Volume 8, Issue 4 (2013) | American Journal of Animal and Veterinary Sciences

Airway Metrics, Anatomy and Growth Performance of Pigs Reared Indoors and Outdoors

Chakia Joi McClendon — 2013-09-24

American Journal of Animal and Veterinary Sciences, Published online: 24 September 2013; doi:10.3844/ajavsp.2013.165.176

While the swine industry has made incredible strides to improve ventilation, air quality in confinement buildings remains an issue. The goal of this study is to characterize correlation between large ...

Flow Cytometry Baseline on Peripheral Leukocyte Cell Profiles for Dairy Goat Kids

Darcy M. Fletcher — 2013-09-26

American Journal of Animal and Veterinary Sciences, Published online: 26 September 2013; doi:10.3844/ajavsp.2013.177.189

Small ruminants, like goats, would make excellent animal models for not only infectious diseases in large ruminants but also analogous diseases in humans, such as human tuberculosis, Crohn’s disease...

Salinomycin Toxicosis in Broiler Breeders and Turkeys: Report of the First Case

Konstantinos C. Koutoulis — 2013-09-26

American Journal of Animal and Veterinary Sciences, Published online: 26 September 2013; doi:10.3844/ajavsp.2013.190.196

The objective of this study was to describe two clinical cases of toxicosis by accidental administration of salinomycin in feed in broiler breeders and turkeys. In the first clinical case, a 32000 bro...

Diet Modification to Reduce Fecal Excretion of Nitrogen and Phosphorus in Growing-Finishing Pigs

Ondieki Gekara — 2013-10-03

American Journal of Animal and Veterinary Sciences, Published online: 3 October 2013; doi:10.3844/ajavsp.2013.197.202

An experiment was conducted to determine whether brewers rice can replace all corn in diets for swine and reduce fecal excretion of Nitrogen (N) and Phosphorus (P) without compromising performance and...

A Comparative Study of the Ovine Haemogram: Cell-Dyn 3500 Versus Manual Methods

Labrini V. Athanasiou — 2013-10-23

American Journal of Animal and Veterinary Sciences, Published online: 23 October 2013; doi:10.3844/ajavsp.2013.203.209

Manual hematology techniques traditionally applied in farm animal medicine are time consuming and labor-intensive, especially when large numbers of samples have to be processed. As a result, several a...

Detection of Antibodies Against Bovine Herpes Virus 1, Bovine Viral Diarrhea Virus and Bovine Respiratory Syncytial Virus in Early and Ultra-Early Weaned Beef Calves

Diego Daniel Gonzalez — 2013-10-29

American Journal of Animal and Veterinary Sciences, Published online: 29 October 2013; doi:10.3844/ajavsp.2013.210.219

Bovine respiratory disease is the leading cause of morbidity and mortality in weaned calves. In Argentina, two weaning practices have been implemented. In the early weaning, the calf is removed from t...

Butyrate and Subacute Ruminal Acidosis Affect Abundance of Membrane Proteins Involved with Proton and Short Chain Fatty Acid Transport in the Rumen Epithelium of Dairy Cows

Anne Hermen Laarman — 2013-11-27

American Journal of Animal and Veterinary Sciences, Published online: 27 November 2013; doi:10.3844/ajavsp.2013.220.229

The objective of this study was to elucidate the effects of butyrate on the Short Chain Fatty Acids (SCFA) membrane transport proteins and proton membrane transport proteins in the rumen epithelium. S...

Comparative Evaluation of the Epidural Dexmedetomidine, Ketamine or Fentanyl in Combination with Bupivacaine in Dogs

Eman M. Nour — 2013-11-08

American Journal of Animal and Veterinary Sciences, Published online: 8 November 2013; doi:10.3844/ajavsp.2013.230.238

Castration is one of the most common procedure. It is a potential source of mild to moderate pain which is enough to induce inflammatory process, necessitate the incorporation of analgesics. This stud...

Butyrate Supplementation Affects Mrna Abundance of Genes Involved in Glycolysis, Oxidative Phosphorylation and Lipogenesis in the Rumen Epithelium of Holstein Dairy Cows

Anne Hermen Laarman — 2013-11-27

American Journal of Animal and Veterinary Sciences, Published online: 27 November 2013; doi:10.3844/ajavsp.2013.239.245

Energy availability in epithelial cells is a crucial link for maintaining epithelial barrier integrity; energy depletion is linked to impaired barrier function in several epithelia. This study aimed t...

Efficacy of Tylosin Tartrate on Mycoplasma Infections and Eggshell Apex Abnormalities in Layer Hens Under Field Conditions

Konstantinos C. Koutoulis — 2013-12-20

American Journal of Animal and Veterinary Sciences, Published online: 20 December 2013; doi:10.3844/ajavsp.2013.246.252

The aim of this report was to describe a clinical case of concurrent infection with Mycoplasma Gallisepticum (MG) and Mycoplasma Synoviae (MS) in layers, complicated with Escherichia coli and Pasteure...