Broiler Management - The First 24 Hours by Gary D. Butcher, Amir H. Nilipour

“…Farm personal must understand that they have become the "adoptive parents" of these chicks. …”
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Determinants of fertility in timed artificial insemination programs in beef cattle: predictive ability and risk factors from almost 2 million data points by R.E.F. Assis, F. Baldi, L.B. Temp, R. Ungerfeld, M.F. de Sá Filho

“…Farm, technician, and sire were the variables with the highest predictive ability for P/AI. …”
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Hormones and Hormonal Anabolics: Residues in Animal Source Food, Potential Public Health Impacts, and Methods of Analysis by Belachew B. Hirpessa, Beyza H. Ulusoy, Canan Hecer

“…Hormones such as steroidal (estrogens, gestagens, and androgens), nonsteroidal, semisynthetic, and synthetic or designer drugs are all growth-promoting and body-partitioning agents. Hence, in food animal production practice, farm owners use these chemicals to improve body weight gain, increase feed conversion efficiency, and productivity. …”
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USING INFRARED THERMOGRAPHIC TECHNIQUE AS AN ALTERNATIVE TO CONVENTIONAL RECTAL THERMOMETER IN SHEEP by Nizar J. Hussein, Rekesh S. Habib, Fatah M. Khalaf, Rana M. Fazal, Muhammad Owais

“… This research was established to assess the precision of the infrared (IR) camera and thermometer in measuring different body regions of sheep. This study was undertaken in the animal farm at the College of Agricultural Engineering Sciences, University of Duhok, Kurdistan Region of Iraq. …”
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Are the acute phase proteins related to anestrus in primiparous water buffaloes? Preliminary results by Frank Díaz-Huerta, Anthony Meléndez-Becerra, Justin Dijak, Héctor Nava-Trujillo

“…No differences were observed for any of the studied vari- ables. Body condition score was lower than 3 points in both groups (2.31±0.51 and 2.33±0.37 for early and late postpartum, respectively, p=0.947). …”
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Percentage of primiparous water buffalo cows becoming pregnant in the first 90 days postpartum by Héctor Nava-Trujillo, José Colmenares-Duque, Frank Díaz-Huerta, Adriana Morgado-Osorio, Armando Quintero-Moreno

“…In the first experiment, water buffalo cows from one commercial farm located in Coloncito, Tachira, Venezuela, were grouped into primiparous (n=77) or multiparous (n=341), and the percentage of pregnant buffaloes at day 90 postpartum was compared with Chi-square. …”
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Effect of intramuscular treatment with different iron dextran dosages and non-inferiority study to gleptoferron by Isabel Hennig-Pauka, Martin Ganter, Dirk Bornhorn, Wesley Lyons, Enric Marco, Glen Almond, Bettina Schneider, Lothar Kreienbrock, Ken Steen Pedersen

“…Currently, combined iron products containing an active substance against coccidia are also used on farms. When using a combination product targeting two diseases, an adjustment of the necessary amount of iron to prevent anaemia in the frame of a farm-specific treatment protocol is not possible. …”
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Present status of buffalo breeding in Bangladesh by Md O. Faruque, Yi Zhang, Abdullah I. Omar, Takashi Amano

“…The body of adult buffalo ranges from 250 kg to 450 kg. …”
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DETECTION OF CO-INFECTION IN DISEASED GUPPY (POECILIA RETICULATA): TETRAHYMENA SP., MYXOBOLUS SP. AND OPPORTUNISTIC BACTERIA by Cigdem Urku, Mustafa Kemal Meydan

“…The present study aims to determine the cause of mortality in guppies obtained from the ornamental fish farm in Istanbul province and to detect tissue damage. …”
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Methylation Marks of Blood Leukocytes of Native Hucul Mares Differentiated in Age by T. Ząbek, E. Semik-Gurgul, T. Szmatoła, A. Gurgul, A. Fornal, M. Bugno-Poniewierska

“…Horses are one of the longest-living species of farm animals. Advanced age is often associated with a decrease in body condition, dysfunction of immune system, and late-onset disorders. …”
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Effect of climate on thermal response in cows of different racial groups in lower tropic by Raúl Andrés Molina-Benavides, Sandra Milena Perilla-Duque, Rómulo Campos-Gaona, Hugo Sánchez-Guerrero, Juan Camilo Rivera-Palacio, Luis Armando Muñoz-Borja, Daniel Ricardo Jiménez-Rodas

