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Browsing Production Animal Studies by Subject "UCTD"
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(University of Pretoria, 2018)South African farmers have struggled for many years with the loss of livestock on their farms due to predators such as black backed jackals (Canis mesomelas) and caracal (Caracal caracal). These farmers have been known to ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2019)The dams' physiological status (gestational stages, lactation, and dry period) is crucial in utilising minerals. The mechanisms controlling the utilisation of minerals during pregnancy are inadequately understood. ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2011)Wild animal capture has progressed over the years from trapping or physical capture, which was dangerous to both animal and man, to chemical immobilization. Opioids and butyrophenones are the most common classes of drugs ...
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(OpenJournals Publishing, 2013-10-23)Heartwater is a serious limiting factor for sheep and goat production in the major endemic area of sub-Saharan Africa and therefore most knowledge, research and control methods originate from this region. Whilst the usual ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2017)This study describes the growth of the blue wildebeest (Connochaetes taurinus taurinus) cardiac and pulmonary systems with ontogenetic allometric equations, contributing an additional species to the small collection of ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2011-01-03)The prevalence of antimicrobial residues in table eggs produced in Khartoum State, Sudan was estimated and determined. All available producing layer farms in the state were sampled in April, June and August 2008. For each ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2012-05-21)Molecular based species identification is a useful tool in forensic investigations as well as routine work. The ability to cheaply and quickly determine the species of origin of a sample has become increasingly necessary ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2017)The ability to accurately evaluate the quality and estimate the fertilizing potential of dog semen has increased in importance as a result of the more widespread use of artificial insemination but remains challenging. The ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2014)The reproductive performance of pigs is the main determinant of the profit farmers make in pig production. There are many contributors to poor reproductive performance and in this study the influence of environmental ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2007-03-02)No other references could be found in the literature where IVP embryos, exposed to FMDV were rendered free of the virus. To the best of my knowledge this is the first report that describes the association of FMDV with IVP ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2006-02-23)Apart from its slender appearance, four main factors lead to questions regarding the bone density, mineral content and morphology of the giraffe skeleton: X A rapid vertical growth rate ¡V especially in the neck and ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2015)Foot-and-Mouth Disease (FMD) is a disease of cloven-hoofed animals well-known not only for significant production losses but also restricted market access for livestock and livestock products from affected areas. It severely ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2010-03-12)Since 2002, the South African poultry industry has experienced outbreaks of Newcastle disease (ND) caused by a newly introduced virus (NDV) strain belonging to lineage 5d/VIId (“goose paramyxovirus” - GPMV). Control of the ...
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The clinical effects of dimethyl sulfoxide in sheep suffering from experimentally induced heartwater (University of Pretoria, 2006-03-09)The objective of this research project was to evaluate the clinical effect of Dimethyl sulphoxide in the symptomatic treatment of sheep suffering from heartwater caused by lichia ruminantiumforrmerly Cowdria ruminantium). ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2004)In recent years, South African conservation officials have noted the appearance of tumour like growths, very similar to equine sarcoids, in some Cape mountain zebra (CMZ) populations. In domestic horses, a genetic ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2007-01-05)Selected public health criteria of pasteurised milk available to the consumer from milk -shops in a selected area of Pretoria compared with a national distributor's milk were evaluated. Pasteurised milk samples were ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2012-12-14)The Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point (HACCP) system was used as a basis for describing a methodology for the management of reproduction in small ruminant flocks. The seven principles of the HACCP system are: <ul> ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2012-11-22)The state of diseases in South African domestic pigs drastically changed when Porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome (PRRS) was introduced in the Western Cape Province during 2004 and was followed by an outbreak of ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2007-11-16)It is difficult to overestimate the social and psychological significance of human-animal interactions. Till now, studies on human-companion animal interactions primarily focussed on positive aspects and relationships, ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2016)A pig is any listed animal species in the genus Sus, within the family Suidae of even-toed ungulates. The domestic pig (Sus scrofa domesticus) (also referred to as swine or hog) is a large, domesticated, eventoed ungulate ...
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