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Reproductive Promiscuity In The Variegated Fairy-Wren: An Alternative Reproductive Strategy In The Absence Of Helpers?, Allison E. Johnson, Stephen Pruett-Jones

School of Biological Sciences: Faculty Publications

Cooperative breeding, in which auxiliary group members help rear related, but nondescendent young, is often explained by kin selection. Reproductive monogamy is predicted in cooperatively breeding systems, as monogamy increases intragroup relatedness and maximizes auxiliary inclusive fitness. While monogamy is observed across many systems, including eusocial insects and cooperatively breeding mammals, some cooperatively breeding birds exhibit high rates of extrapair paternity. Here we quantify paternity and examine the role of auxiliaries on extrapair paternity in the highly cooperative variegated fairy-wren, Malurus lamberti, a species with both male and female auxiliaries. Extrapair paternity occurred in 55.4% of nests, and 39.8% …

Bigheaded Carp Reproduction In Large River Tributaries With Evaluation Of Sampling Gear Performance, Daniel R. Roth

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.

Lewis’S Woodpecker Nest Success And Habitat Selection In Cottonwood Floodplain Versus Burned Conifer Forests, William M. Blake

Graduate Student Theses, Dissertations, & Professional Papers

Breeding habitat selection influences reproductive outcomes. Habitat selection may be adaptive and benefit populations, but it can also be maladaptive with negative consequences for populations. Understanding habitat selection and its influence on reproductive success, especially in species of concern, is critical for effective management. Lewis’s Woodpecker (Melanerpes lewis) is a Species of Concern that has experienced national population declines. We studied its abundance and reproductive success in two commonly selected breeding forest types (i.e., cottonwood floodplain and mixed-conifer burned), and nest-site characteristics (nest availability, food availability, and vegetation attributes) that have the potential to yield strong differences in …

Reproductive Biology Of The Tiger Shark In The Western Atlantic Ocean, Chelsea Shields

UNF Graduate Theses and Dissertations

Although tiger sharks are an important apex predator in many ecosystems, little is known about their reproduction. The goal of this study was to determine the size-at-maturity and the reproductive seasonality of tiger sharks in the western Atlantic Ocean. This was achieved using a combination of ultrasonography and measurements of plasma hormone concentrations; in particular, testosterone for males and estradiol and progesterone for females. Steroid hormone concentrations were measured using chemiluminescent assays (CLIA). Maturity was also examined through histology of reproductive organs in females and clasper calcification in males. Females were found to mature between 270 and 310 cm total …

Genome-Wide Association Study For The Relationship Between Temperature And Feed Intake In Beef Cattle, Robel Araya Ghebrewold

Department of Animal Science: Dissertations, Theses, and Student Research

Environmental conditions, such as changes in ambient temperature, can cause changes in animal behavior and performance. In general, it is believed that as ambient temperature increases, dry matter intake (DMI) of beef cattle decreases. However, our hypothesis was that the degree to which animals adjust their daily DMI due to changes in ambient temperature is partially controlled by genetic effects. Consequently, the objective of this study was to estimate the genetic component of the regression of DMI on ambient temperature using an admixed beef cattle population consisting of various crosses of Angus, Simmental, and Piedmontese (n = 239). Ambient …

Arthropod Diets In Chihuahuan Desert Snakes, Victor Manuel Parga

Open Access Theses & Dissertations

Over the past century, studies in herpetology regarding snake diets have been commonly focused on those species that feed or specialize in vertebrate prey items. For those that feed primarily on invertebrates however, little work has been done in determining diet specializations and comparing diets within a community of species. This Thesis focuses on small species of snakes that feed primarily on arthropods in a Chihuahuan Desert community, and will investigate if these are diet generalists or specialists. To this end, stomach contents were examined from preserved specimens of the following species: Rena humilis and Rena dissecta (Leptotyphlopidae), Gyalopion canum …

Estimating Exploitation Rates In The Alabama Red Snapper Fishery Using A High-Reward Tag–Recapture Approach, Dana K. Sackett, Mattgew Catalano, J. Marcus Drymon, Sean P. Powers, Mark Albins

