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  • Child factors associated with complementary feeding practices in Uganda 
    Mokori, Alex; Schonfeldt, H.C. (Hettie Carina); Hendriks, Sheryl L. (Medpharm Publications, NISC (Pty) Ltd, Taylor & Francis, and Informa business, 2016)
    OBJECTIVES : The objective of the study was to identify child factors that influenced complementary feeding practices in 2006 and 2011 in Uganda. DESIGN : Trend analysis of Uganda Demographic and Health Surveys (UDHS) ...
  • Cholesterol, fatty acids profile and the indices of atherogenicity and thrombogenicity of raw lamb and mutton offal 
    Pretorius, Beulah; Schonfeldt, H.C. (Hettie Carina) (Elsevier, 2021-05)
    Dietary fats may affect blood lipid levels and the development of cardiovascular diseases. Offal, may contribute to food security in marginalised communities and information on the contribution to dietary fat intake is ...
  • Climatic and regional antibiotic resistance patterns of Staphylococcus aureus in South African dairy herds 
    Karzis, Joanne; Petzer, Inge-Marie; Donkin, Edward Francis; Naidoo, Vinny; Etter, Eric Marcel Charles (AOSIS OpenJournals, 2019-07-10)
    South Africa is a large country of approximately 1.22 million km2, made up of nine provinces with three climatic zones. Farming in the country is mostly defined by regional differences. Of the different organisms isolated ...
  • Colour inheritance in livestock 
    Bosman, Lydia; Grobler, Rulien (Plaas Publishing, 2015)
    Coat and skin colour inheritance in domesticated animals have always captured the interest of both the livestock breeder and the geneticist. While coat colour has limited economic importance in most livestock breeds, it ...
  • Comparative genetics of sarcoid tumour-affected and non-affected mountain zebra (Equus zebra) populations 
    Sasidharan, Sooryakanth P.; Ludwig, Anette; Harper, Cindy Kim; Moodley, Yoshan; Bertschinger, Hendrik Jan; Guthrie, Alan John; Somers, Michael J. (Southern African Wildlife Management Association, 2011-04)
    In recent years, South African conservation officials have noted the appearance of sarcoid tumour-like growths in Cape mountain zebra (Equus zebra zebra) populations. In domestic horses (Equus ferus caballus), a genetic ...
  • Comparative performance of dairy cows in low-input smallholder and high-input production systems in South Africa 
    Abin, Samuel Atanasio Mustafa; Visser, Carina; Banga, C.B. (Springer, 2018-10)
    The aim of this study was to benchmark the performance of dairy cows in the low-input smallholder system against their counterparts in the high-input system, in South Africa. Data comprised of cow performance records from ...
  • Comparison of on-farm progeny performances from local and imported boar semen used in the South African pig industry 
    Kruger, D.A.; Van Marle-Koster, Este; Theron, Helena E. (South African Society for Animal Science, 2017-09-11)
    The widespread use of artificial insemination in the pig industry has provided breeders with access to genetic material from superior boars from around the world. Selection of parent stock is based on estimated breeding ...
  • Compliance of the food industry with mandated salt target levels in South Africa : towards development of a monitoring and surveillance framework 
    Charlton, Karen Elizabeth; Pretorius, Beulah; Shakhane, Rhoda; Naidoo, Pamela; Cimring, Hayley; Hussain, Kinza; Nojilana, Beatrice; Webster, Jacqui (Elsevier, 2024-02)
    This study evaluated the compliance of the food industry with mandated sodium target levels in South Africa for 13 categories of processed foods included in the sodium regulation R.214, and assessed whether there were ...
  • Compliance of the food industry with mandated salt target levels in South Africa : towards development of a monitoring and surveillance framework 
    Charlton, Karen Elizabeth; Pretorius, Beulah; Shakhane, Rhoda; Naidoo, Pamela; Cimring, Hayley; Hussain, Kinza; Nojilana, Beatrice; Webster, Jacqui (Elsevier, 2024-02)
    This study evaluated the compliance of the food industry with mandated sodium target levels in South Africa for 13 categories of processed foods included in the sodium regulation R.214, and assessed whether there were ...
