Volume 11, Issue 3 (2016) | American Journal of Animal and Veterinary Sciences

Serum Ornithine Carbamoyltransferase Activity and Correlation with Fatty Liver in Dairy Cows with Displaced Abomasum

Ken Onda — 2016-07-13

American Journal of Animal and Veterinary Sciences, Published online: 13 July 2016; doi:10.3844/ajavsp.2016.85.90

Ornithine Carbamoyltransferase (OCT) is a hepatocyte-specific enzyme; elevated serum activity indicates liver damage. Displaced abomasum frequently occurs around the time of parturition in dairy cattl...

Influence of Probiotics on Coccidia, H. Contortus and Markers of Infection in Goats

Kwaku Barima Gyenai — 2016-07-29

American Journal of Animal and Veterinary Sciences, Published online: 29 July 2016; doi:10.3844/ajavsp.2016.91.99

Immunostimulants can induce nonspecific resistance against parasites. The use of probiotics to control development of animal gastrointestinal parasites could help reduce the risks of infestation. In t...

Nutritional Evaluation and Effectiveness of Detoxified Jatropha curcas Kernel Meal in Finishing Pig Diets on Biogas and Methane Production from Slurry

Bernardo Berenchtein — 2016-08-30

American Journal of Animal and Veterinary Sciences, Published online: 30 August 2016; doi:10.3844/ajavsp.2016.100.107

The purpose of this work was to evaluate Phorbol Ester’s (PE), Total Fenols (TF), Total Tannins (TT), Condensed Tannins (CT), Saponins Content (SPN), amino acids profiles and apparent digestibility ...

Effect of a Mushroom (Coriolus versicolor) Based Probiotic on Goat Health

Kingsley Ekwemalor — 2016-10-04

American Journal of Animal and Veterinary Sciences, Published online: 4 October 2016; doi:10.3844/ajavsp.2016.108.118

Maintenance of an adequate immune response is essential to goat health. CorPet biomass is a mushroom (Coriolus versicolor) based probiotic used as an immune-stimulant in man, horses and small animals....

Gastrointestinal Parasites of Cattle in Central Java

Penny Humaidah Hamid — 2016-10-19

American Journal of Animal and Veterinary Sciences, Published online: 19 October 2016; doi:10.3844/ajavsp.2016.119.124

Gastrointestinal parasites are the main cause of losses of cattle farms including feed conversion-failure and even death of heavily infected animals. We have conducted a random examination of 455 cows...

Incidence of Cystic Echinococcosis in Libya: I. Seroprevalence of Hydatid Disease in Sheep and Goats Naturally Exposed to the Infection in the North Midland Region

Mohamed M. Ibrahem — 2016-10-28

American Journal of Animal and Veterinary Sciences, Published online: 28 October 2016; doi:10.3844/ajavsp.2016.125.135

Hydatid disease is one of the most and serious public health and veterinary problems in Libya and other North African countries. Thirteen rural villages of two main districts bordered to each other at...