Journal of
Cell and Animal Biology

  • Abbreviation: J. Cell Anim. Biol.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN: 1996-0867
  • DOI: 10.5897/JCAB
  • Start Year: 2007
  • Published Articles: 261

Table of Content: 30 December, 2011; 5(16)

December 2011

Greek experience of the use of phytogenic feed additives in organic pig farming

The purpose of this study is to present brief updating information about the use of phytogenic feed additives in Greek organic pig farming. Organic pig production systems in Greece are growing in popularity over the last years due to the increasing interest of consumers for organic products. The National Greek projects of organic pig farming started in 2002 and since...

Author(s): V. G. Papatsiros, E. D. Tzika, P. D. Tassis, D. Kantas, L. C. Filippopoulos and D. S. Papaioannou

December 2011

Import risk assessment of hatching eggs and day old chicks via Khartoum International Airport, Sudan

  This study was aimed to assess the quality level of the Sudanese standards and risks associated with the importation of hatching eggs and day old chicks as well as the sanitary measures in place based on the international (OIE) standards. Data were collected from the Federal Ministry of Animal Resources and Fisheries (FMARF), the Sudanese Standards and Metrology...

Author(s): Ahmed Abdelgadir Berier and Atif Elamin Abdelgadir

December 2011

Factors affecting conception rate in artificially inseminated cattle under farmers condition in Ethiopia

This study was conducted in urban and rural areas of Adami Tullu district with objectives of evaluating factors affecting the efficiency of AI under farmers' situation and suggests options to be considered for improving the efficiency of AI delivery system. The overall conception rate attained in the study was 48.30% which is better than the national average conception rate reported so far.  It was found out...

Author(s): T. Woldu, Y. T. Giorgis and A. Haile

December 2011

Effects of supplemental chromium-methionine on reproductive performance of dairy cows in transition period

This experiment was conducted to study the effects of supplemental chromium on the reproductive performance of dairy cows. Thus, twenty multiparous Holstein cows (parity 3) were allocated to two treatments groups with ten replicates in a completely randomized design. In this study, the treatment consists of control group which received no chromium supplementation and treatment group which received 5 g/day of...

Author(s): M. Khalili