolated) and paired-pen (socially ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.smallrumres.2018.01.009

8. Genetic characterization of four Algerian goat breeds assessed by microsatellite markers

Author:
Tefiel, Hakim; Ata, Nezih; Chahbar, Mohamed; Benyarou, Mohamed; Fantazi, Khaled; Yilmaz, Onur; Cemal, Ibrahim; Karaca, Orhan; Boudouma, Dalila; Gaouar, Semir Bechir Suheil
Source:
Small ruminant research 2018 v.160 pp. 65-71
ISSN:
0921-4488
Subject:
alleles; genetic markers; genetic variation; goat breeds; goats; heterozygosity; Algeria
Abstract:
... Genetic characterization and diversity of local goat breeds (Naine de Kabylie, Arbia, Mekatia, and M’zabite) raised in Algeria (n = 224) were investigated by eighteen microsatellite markers recommended by FAO (2011). A total of 450 alleles were detected in this study. The mean values of polymorphic information content, observed heterozygosity and expected heterozygosity were 0.93, 0.84, 0.94, resp ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.smallrumres.2018.01.021

9. Hereditary microphthalmia in Texel lambs in Brazil

Author:
Gonçalves, Maiara Aline; Pereira, Paula Reis; da Cruz, Raquel Aparecida Sales; Panziera, Welden; de Andrade, Danilo Giorgi Abranches; de Oliveira-Filho, José Paes; Borges, Alexandre Secorun; Sonne, Luciana; Driemeier, David
Source:
Small ruminant research 2018 v.160 pp. 1-4
ISSN:
0921-4488
Subject:
Texel; blindness; blood sampling; congenital abnormalities; ewes; eyelids; farms; flocks; genes; herds; heterozygosity; homozygosity; lambs; necropsy; parents; rams; single nucleotide polymorphism; walking; Brazil
Abstract:
... On a farm in southern Brazil, four lambs in a flock of 300 Texel sheep were born with bilateral blindness. They revealed bilateral occlusion of the eyelids and were unresponsive to external visual stimuli and were disoriented when walking. A post-mortem examination revealed bilateral occlusion of the eyelids and, microscopically, total or partial absence of the lens was observed. Blood samples fro ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.smallrumres.2017.12.012

10. Hydrosalpinx in dairy goats: Occurrence, ultrasound diagnosis, macro- and microscopic characterization

Author:
Maia, A.L.R.S.; Brandão, F.Z.; Souza-Fabjan, J.M.G.; Araújo, M.C.C.; Siqueira, L.G.B.; Facó, O.; Fonseca, J.F.
Source:
Small ruminant research 2018 v.160 pp. 5-11
ISSN:
0921-4488
Subject:
Saanen; abortion (animals); dairy goats; epithelium; female fertility; females; ovarian cysts; oviducts; reproductive success; surface area; ultrasonography
Abstract:
... Hydrosalpinx is an oviduct disease that can compromise female fertility. This study describes the occurrence and characterization of hydrosalpinx in dairy goats and proposes a new approach for an accurate diagnosis of hydrosalpinx by using transrectal ultrasonography (US). The data were collected from 2579 goats subjected to US exams. Six goats had their reproductive tracts collected post mortem a ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.smallrumres.2018.01.008

11. Influence of protein level on growth performance, dietary energetics and carcass characteristics of Pelibuey × Katahdin lambs finished with isocaloric diets

Author:
Estrada-Angulo, A.; Castro-Pérez, B.I.; Urías-Estrada, J.D.; Ríos-Rincón, F.G.; Arteaga-Wences, Y.J.; Barreras, A.; López-Soto, M.A.; Plascencia, A.; Zinn, R.A.
Source:
Small ruminant research 2018 v.160 pp. 59-64
ISSN:
0921-4488
Subject:
average daily gain; canola; carcass composition; carcass weight; crude protein; dietary protein; dry matter intake; energy; fat thickness; growth performance; lambs; longissimus muscle; males; meat meal; nutrient utilization; tallow
Abstract:
... Forty Pelibuey × Katahdin intact male lambs (23.0 ± 1.8 kg initial shrunk weight) were used in an 84-day feeding trial (5 pens per treatment, randomized complete block design) to evaluate crude protein level (110, 140, 170, and 200 g/kg diet DM) in isocaloric diets (2.03 Mcal NEm/kg) on finishing-phase growth performance, dietary energetics and carcass traits. Increases in protein levels were acco ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.smallrumres.2018.01.012

12. Modeling of the annual cycle of Melophagus ovinus (L.) in two sheep flocks of Patagonia, Argentina

Author:
Larroza, Marcela; Aparicio, Alejandro; Raffo, Fernando; Cabrera, Raúl; Olaechea, Fermín
Source:
Small ruminant research 2018 v.160 pp. 19-22
ISSN:
0921-4488
Subject:
Melophagus ovinus; Merino; adults; autumn; climate; economic impact; farms; flocks; lambs; livestock and meat industry; meta-analysis; models; monitoring; neonates; parasites; parasitism; plague; population dynamics; spring; Argentina
Abstract:
... The ked Melophagus ovinus (L.), one of the most common obligate external parasites in sheep, is a recurrent problem in temperate sheep production areas worldwide. Modeling of its annual dynamics, which is lacking, can contribute to delineate integrated management strategies. We sampled ked density along a one-year period in two sheep farms of Northwest Patagonia, Argentina. In one farm with semi-i ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.smallrumres.2018.01.002