  • Consequences of endogenous and exogenous WNT signaling for development of the preimplantation bovine embryo 
    Tribulo, Paula; Da Silva Leao, Beatriz Caetano; Lehloenya, Khoboso C.; Mingoti, Gisele Zoccal; Hansen, Peter J. (Society for the Study of Reproduction, 2017-06)
    The specific role of WNT signaling during preimplantation development remains unclear. Here, we evaluated consequences of activation and inhibition of β-catenin (CTNNB1)-dependent and -independent WNT signaling in the ...
  • Consumer education on the health benefits of red meat - a multidisciplinary approach 
    Schonfeldt, H.C. (Hettie Carina); Hall, Nicolette Gibson (Elsevier, 2012-07)
    This paper first presents food quality trends observed in the international context and the manifestation of these and other trends within the food industry. From a consumer perspective, improved knowledge on the composition ...
  • A consumer perspective of the South African red meat classification system 
    Vermeulen, Hester; Schonfeldt, H.C. (Hettie Carina); Pretorius, Beulah (South African Society for Animal Science, 2015-08-11)
    The South African consumer market is characterised by socio-economic and cultural diversity. Food expenditure patterns, behaviour and preferences differ significantly between the various socio-economic sub-groups. Packaging ...
  • Consumption of edible flowers in South Africa : nutritional benefits, stakeholders' views, policy and practice implications 
    Pieterse, Elaine; Millan, Elena; Schonfeldt, H.C. (Hettie Carina) (Emerald, 2023)
    PURPOSE : Edible flowers have traditionally been consumed for their nutritional and medicinal properties. Aponogeton distachyos is an aquatic flowering plant native to the Western Cape of South Africa (SA) that used to be ...
  • The contribution of processed pork meat products to total salt intake in the diet 
    Pretorius, Beulah; Schonfeldt, H.C. (Hettie Carina) (Elsevier, 2018-01)
    Consumption of processed meats is reported to be the second largest contributor to total dietary sodium intake. This study aims to describe the contribution of commonly consumed processed pork products to total salt intake. ...
  • The conversion of dopamine to epinephrine and nor-epinephrine is breed dependent 
    O’Neill, H. Adri (Hester Adriana); Webb, E.C. (Edward Cottington); Frylinck, L.; Strydom, P.E. (Phillip Evert) (South African Society for Animal Science, 2010)
    In previous reports, Nguni type cattle have shown to have a lower glycolytic potential with less glycogen measured in muscles 1 h post-mortem. With the release of catecholamines in the immediate pre-slaughter period, there ...
  • Cumulative incidence and causal risk factors of carcass condemnations in a South African high-throughput cattle abattoir 
    Webb, E.C. (Edward Cottington); Webb, Elizabeth M.; Tlhapi, Petrus Thabo (South African Society for Animal Science, 2020-03-17)
    Carcass condemnation is a problem in the South African beef industry, but the causes and risk factors have not been studied or quantified. Better understanding of the cumulative incidence and causative predictors of ...
  • Data describing cattle performance and feed characteristics to calculate enteric methane emissions in smallholder livestock systems in Bomet County, Kenya 
    Ndung'u, Phyllis Wanjungu; Kirui, Peter; Takahashi, Taro; Du Toit, Cornelius Jacobus Lindeque; Merbold, Lutz; Goopy, John Patrick (Elsevier, 2021-12-04)
    This dataset describes the performance of cattle in small- holder livestock systems of Bomet county in western Kenya. Information on live weight, milk production and quality, herd dynamics, and other production parameters ...
  • Datasets of shotgun metagenomics evaluation of rumen microbiota of South African mutton merino sheep 
    Akanmu, Abiodun Mayowa; Van Marle-Koster, Este; Hassen, Abubeker; Adejoro, Festus Adeyemi (Elsevier, 2023-12)
    The rumen microbial consortium plays a crucial role in the production performance and health of the ruminant animal. They are responsible for breaking down complex plant materials such as cellulose and hemicellulose to ...
  • Defining weaning age of camel calves in eastern Ethiopia 
    Chibsa, Merga B.; Mummed, Yesihak Yusuf; Kurtu, Mohamed Y.; Leta, Mengistu U. (Springer, 2014-06)
    This experiment was conducted with the aim to define the weaning age of camel calves managed with pastoral farmers in eastern Ethiopia. Twenty camel calves (11 males and 9 females) were randomly assigned into five ...