University Faculty and Staff Publications

Accurate estimates of exploitation are essential to managing an exploited fishery. However, these estimates are often dependent on the area and vulnerable sizes of fish considered in a study. High-reward tagging studies offer a simple and direct approach to estimating exploitation rates at these various scales and in examining how model parameters impact exploitation rate estimates. These methods can ultimately provide a better understanding of the spatial dynamics of exploitation at smaller local and regional scales within a fishery—a measure often needed for more site-attached species, such as the Red Snapper Lutjanus campechanus. We used this approach to tag 724 …

Compression And Relaxation Of Fishing Effort In Response To Changes In Length Of Fishing Season For Red Snapper (Lutjanus Campechanus) In The Northern Gulf Of Mexico, Sean P. Powers, Kevin Anson

University Faculty and Staff Publications

A standard method used by fisheries managers to decrease catch and effort is to shorten the length of a fishery; however, data on recreational angler response to this simple approach are surprisingly lacking. We assessed the effect of variable season length on daily fishing effort, measured by using numbers of boat launches per day, anglers per boat, and anglers per day from video observations, in the recreational sector of the federal fishery for red snapper (Lutjanus campechanus) in coastal Alabama. From 2012 through 2017, season length fluctuated from 3 to 40 d. Daily effort, measured by using mean number of …

Growing South Dakota (Winter 2018), College Of Agriculture &. Biological Sciences

Growing South Dakota (Publication of the College of Agriculture, Food and Environmental Sciences)

[Page] 2 Learn About Our Leaders
[Page] 4 Academic Programs at a Glace
[Page] 6 New Precision Ag Major Takes Off
[Page] 9 Raven Gives $5 Million Gift
[Page] 10 New Plant Science Research Facility
[Page] 13 Technical Training to Four-Year Degree
[Page] 15 Ag-Bio Career Fair Hits Record
[Page] 16 Breaking Ground : SD ADRDL
[Page] 19 Distinguished Professor Eric Nelson
[Page] 20 SDSU’s Veterinary Students
[Page] 24 Conservation Planning and Park Management
[Page] 25 Natural Resource Law Enforcement
[Page] 26 Medical Stethoscope Ceremony
[Page] 29 Master’s Degree in Human Biology
[Page] 30 Scott Pedersen Prepares Students
[Page] 32 …

Birds And Vegetation Structure Of Isolated Juniper And Oak Communities In The Trans-Pecos Chihuahuan Desert., Kayla Garza

Open Access Theses & Dissertations

Birds of the Trans-Pecos region are historically understudied, with most literature covering birds of desert grasslands and scrub in New Mexico and Northern Mexico. A multitude of vegetation communities within the Chihuahuan Desert have also been neglected due to this gap in the research, for reasons including lack of access to public or preserve land in West Texas, and rough terrain. Indio Mountains Research Station (IMRS), is located 42-km southwest of Van Horn, Texas and encompasses many different vegetation communities, including juniper-oak habitats of arroyo and canyon systems. The purpose of this study was to document the bird species utilizing …

Evaluation Of Pcr Primers Targeting The Vp2 Region Of The Foot-And-Mouth Disease Virus For Improved Serotype Detection, Waqas Ali, Mudasser Habib, Muhammad Salah Ud Din Shah

Turkish Journal of Veterinary & Animal Sciences

Frequently, a sequence from a single strain of a virus is used to design primers for PCR-based virus detection. However, high mutation rates in RNA viruses lead to failure of microorganism detection in clinical samples. Therefore, it is essential to find conserved regions within sequences to design primers for the detection of pathogen genomes in suspected clinical samples. The aim of the study was to find conserved regions of the genome for improved serotype detection. In the present study, primers were designed for serotype detection based on the VP2 coding region of foot-and-mouth disease virus (FMDV) after alignment of full …

Effects Of Different Extenders And Additives On Liquid Storage Of Awassi Ram Semen, Ömer Varişli, Abdullah Taşkin, Numan Akyol

