Volume 11, Issue 4 (2016) | American Journal of Animal and Veterinary Sciences

Polymorphisms in Several Porcine Genes are Associated with Growth Traits

Getmantseva Lyubov — 2016-11-12

American Journal of Animal and Veterinary Sciences, Published online: 12 November 2016; doi:10.3844/ajavsp.2016.136.141

The purpose of this study was to confirm the relation between polymorphism of POU1F1, GH, PRLR and MC4R genes and economically important traits of the Duroc pigs bred in Russia. Studies were carried o...

Resistance in Escherichia coli Strains Isolated from Pig Faecal Samples and Pig farm Workers, Greece

George Valiakos — 2016-11-05

American Journal of Animal and Veterinary Sciences, Published online: 5 November 2016; doi:10.3844/ajavsp.2016.142.144

In this study, we compare the degree of antibiotic resistance between the E. coli strains isolated from swine faecal and farm workers. Resistance in nine widely used antibiotics was assessed by the de...

The Effect of Nitrate on some Biochemical Parameters of Rabbits and Ameliorate its Effect by using Vitamin E and Rosemary (Rosmarinus Officinalis)

Saad Thabit Jassim Alrawi — 2016-11-22

American Journal of Animal and Veterinary Sciences, Published online: 22 November 2016; doi:10.3844/ajavsp.2016.145.150

This study was conducted to investigate the effect of nitrate in the feed of the rabbits on the total protein, albumin, globulin, cholesterol, triglyceride and urea in serum and to study ameliorate ni...

Properties of Edible Film Produced using Combination of Collagen Extracts of Bligon Goatskin with Glycerol

Muhammad Irfan Said — 2016-12-20

American Journal of Animal and Veterinary Sciences, Published online: 20 December 2016; doi:10.3844/ajavsp.2016.151.159

Edible films are one of packaging products that environmental friendly. Edible films can produce from the by-products of the slaughtering of livestock locally. Edible films used as materials packaging...