  • Dense sampling of bird diversity increases power of comparative genomics 
    Feng, Shaohong; Stiller, Josefin; Deng, Yuan; Armstrong, Joel; Fang, Qi; Reeve, Andrew Hart; Xie, Duo; Chen, Guangji; Guo, Chunxue; Faircloth, Brant C.; Petersen, Bent; Wang, Zongji; Zhou, Qi; Diekhans, Mark; Chen, Wanjun; Andreu-Sánchez, Sergio; Margaryan, Ashot; Howard, Jason Travis; Parent, Carole; George, Pacheco; Sinding, Mikkel-Holger S.; Puetz, Lara; Cavill, Emily; Ribeiro, Angela M.; Eckhart, Leopold; Fjeldsa, Jon; Hosner, Peter A.; Brumfield, Robb T.; Christidis, Les; Bertelsen, Mads F.; Sicheritz-Ponten, Thomas; Tietze, Dieter Thomas; Robertson, Bruce C.; Song, Gang; Borgia, Gerald; Claramunt, Santiago; Lovette, Irby J.; Cowen, Saul J.; Njoroge, Peter; Dumbacher, John Philip; Ryder, Oliver A.; Fuchs, Jerome; Bunce, Michael; Burt, David W.; Cracraft, Joel; Meng, Guanliang; Hackett, Shannon J.; Ryan, Peter G.; Jonsson, Knud Andreas; Jamieson, Ian G.; Da Fonseca, Rute R.; Braun, Edward L.; Houde, Peter; Mirarab, Siavash; Suh, Alexander; Hansson, Bengt; Ponnikas, Suvi; Sigeman, Hanna; Stervander, Martin; Frandsen, Paul B.; Van der Zwan, Henriette; Van der Sluis, Rencia; Visser, Carina; Balakrishnan, Christopher N.; Clark, Andrew G.; Fitzpatrick, John W.; Bowman, Reed; Chen, Nancy; Cloutier, Alison; Sackton, Timothy B.; Edwards, Scott V.; Foote, Dustin J.; Shakya, Subir B.; Sheldon, Frederick H.; Vignal, Alain; Soares, Andre E.R.; Shapiro, Beth; González-Solis, Jacob; Ferrer-Obiol, Joan; Rozas, Julio; Riutort, Marta; Tigano, Anna; Friesen, Vicki; Dalen, Love; Urrutia, Araxi O.; Szekely, Tamas; Liu, Yang; Campana, Michael G.; Corvelo, Andre; Fleischer, Robert C.; Rutherford, Kim M.; Gemmell, Neil J.; Dussex, Nicolas; Mouritsen, Henrik; Thiele, Nadine; Delmore, Kira; Liedvogel, Miriam; Franke, Andre; Hoeppner, Marc P.; Krone, Oliver; Fudickar, Adam M.; Mila, Borja; Ketterson, Ellen D.; Fidler, Andrew Eric; Friis, Guillermo; Parody-Merino, Angela M.; Battley, Phil F.; Cox, Murray P.; Lima, Nicholas Costa Barroso; Prosdocimi, Francisco; Parchman, Thomas Lee; Schlinger, Barney A.; Loiselle, Bette A.; Blake, John G.; Lim, Haw Chuan; Day, Lainy B.; Fuxjager, Matthew J.; Baldwin, Maude W.; Braun, Michael J.; Wirthlin, Morgan; Dikow, Rebecca B.; Ryder, T. Brandt; Camenisch, Glauco; Keller, Lukas F.; DaCosta, Jeffrey M.; Hauber, Mark E.; Louder, Matthew I.M.; Witt, Christopher C.; McGuire, Jimmy A.; Mudge, Joann; Megna, Libby C.; Carling, Matthew D.; Wang, Biao; Taylor, Scott A.; Del-Rio, Glaucia; Aleixo, Alexandre; Vasconcelos, Ana Tereza Ribeiro; Mello, Claudio V.; Weir, Jason T.; Haussler, David; Li, Qiye; Yang, Huanming; Wang, Jian; Lei, Fumin; Rahbek, Carsten; Gilbert, M. Thomas P.; Graves, Gary R.; Jarvis, Erich D.; Paten, Benedict; Zhang, Guojie (Nature Research, 2020-11-12)
    Whole-genome sequencing projects are increasingly populating the tree of life and characterizing biodiversity1–4. Sparse taxon sampling has previously been proposed to confound phylogenetic inference5, and captures only ...