Turkish Journal of Veterinary & Animal Sciences

The aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of different extenders and additives on ram semen during liquid storage and to demonstrate the role of oxidative stress parameters on this process. In the present study, ejaculates taken by artificial vagina twice a week from 4 rams during the breeding season were used. They were mixed and used if motility and viability were above 70% and there was a 95% intact acrosome. The semen specimens were diluted by Tris-citrate-glucose (TRIS), Tris-TES (TEST), HEPES-buffered Tyrode lactate (TL-HEPES), and Dulbecco?s phosphate-buffered saline (PBS) extenders supplemented with different additives [centrifuged egg yolk, …

Physiological And Immunological Responses Of Porcine Primary Endometrial Cells To Porcine Reproductive And Respiratory Syndrome (Prrs) Virus Infection, Muttarin Lothong

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

Porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus (PRRSV) is highly limited to only cell subsets that express PRRSV receptors. Reproductive organ revealing the typical signs of PRRSV infection may be the critical site of problem syndromes. Persistent PRRSV producing re-infection via horizontal or vertical transmission could not be eradicated from herds. This research examined the possibility of porcine endometrium to be a PRRSV permissive cell and serves as the primary cause of the persistent PRRSV. Cellular and immunological in response to PRRSV relevant to viral replication, shedding and re-circulation was assessed. The different outcomes between the different genotypes (type I vs. …

Changes Of Hypothalamic-Pituitary-Testicular Axis In Male Rats During Cognitive Impairment, Patteera Wititsuwankul

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

From the previous reports denoting that hypothalamus regulating reproductive function via hypothalamic-pituitary-testicular (HPT) axis, and hippocampus controlling learning and memory capacity can synthesize reproductive hormones, and that cognitive impairment particularly occurs during reproductive senescence, it leads to the following research questions; i) which system first enters the aging stage and ii) how the changes are related. Male rats at the ages of 4, 6, 8, 10 and 12 months old were subjected for this study. Blood samples were collected for serum testosterone (T) and luteinizing hormone (LH) assays by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) techniques. Testes, seminal vesicle, prostate gland and …

Effects Of Alpha-Mangostin On Hematopoiesis In Zebrafish Danio Rerio (Hamilton, 1822) Embryos, Wannakarn Kitipaspallop

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

Alpha-mangostin (AM) is in the xanthone group and a main compound extracted from mangosteen (Garcinia mangostana Linn.). It is effective in antioxidant, antimicrobe and anticancer activities. However, the underlying side effects on normal cells, especially in hematopoiesis have not been investigated completely. In this research, it was aimed to elucidate the possible effects of AM on hematopoiesis using zebrafish (Danio rerio) embryos as a representative model. The results showed that AM could cause the zebrafish embryonic mortality with the concentration dependent manner. The median lethal concentration (LC50) of AM at 72 h was 5.75 ± 0.26 µM. In addition, AM …

อนุกรมวิธานและสัณฐานวิทยาของผึ้งปั้นดินสกุลย่อย Callomegachile Michener, 1962 ในประเทศไทย, นนธวัช ฉัตรธนบูรณ์

