These proceedings are a compilation of articles from various experts on animal reproduction. Topics discussed are: abnormalities and toxicity in the head of the epididymis (effects on testis and epididymal sperm); sperm chromatin (breaking paradigms); sexual precocity of the field bulls in tropical ...

This issue contains 30 articles covering various animal disease surveillance strategies as well as control and eradication of important animal diseases. Topics discussed also include epidemiology, risk analysis, diagnosis, vaccines and various aspects of animal welfare and production.

With its over all theme on Animal hygiene and sustainable livestock production, this third volume presents papers submitted at the Proceedings of the 15th International Congress of the International Society for Animal Hygiene, held in Vienna, Austria, on 3-7 July 2011. The Congress aims at giving...

A description is provided for Lichtheimia corymbifer [Mycocladus corymbifer]. Details of its geographical distribution (Egypt, Gambia, Ghana, Kenya, Mauritius, Nigeria, Sudan, Zambia, Canada (Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, Quebec), USA (Illinois, Maryland, New York, South Dakota, Wisconsin),...

The 43 papers and 21 abstracts in this volume cover a range of topics related to livestock production. The species covered include cattle, sheep, fowls, deer, fishes, pigs, goats, quails and buffaloes. The topics covered include economics, livestock feeding, poultry feeding, animal housing, meat...

These proceedings include 5 seminal papers and 27 case studies on developing breeding strategies for lower input animal production environments. The seminal papers emphasize breeding goal definition, structures and procedures for straight-breeding, structures and procedures for crossbreeding and...

The geographic distribution of helminths, arthropods and protozoa of domesticated animals in the State of Bahia, Brazil, reported during the period 1954-1989, is reviewed. Parasites are listed under hosts (dogs, cats, goats, cattle, sheep, buffaloes, horses, donkeys, mules, pigs, chickens), with...

This paper presents a check list of helminth parasites of domestic animals in Brazil with more than 600 references. 44 helminth parasite species of horses, 10 of donkeys, 19 of mules, 51 of cattle, 22 of buffaloes, 46 of sheep, 33 of goats, 27 of pigs, 29 of dogs, 26 of cats, 5 of rabbits, 1 of...

The following are among the more important of the species identified by the authors as affecting the domesticated animals:
" Nematoda. - Filaría cervina, Duj. A single specimen of this parasite was obtained from the abdominal cavity of a cow at the Georgetown Abattoir. It does not appear to be a...