“…The main idea of this study was to quantify the relationship between climatic variables and tympanic body temperature recorded through the use of wireless sensors in grazing cows located in low tropic. …”
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The prevalence of small airways disease and association with handgrip strength in young Hispanic farmworkers by Yutong Dong, Pam Cromer, Debbie Layman, Michelle Altvater, Yanbin Dong, Haidong Zhu

“…Hispanics remain the main workforce in farming industry, but their prevalence of lung conditions remain understudied. …”
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Coinfection of avian hepatitis E virus and different serotypes of fowl adenovirus in chicken flocks in Shaanxi, China by Yuan Zhang, Huanyu Xu, Yinuo Tian, Jirong Tang, Huanqing Lin, Yani Sun, Qin Zhao, En-Min Zhou, Yiyang Chen, Baoyuan Liu

“…A total of 240 liver samples were collected from eight farms and detected by molecular etiology methods. …”
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La ferme à enclos quadrangulaire du Bois des Olivettes à Roncourt (Moselle) : une catégorie d’établissement romain largement diffusée dans la vallée mosellane by Gaël Brkojewitsch, Brice Chevaux

“…While the fertile plateaus to the east of Metz/Divodurum were undoubtedly home to the largest landed estates, due to the nature of the subsoil, it is clear that the farms studied were also involved in cereal farming. …”
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Determinants of adoption of quality protein maize varieties in Misrak Badewacho District, Southern Ethiopia: policy implications by Yilma Jambo, Alemu Daka, Berhanu Nega

“…The results indicated that access to QPM seed, land size, on-farm income, involvement in off/non-farm activities, frequency of contact with development agents (Das), educational level of the household head, and participation of farmers on field days were statistically significant determinants of QPM variety adoption. …”
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Whole-genome association studies of distribution of developmental abnormalities and other breeding-valuable qualitative traits in offspring of the Russian large-white boars by A. A. Traspov, O. V. Kostyunina, A. A. Belous, T. V. Karpushkina, N. A. Svejenceva, N. A. Zinovieva

“…A total of 48 boars of a large white breed of the nucleus farm “Znamenskoe” were analyzed for 21 traits of indicated shortcomings of the exterior and defects of development in 39,153 their offspring.  …”
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Epidemiology of Brucellosis in Small Ruminants of Rural and Peri-Urban Areas of Multan, Pakistan by Mian Muhammad Awais, Bakhtawar Khadim, Masood Akhtar, Muhammad Irfan Anwar, Gohar Khadim, Abdul Sammad Ali Khan Shirwany, Halil Selcuk Biricik, Abdul Razzaq, Muhammad Sibtain Bhatti

“…It was revealed that risk factors including body condition scores, hygienic conditions of the housing facility, farming system, reproductive disorders, educational status of farmers, and awareness of farmers about brucellosis had significant association with brucellosis in small ruminants of study area p<0.05. …”
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The potential of buffalo as a meat producer by Néstor Simón Montiel-Urdaneta

“…The average gain/day was 0.604 ± 0.048 g/day, with a CV of 7.94%. Weight loss from farm to slaughter was 10.62 ±  0.65 kg with a CV of 6.12%. …”
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Use of Antibiotics in Companion Animals from 133 German Practices from 2018 to 2023 by Roswitha Merle, Leonie Feuer, Katharina Frenzer, Jan-Lukas Plenio, Astrid Bethe, Nunzio Sarnino, Antina Lübke-Becker, Wolfgang Bäumer

“…<b>Background/Objectives</b>: While antibiotic usage in farm animals has been systematically monitored and reduced in many countries, including Germany, data on companion animals such as dogs and cats remain scarce. …”
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Distribution of Aeromonas bacterial population in water, sediment and Nile tilapia in fish culture pond, Guder, Ethiopia by Bekele Lema, Natarajan Pavanasam, Kassaye Balkew, Zufan Bedewi

“…The present study aimed to estimate the total heterotrophic bacterial population in water, sediment, and Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) cultured in an aquaculture farm at Guder Campus, Ambo University, Ethiopia. …”
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