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

ผึ้งในสกุลย่อย Callomegachile Michener, 1962 (Family: Megachilidae) มีลักษณะเด่นคือ ลวดลายบน mesoscutum เป็นหยักแบบร่างแห (striate) มีการดำรงชีวิตแบบโดดเดี่ยวและมีการนำวัสดุหลายประเภทมาใช้ในการสร้างรัง เช่น ดิน กรวด และ ยางไม้ เป็นต้น นอกจากนี้ยังเป็นหนึ่งในผึ้งในสกุล Chalicodoma Lepeletier, 1841 ที่มีจำนวนชนิดมากที่สุดในแถบเอเชียตะวันออกเฉียงใต้แต่กลับมีข้อมูลการการศึกษาน้อยและไม่เป็นที่รู้จัก ในการศึกษาครั้งนี้ได้ทำการศึกษาอนุกรมวิธานผึ้งสกุลย่อย Callomegachile จากตัวอย่างผึ้งที่ได้ทำการเก็บรวบรวมในภาคสนามจากทั่วประเทศไทย รวมทั้งตัวอย่างที่ถูกเก็บรักษาไว้ที่พิพิธภัณฑสถานธรรมชาติวิทยาแห่งจุฬาลงกรณ์มหาวิทยาลัย, พิพิธภัณฑ์แมลงสุธรรมอารีกุลแห่งมหาวิทยาลัยเกษตรศาสตร์ วิทยาเขตกำแพงแสน, กรมอุทยานแห่งชาติ สัตว์ป่า และ พันธุ์พืช, ภาควิชากีฏวิทยาและโรคพืช คณะเกษตรศาสตร์ มหาวิทยาลัยเชียงใหม่ และ type specimens จาก The Natural History Museum, London, United Kingdom (NHM) รวมทั้งหมดจำนวน 314 ตัวอย่าง (♀ = 178, ♂ = 136) โดยทำการระบุชนิดของผึ้งสกุลย่อย Callomegachile ที่พบจำนวน 14 ชนิด เป็นชนิดที่เคยมีรายงานในประเทศไทยจำนวน 8 ชนิด ได้แก่ C. (Ca.) atratiforme (Meade-Waldo, 1914), C. (Ca.) disjuncta (Fabricius, 1781), C. (Ca.) facetula (Cockerell, 1918), C. (Ca.) fulvipennis (Smith, 1879), C. (Ca.) impressa (Friese, 1903), C. (Ca.) monticola (Smith, 1853), C. (Ca.) odontophorum Engel, …

ผลของเสียงรบกวนต่อการปรากฏของนกในสวนสาธารณะ กรุงเทพมหานคร, ปาณิศา เอี่ยมวิจารณ์

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

ระบบนิเวศเมืองได้รับผลกระทบของการขยายตัวของเศรษฐกิจจึงส่งผลให้เกิดมลภาวะต่าง ๆ เพิ่มมากขึ้น เช่น มลภาวะทางเสียงซึ่งส่งผลต่อนกที่อาศัยอยู่ในเมืองที่ต้องใช้เสียงเพื่อการสื่อสาร งานวิจัยนี้จึงศึกษาผลกระทบของเสียงรบกวนต่อการปรากฏของนกภายในสวนสาธารณะทั้ง 12 แห่งในกรุงเทพมหานคร โดยทำการสำรวจการปรากฏของนก และปัจจัยทางกายภาพและชีวภาพของสวนสาธารณะทั้งหมด 10 ครั้งระหว่างเดือน มีนาคม-กันยายน 2561 โดยพบว่าระดับความดันเสียงของสวนสาธารณะอยู่ในช่วงระหว่าง 45-70 dB(A) ซึ่งเสียงการจราจรเป็นแหล่งกำเนิดเสียงหลัก พบนกทั้งหมด 25 ชนิดซึ่งพบนก 16-22 ชนิดในแต่ละสวน จำนวนชนิดนกลดลงเมื่อระดับความดันเสียงเพิ่มขึ้นแต่การปรากฏของนกเฉลี่ยไม่มีความสัมพันธ์กับระดับความดันเสียง เมื่อพิจารณารายชนิด การปรากฏของนกต่างชนิดมีความสัมพันธ์เชิงลบ หรือบวกกับระดับความดันเสียง ซึ่งแสดงถึงการตอบสนองที่แตกต่างกันระหว่างชนิดนกต่อเสียงรบกวนในสวนสาธารณะ นก 10 ชนิด เช่น นกกางเขนบ้าน Copsychus saularis นกขมิ้นน้อยธรรมดา Aegithinidae tiphia และนกปรอดสวน Pycnonotus blanfordi มีการปรากฏของนกลดลงเมื่อระดับความดันเสียงเพิ่มขึ้น และการปรากฏของนกเอี้ยงสาริกา Acridotheres tristis และนกเอี้ยงหงอน Acridotheres grandis เพิ่มขึ้นเมื่อระดับความดันเสียงเพิ่ม ปัจจัยบางประการของสวนสาธารณะ เช่น ขนาดของสวนสาธารณะ พื้นที่แหล่งน้ำภายในสวนสาธารณะ และความหนาแน่นของไม้ยืนต้น เป็นปัจจัยที่ส่งผลให้การปรากฏของนกเพิ่มขึ้น ดังนั้น ข้อมูลจากงานวิจัยนี้สามารถใช้ในการออกแบบ และจัดการสวนสาธารณะที่เอื้อต่อการปรากฏของนกนั้นจะสามารถช่วยในการอนุรักษ์นกภายในระบบนิเวศเมืองได้

