August 2012

Economical and managerial analysis of effective managerial strategies for the prevention of milk fever in transition period in commercial dairy farms

The purpose of this research was to investigate the effects of managerial strategies for the prevention of milk fever in transition period in Shahroud commercial dairy farms. For this purpose, all required information were collected by preparing a questionnaire. Relevant questions about applying managerial strategies for the prevention of milk fever in transition period were inserted in first part. These strategies...

Author(s): Hamed Kashfi, Ahmadreza Yazdani and Mehrdad Latifi

August 2012

Ticks and mange mites infesting camels of Boran pastoral areas and the associated risk factors, southern Ethiopia

A cross-sectional study was conducted on selected camel herds of Borana lowland, southern Ethiopia. From a total of 560 camels examined, 97.7 and 25.9% were found infested with ticks of various species and Sarcoptes species. A total of 4636 adult tick species were collected from half-body regions of selected camels. The tick species identified and their relative abundance were as follows: Rhipicephalus...

Author(s): Bekele Megersa, Abreham Damena, Jemere Bekele, Bedane Adane and Desie Sheferaw