13. Oligosaccharides, polyamines and sphingolipids in ruminant milk

Author:
Giorgio, Daniela; Di Trana, Adriana; Claps, Salvatore
Source:
Small ruminant research 2018 v.160 pp. 23-30
ISSN:
0921-4488
Subject:
bioactive compounds; bioactive properties; dietary nutrient sources; ewe milk; functional foods; goat milk; goats; human health; human nutrition; infants; lipid content; loci; milk; milk production; new markets; oligosaccharides; polyamines; sphingolipids; Mediterranean region
Abstract:
... As a result of the widespread applications and the use of milk and milk products in human nutrition, intense scientific interest has focused on identifying the components in milk that may be relevant to improving human health. Milk contains a heterogeneous mixture of secretory compounds with a wide variety of chemical and functional activities. Among these compounds, many indigenous minor bioactiv ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.smallrumres.2018.01.006

14. Pharmacokinetics of meloxicam in lactating goats (Capra hircus) and its quantification in milk after a single intravenous and intramuscular injection

Author:
De Vito, Virginia; Łebkowska-Wieruszewsk, Beata; Lavy, Eran; Lisowski, Andrzej; Owen, Helen; Giorgi, Mario
Source:
Small ruminant research 2018 v.160 pp. 38-43
ISSN:
0921-4488
Subject:
Capra hircus; bioavailability; cattle; diodes; goats; half life; high performance liquid chromatography; humans; intramuscular injection; intravenous injection; isozymes; lactation; meloxicam; milk; pain; pharmacokinetics; therapeutics
Abstract:
... Domestic goats, although present in large numbers worldwide, are still considered a minor species in Europe and the USA. Due to their minor status, new therapies directed to relieve pain is a neglected area of investigation. Unfortunately there is a lack of approved drugs for this species and many drugs are administered in an extra-label manner. Often no information on the safety profile for goats ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.smallrumres.2018.01.001

15. The effect of muscle, time post-mortem and sex on the quality of meat from fallow deer (Dama dama) farmed in Poland

Author:
Bykowska, Marta; Stanisz, Marek; Ludwiczak, Agnieszka; Składanowska, Joanna; Ślósarz, Piotr
Source:
Small ruminant research 2018 v.160 pp. 12-18
ISSN:
0921-4488
Subject:
Cervus dama; bucks; cold storage; color; crude protein; deer; drip loss; longissimus muscle; meat quality; pH; vacuum packaging; venison; Poland
Abstract:
... The quality of three muscles (m. supraspinatus, m. longissimus, m. semimembranosus) was studied in a group of 20 farmed fallow deer bucks and does (Dama dama) aged 31 months. The aim of the research was to analyse the functionality of venison from fallows farmed in the western Poland by comparing selected quality traits of three selected muscles during their maturation in vacuum packaging. A signi ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.smallrumres.2018.01.007

16. Typology analysis of sheep production, feeding systems and farmers strategies for livestock watering in Tunisia

Author:
Ibidhi, Ridha; Frija, Aymen; Jaouad, Mohamed; Ben Salem, Hichem
Source:
Small ruminant research 2018 v.160 pp. 44-53
ISSN:
0921-4488
Subject:
barley; camels; drinking water; farm size; farmers; farms; flocks; forage; forest trees; goats; grazing; highlands; irrigated farming; livestock and meat industry; olives; principal component analysis; production technology; rain; rangelands; sheep; sheep feeding; shrubs; stubble; vegetation; water salinity; water shortages; wheat; Tunisia
Abstract:
... In this study, we analyzed a representative sample of sheep farms (n = 1021) using Principal Component Analysis (PCA) and multivariate K-Mean classification, to characterize the production and feeding systems across Tunisia. We also identified and analyzed watering strategies for livestock at the farm level. Clustering results revealed five typical sheep production systems and four feeding systems ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.smallrumres.2018.01.010

17. Usefulness of running animal models in absence of pedigrees: Estimation of genetic parameters for gastrointestinal parasite resistance traits in Djallonké sheep of Burkina Faso

Author:
Álvarez, Isabel; Traoré, Amadou; Fernández, Iván; Cervantes, Isabel; Varona, Luis; Soudré, Albert; Kaboré, Adama; Menéndez-Arias, Nuria A.; Sanou, Moumouni; Tamboura, Hamidou H.; Goyache, Félix
Source:
Small ruminant research 2018 v.160 pp. 81-88
ISSN:
0921-4488
Subject:
additive gene effects; animal models; body weight; breeds; covariance; developing countries; deworming; environmental factors; environmental impact; eyes; fecal egg count; gastrointestinal system; genetic correlation; genetic variance; hematocrit; heritability; microsatellite repeats; multivariate analysis; parasites; pedigree; sheep; Burkina Faso
Abstract:
... The main aim of the current study was to exemplify the usefulness of pedigree-free animal models in scenarios in which available information is limited. Up to 271 Djallonké sheep individuals of Burkina Faso were typed for 29 microsatellites. Performance records were obtained from a trial designed to assess environmental factors affecting gastrointestinal parasite resistance. Packed cell volume (PC ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.smallrumres.2018.01.020