Sibling Rivalry: A Comparison Of Giant Panda (Ailuropoda Melanoleuca) Twin Behavior, Taryn Chudo

Undergraduate Honors Thesis Projects

Expanded knowledge on an animal’s individual behavior would be useful in reintroduction programs for endangered species around the globe. Currently, reintroduction program criteria focus primarily on physical characteristics such as age, sex, and overall health for the selection of candidates. However, behavioral deficiencies have been found in captive populations, producing adverse effects on reintroduction program success. The giant panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) is a species that would benefit from understanding the impact of behavior on reintroduction success. This study focused on the relationship of behavior with kinship, birth weight and age. No significant correlation was found between birth weight …

Status Reports Of The Fisheries And Aquatic Resources Of Western Australia 2016/17. State Of The Fisheries, Daniel J. Gaughan, K. Santoro

Status Reports of the Fisheries and Aquatic Resources

The Status Reports of the Fisheries and Aquatic Resources of Western Australia (SRFAR) provide an annual update on the state of the fish stocks and other aquatic resources of Western Australia (WA). These reports outline the most recent assessments of the cumulative risk status for each of the aquatic resources (assets) within WA’s six Bioregions using an Ecosystem Based Fisheries Management (EBFM) approach.

Characterizing Curiosity-Related Behavior In Bottlenose (Tursiops Truncatus) And Roughtoothed (Steno Bredanensis) Dolphins, Malin Lilley, Amber J. De Vere, Deirdre Yeater, Stan A. Kuczaj Ii

Psychology Faculty Publications

Dolphins are frequently described as curious animals; however, there have been few systematic investigations of how dolphins behave when they are curious and the extent to which individual differences in curiosity exist in dolphins. Previous research has described individual differences in dolphins’ frequency of interactions with environmental enrichment as well as quantifying curiosity-related traits of dolphins via personality assessments, though behavioral observation and trait rating components have not been part of the same study. The present study describes two different experiments designed to elicit curiosity in 15 bottlenose (Tursiops truncatus) and 6 rough-toothed (Steno bredanensis) dolphins. …

Migratory Patterns And Population Genetic Structure In A Declining Wetland-Dependent Songbird, Matthew G. Desaix

Theses and Dissertations

Understanding migratory connectivity is essential for assessing the drivers behind population dynamics and for implementing effective management in migratory species. Genetic markers provide a means to describe migratory connectivity, as well as incorporate population genetic analyses, however genetic markers can be uninformative for species with weak genetic structure. In this study, we evaluate range-wide population genetic structure and migratory connectivity in the prothonotary warbler, Protonotaria citrea, a wetland-dependent neotropical migratory songbird, using high-resolution genetic markers. We reveal regional genetic structure between sampling sites in the Mississippi River Valley and the Atlantic Seaboard with overall weak genetic differentiation among populations …

Characterizing Habitat Preference In Three Nearshore Reef-Associated Fishes Through Collaborative Research, Public Data, And Open Source Software, Ian D. Kelmartin

Cal Poly Humboldt theses and projects

Black rockfish (Sebastes melanops), canary rockfish (S. pinniger), and lingcod (Ophidion elongatus) are important species in Northern California’s nearshore recreational and commercial fisheries. These species are associated with nearshore rocky reefs and are among a suite of species intended to benefit from the establishment of the marine protected area (MPA) network along the Northern California Coast in 2012.

