Russian work comparing broiler breeding stock for performance in cages and pens is reviewed. A wide range of laying fertility and incubation traits is considered. It is concluded that cage housing of broiler breeding stock is generally accepted as being more efficient than pen housing, in spite of...

For 3412 Russian Black Pied, 2072 Bestuzhev, 3288 Kholmogor and 4615 Russian Brown cows, kept in tie stalls during their 3rd or later lactations at dairy complexes in the Tatar ASSR, 305-day milk yield averaged 2641.5, 2338.8, 2578.7 and 2370.7 kg resp., fat percentage 3.57, 3.63, 3.59 and 3.80,...

Three electric heating units for young livestock (piglets, calves and lambs) designed in the USSR are described. An infrared heater, intended for local heating from above, has a reflector made of polished aluminium and fibrous heat insulation; a ceramic disc with a live filament is the source of...

The use of sorbents at present is a promising method for improving fish growing conditions. One of the types of sorbents is vermiculite, a natural mineral that has highly effective sorbing properties. It has been established that it is active against heavy metal ions, organic compounds such as...

Foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) is a dangerous infectious disease of even-toed ungulates, however since 1991, the European Union has banned preventive vaccination. During the occupation of the USSR, there were two outbreaks in Estonia: the first started in 1952 (at which time the barns typically ...

Pathogens such as African swine fever virus (ASFV) are an increasing threat to global livestock production with implications for economic well-being and food security. Quantification of epidemiological parameters, such as transmission rates and latent and infectious periods, is critical to inform...

Microclimate conditions were studied during several yr in four 200-cow 4-row cowsheds on a dairy complex in the Samarkand region of Uzbek SSR. Conditions inside loose housing and tie-stall housing were similar. In winter, spring, summer and autumn resp. air temp. averaged about 13, 20, 29 and 24°C, ...

Introduction: Malignant catarrhal fever (MCF) is a rare, under-explored lethal viral infection of cattle with gammaherpesvirus aetiological agents. Most often, the disease occurs on farms where cattle and sheep are kept together. However, other trigger mechanisms and environmental factors...

Today the development of pig breeding is one of the most perspective lines in animal husbandry, capable of providing the population with high-quality and affordable agricultural products. One of the ways to improve the efficiency of pig breeding is increasing the productivity of animals. The...

The staff number of veterinary institutions of the State Veterinary Service of the RSFSR was organised in 1963. It changed and improved many times. In the Russian Federation, it has been significantly reduced, the most significant losses in the number of staff veterinary specialists of the State...