Browsing by Subject "Sheep"
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(American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine, 2017)Background: Knowledge of the mineral composition of the causative urolith is important to develop preventative strategies. Advances in analytic techniques have led to detection of urolith components not previously recognized. ...
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(1998-05-19)Fecal egg counts are a practical, cost-effective diagnostic tool for determining parasite burden in sheep and goats. This publication describes materials and equipment needed and explains the procedure for making valid egg counts.
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(2012-02-14)Cache Valley virus (CVV) induced malformations have been previously reproduced in ovine fetuses; however, no studies have established the CVV infection sequence of the cells targeted by the virus or the development of the ...
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(2014-08-28)The pubertal initiation of a high-frequency, pulsatile release of gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) involves an escape from estradiol negative feedback. Kisspeptin neurons are proposed to mediate the effects of estradiol, ...
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(2009-05-15)The gastrointestinal parasite, Haemonchus contortus, is of major concern in the sheep and goat industry as well as in zoological settings. Over the years this parasite has developed resistance to the three classes of ...
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(Texas A&M University, 2005-11-01)Endometrial glands are required for adult uterine function and develop post-natally in mammalian species. Therefore, studies were conducted using neonatal ewes as a model to determine: 1) the roles of estradiol-17-alpha ...
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(Texas A&M University. Libraries, 1984)A mathematical model, programmed in FORTRAN IV, was developed to simulate flocks of sheep on an individual animal basis. Simulations can be performed for any breed where specified breed parameters are potential mature size ...
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(Texas A&M University. Libraries, 1987)Statistical and systems analysis techniques were used in a complementary way to achieve the objectives of obtaining estimates of genetic and environmental parameters for growth and reproduction characters of three tropical ...