Many aspects of the North Coast’s nearshore ecosystem remain poorly studied, including the spatial distribution and habitat associations of nearshore fish species. This study used data collected from Cape Mendocino State Marine Reserve (SMR), Ten Mile …

Elucidation Of The Molecular Mechanism Through Which Estradiol And Trenbolone Acetate Improve Skeletal Muscle Growth In Beef Cattle, Kara Thornton-Kurth

Funded Research Records

No abstract provided.

First Evidence Of Histological And Histochemical Intraspecific Differences In Salivary Glands In Brown Norway And Albino Wistar Rats, Flavia Ruxanda, Cristian Ratiu, Bianca Matosz, Radu Constantinescu, Viorel Miclaus

Turkish Journal of Veterinary & Animal Sciences

The size of salivary glands, acinar structure, and secretion particularities differ from one species to another and are influenced by diet and environment. In order to investigate whether there are histological or histochemical differences in the salivary glands of animals from the same species, bred in identical conditions of environment and diet, we assessed two laboratory rat strains. The salivary glands from two rat strains were processed for histological and histochemical investigations. Histologically, we noticed differences in the parotid gland: seromucous acini were present in Brown Norway rat and typical serous ones in Wistar rat. Histochemically, we observed that cells …

Evaluation Of Biological Response Modification And Immunotherapeutic Activities Of Barley-Derived Arabinoxylans Against Coccidiosis In Commercial Broilers, Masood Akhtar, Muteen Humayun, Zafar Iqbal, Mian Muhammad Awais, Muhammad Irfan Anwar

Turkish Journal of Veterinary & Animal Sciences

Plant-derived polysaccharides have been reported for diverse biological response modification (BRM) and immunotherapeutic (IT) activities in animals by activating their defense systems to perform better immunogenically against invading pathogens. Keeping this in view, this study was conducted to assess the BRM and IT activities of barley (Hordeum vulgare L.)-derived arabinoxylans (AXs) against coccidiosis in broilers. Significantly enhanced (P < 0.05) in vivo and in vitro lymphoproliferative responses to T-cell mitogens were revealed in broilers administered barley AXs when compared to the control group. Humoral immune response in terms of antibody titers against sheep erythrocytes was also found higher (P < 0.05) in AX-administered chickens. Furthermore, AX-administered chickens also showed higher weekly weight gains and improved feed conversion ratios as compared to controls. Results of the challenge experiment showed that the percentage of protection and daily weight gains were statistically higher (P < 0.05) whereas mean oocysts per gram of droppings and lesion scores were significantly lower (P < 0.05) in the chickens administered barley AXs as compared to controls. In conclusion, barley-derived AXs led to better growth performance and elicited humoral and cellular immune responses in commercial broilers that persisted against coccidial infection in broiler chickens.

Virulence-Associated Genes And Molecular Typing Of Streptococcus Uberisassociated With Bovine Mastitis In Northern Thailand, Sukolrat Boonyayatra, Prasit Tharavichitkul, Stephen Oliver

Turkish Journal of Veterinary & Animal Sciences

Streptococcus uberis is a major bovine mastitis pathogen. Several studies have revealed a persistence of specific strains of S. uberis with enhanced virulence or transmissibility. We aimed to investigate the presence of S. uberis virulence-associated genes including plasminogen activator (pauA), glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase (gapC), oligopeptide permease (oppF), metal transporter uberis A (mtuA), hyaluronic acid capsules (hasA, hasB, hasC), lactoferrin binding protein (lbp), adhesion protein (sua), and CAMP factor (cfu) as well as the genetic profiles using pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE) among isolates from cases of clinical mastitis, subclinical mastitis, and intramammary infection with low somatic cell count in dairy cows. A …

Gene Expression Levels In Some Candidate Genes For Mastitis Resistance, Milk Yield, And Milk Quality Of Goats Reared Under Different Feeding Systems, Akin Yakan, Hüseyi̇n Özkan, Aysel Eraslan Şakar, Necmetti̇n Ünal, Ceyhan Özbeyaz

