The aim of this study was to assess the effect of modified housing system on physiological parameters like rectal temperature, skin temperature, plasma cortisol level, respiration rate and pulse rate (counts/min) of Murrah buffaloes during autumn and winter seasons. A total of 14 lactating Murrah...

The aim of the current study was to evaluate the level of saliva Cortisol and heart rate in lactating goats depending on different environmental condition, from early spring to the summer heat in the mountainous region of Croatia with a moderate climate zone (average winter air temperature from...

During 2011, the impacts of two different dairy cow management systems (pasture-confinement and confinement-only), season and lactation on milk production and animal health was observed. Milk production and quality was estimated on the basis of the following parameters: daily production, fat...

This study was planned to assess the profitability of broiler farming in environment controlled houses in and around Faisalabad. Price of chicks, cost of labor, feed, building, flock, medicine, vaccination, disinfection on the profit of the broiler producer were investigated. A questionnaire was...

Biofilms have a strong impact in a large range of areas such as the human biomedical fields and the food industry including the raw material production from livestock and farming. The aim of this study was to test the effects, of a mix of bacteria based on Bacillus spp. and Pediococcus spp., on...

Chromated copper arsenate (CCA)-treated wood has prompted public concern regarding the contamination of livestock-rearing environment. We investigated the current status of CCA-treated waste wood used as bedding material for livestock in the Hokkaido area. Two-step surveys with structured question...

Indoor animal husbandry environments are inevitably contaminated with endotoxins. Endotoxin exposure is associated with various inflammatory illnesses in animals. This cross-sectional study evaluated the relationship between the degree of endotoxin exposure and the cellular and humoral immune...

Shelter management is the manipulation of microclimate of the animals to suit best to their welfare reducing climatic stress without affecting much to cost of construction. House should be designed to meet the requirements health and comfort to the animals, convenience and comfort of the operator,...

This study aimed to evaluate the effect of pair housing versus individual and group housing on behavioural patterns of female buffalo calves (n=18; 15.0±3.0 days of age) were assigned randomly to 1 of 3 treatments of group housing with (C1=one calf/pen, C2=two calves/pen, or C3=three calves/pen)...

In order to determine the effect of intensity of light and stocking density, as well as the interaction of light intensity × stocking density on body weight and individual carcass traits, an experiment was performed on 1200 broilers of the Ross 308 genotype. The investigated factors were the...