Effects of supplementary feeding around lambing time on the productivity of Javanese thin-tail ewes     

T. D. Chaniago  A. Natasasmita  I. C. Fletcher 《Tropical animal health and production》1988,20(1):57-64

The extent to which ewe reproduction could be improved by supplementary feeding around lambing time was investigated with four groups each of 16 ewes which were run continuously with fertile rams until they had lambed three times. One group was fed at a maintenance level throughout and the other three groups were given supplementary feed during the last four week of each pregnancy only, or during the last four weeks of pregnancy plus the first six weeks after each lambing, or during the last four weeks of pregnancy plus the first 12 weeks after each lambing. The average body weight of lambs weaned at 13 weeks of age increased (P less than 0.001) progressively from 6.0 to 9.1 kg with increasing duration of supplementary feeding. There were however no significant differences between treatment groups in mean interval between successive lambings (202 days), ovulation rate (2.26), litter size (1.58), lamb birth weight (1.8 kg), preweaning lamb mortality (37%) or number of lambs weaned per lambing (0.99).  相似文献   

Comparison of serological tests for antibodies against Newcastle disease virus and infectious bronchitis virus using ImmunoComb solid-phase immunoassay, a commercial enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay, and the hemagglutination-inhibition assay     

S G Thayer  B N Nersessian  B Rivetz  O J Fletcher 《Avian diseases》1987,31(3):459-463

COMBSCORES determined using the ImmunoComb solid-phase immunoassay were compared with hemagglutination-inhibition (HI) titers specific for Newcastle disease virus (NDV) and infectious bronchitis virus (IBV) and with mean enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) titers determined using Agritech Systems, Inc., ELISA. COMBSCORES for NDV and IBV increased proportionately in a stepwise manner as HI titers increased. The ImmunoComb solid-phase immunoassay was ablt to produce endpoint titers on sera with NDV-HI titers of 0 through 320 and IBV-HI titers of 0 through 1024 without reaching the maximum S-value. The ImmunoComb showed good correlation with the HI assay and the Agritech ELISA and should prove to be a useful tool for serological profiling, either alone or in conjunction with the HI test or commercial ELISA.  相似文献   

EXPERIMENTS ON THE CONTROL OF MINT RUST     

J. T. Fletcher 《Plant pathology》1962,11(3):115-120

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Anatomy of pelvic viscera     

T F Fletcher 《The Veterinary clinics of North America》1974,4(3):471-486

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Isolation of canine prolactin by anterior pituitary organ culture     

P A Fletcher  J M Hamilton  M Gronow 《Research in veterinary science》1974,16(1):100-102

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Suppression of humoral immunity in chickens with carrageenans     

M G Elfaki  D L Dawe  K K Murthy  O J Fletcher  W L Ragland 《Veterinary immunology and immunopathology》1987,16(1-2):139-150

Carrageenans (CGN), sulphated polygalactans, have been reported to be cytotoxic for macrophages in vitro. On this basis, the effect of the 3 major CGN types on humoral immune responses in chickens was investigated. Carrageenan had no effect on body and lymphoid organ weights. Histologically, CGN produced a significant proliferation of reticuloendothelial cells in liver and spleen, but no changes were observed in lymphocyte populations of the bursa of Fabricius, thymus, or spleen. Intracoelomic pretreatment with high doses of CGN induced a marked suppression of primary responses to sheep red blood cells (SRBC) given by the same route. However, if SRBC were injected intravenously into chickens already treated intracoelomically with CGN, no evidence of suppression was demonstrated. Antibody responses to Brucella abortus (BA), a T-independent antigen, were not affected by intracoelomic treatment with CGN. Intravenous pretreatment with CGN did not alter antibody responses to SRBC and BA given by the same route.  相似文献   

Amyloidosis in an Angora goat     

VL THAM  CM BUNN 《Australian veterinary journal》1992,69(2):40-41

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Estimate of economic impact of fowl cholera in turkeys in Georgia in 1986     

M P Morris  O J Fletcher 《Avian diseases》1988,32(4):718-721

Information gathered from cases of fowl cholera (FC) in commercial turkey flocks through case records, flock records, and telephone and mail surveys was used to estimate disease costs. The cost to the Georgia commercial turkey industry in 1986 from preventive measures, treatment of outbreaks, and production losses from the disease was estimated at $634,545. The cost of FC per kg of live production was estimated to be $0.015.  相似文献   

Disease prevalence in Georgia turkey flocks in 1986     

M P Morris  O J Fletcher 《Avian diseases》1988,32(3):404-406

Disease prevalence in turkeys was estimated by totaling the flock size of necropsy cases submitted to the University of Georgia in 1986 for each disease reported and comparing it with the population at risk. Fowl cholera was the most prevalent disease in both commercial tom flocks (18.0%) and breeder hen flocks (14.7%). Prevalence of colibacillosis was 15.9% in commercial tom flocks, and prevalence of aspergillosis was 8.5% in commercial tom and 4.9% in breeder hen flocks.  相似文献   

Evaluation of ciliary movement in tracheal rings to assess immunity against infectious bronchitis virus     

L F Andrade  P Villegas  O J Fletcher  R Laudencia 《Avian diseases》1982,26(4):805-815

Chickens vaccinated at one and 14 days of age with a live vaccine containing the Massachusetts and Connecticut strains of infectious bronchitis virus were protected against challenge with a Massachusetts strain administered at 5 weeks of age. The virus recovery method in which tracheal swabs taken 4 days post-challenge were used to inoculate chicken embryos was compared with the method based on ciliary activity in tracheal explants. The results showed that evaluation of ciliary activity effectively measured immunity to infectious bronchitis virus. Serological results obtained in a microneutralization test using chicken embryo kidney cells correlated with the immune status of the birds as well as with the alpha neutralization results obtained using chicken embryos.  相似文献