Turkish Journal of Veterinary & Animal Sciences

This study aimed to identify the expression levels of some candidate genes for mastitis resistance (LTF and BRCA1), milk yield (POU1F1 and IGF-1), and milk quality (PPARγ and CSN2) in different feeding systems (pen- and pasture-based) used for Damascus goats. Milk samples were taken from all goats in both pen and pasture groups at 4 times, at the 1st, 3rd, 5th, and 7th months of the study. It was found that, compared to the pen group, the LTF and CSN2 genes in the pasture group had significant levels of upregulation in the 7th month of lactation (3.538- and 5.436-fold, respectively), …

Application Of Reproductive Biotechnologies For Sustainableproduction Of Livestock In Turkey, Abdullah Kaya, Erdoğan Güneş, Erdoğan Memi̇li̇

Turkish Journal of Veterinary & Animal Sciences

Reproductive biotechnology encompasses powerful tools to enhance the efficiency and profitability of livestock reproduction, production, and product quality. These technologies include genomic selection, evaluation of semen (from bulls, bucks, and rams) using advanced cell and molecular technologies, semen cryopreservation and artificial insemination, estrus synchronization, superovulation of the females (cows, dams, and ewes), ovum pick-up, in vitro fertilization and embryo culture, embryo transfer, and pregnancy detection. The extent of applications of these modern technologies and their economic impacts for livestock production in Turkey are elusive. As a result, there is an urgent need for sound economic analyses, research and education, training …

The Influences Of Feeding Broilers On Graded Inclusion Of Sunflower Meal With Or Without Avizyme On Growth, Protein And Energy Efficiency, Carcass Traits, And Nutrient Digestibility, Mahmoud Alagwany, Adel Attia, Zenat Ibrahim, Mohamed Abd El-Hack1, Muhammed Arif, Mohamed Emam

Turkish Journal of Veterinary & Animal Sciences

The present study aimed to investigate the substituting effect of sunflower meal (SFM) for soybean meal (SBM) with or without supplemental Avizyme on growth performance, protein and energy efficiency ratios, carcass traits, and nutrient digestibility of broiler chickens. A 4 × 2 factorial design experiment was conducted with four levels of SFM replacing SBM (0%, 25%, 50%, 75%) and two levels of supplemented Avizyme (0 or 0.1 g/kg diet). Results revealed that increasing SFM substitution for SBM up to 50% was associated with an increase in body weight (P < 0.01). Daily weight gain was statistically (P < 0.01) enhanced with increasing SFM up to 50% through 22 to 42 and 7 to 42 days of age. Feed conversion ratio improved (P < 0.01) in groups given SFM at 25% and 50% compared to the control. No carcass values were affected by SFM inclusion or Avizyme. The inclusion of 25% or 50% SFM increased (P < 0.01) protein efficiency at periods of 7?21 and 22?42 days of age. Energy efficiency ratio improved (P < 0.01) due to SFM incorporation at levels of 25% or 50% in all periods. The interaction effect between SFM and Avizyme was not significant on a majority of studied parameters. The digestion coefficients of crude fiber, N-free extract, and organic matter increased (P < 0.05 or P < 0.01) with increased levels of SFM. In conclusion, the incorporation of SFM as a substitute for SBM in broiler diets improved the growth performance of broilers. The use of SFM up to 50% without Avizyme supplementation could be recommended in broiler diets from 7 to 42 days of age.

Congenital Tuberculosis In A 25-Day-Old Female Calf, Maria Del Carmen Espejel Del Moral, Juan Carlos Del Rio, Alfredo Medrano, Marco Antonio Santillan, Jose Francisco Morales

Turkish Journal of Veterinary & Animal Sciences

A female calf, housed in a dairy intensive-system farm, suddenly died 25 days after birth. Routine necropsy revealed multiple variably sized white to yellowish nodules in the lungs. Histopathological diagnosis showed severe granulomatous pneumonia with acid-fast bacilli; Mycobacterium bovis was confirmed by polymerase chain reaction and culture isolation. Congenital tuberculosis was diagnosed based on these findings. The calf probably acquired the infection from her mother through aspiration of the amniotic fluid. The aim here is to describe the morphological lesions and complementary confirmation of congenital tuberculosis in a young female calf.