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Topic:Livestock

Livestock and horses are integral components of agricultural systems, providing resources such as meat, milk, fiber, and labor. Horses, in particular, have unique roles in agriculture, sport, and recreation, distinguishing them from other livestock. This topic explores the management, breeding, nutrition, and health of horses and other livestock species. It encompasses studies on husbandry practices, welfare considerations, and the impact of these animals on the environment and economy. The page includes peer-reviewed research studies and scholarly articles that investigate various aspects of livestock and equine science, offering insights into their biological, ecological, and economic significance.
Esophageal manometry in horses, cows, and sheep during deglutition.
American journal of veterinary research    April 1, 1987   Volume 48, Issue 4 547-551 
Clark ES, Morris DD, Whitlock RH.Esophageal pressure events during deglutition were evaluated in healthy adult animals (6 horses, 6 cattle, and 5 sheep), using a 3-side hole catheter assembly perfused with water by use of a hydraulic-capillary infusion system. The peak postdeglutition pressure, contraction time, and contraction length were determined for the cranial and caudal esophageal sphincter regions and for each functionally different region within the body of the esophagus. The percentage of deglutitions in which relaxation developed at the sphincter regions and the propagation speed (velocity at which pressure waves t...
[The topography of the heart valves in horses, cattle and dogs].
Anatomia, histologia, embryologia    September 1, 1986   Volume 15, Issue 3 240-248 doi: 10.1111/j.1439-0264.1986.tb00715.x
Habermehl KH, Schmack KH.No abstract available
Ticks on livestock in St. Lucia.
Veterinary parasitology    December 1, 1985   Volume 18, Issue 4 367-373 doi: 10.1016/0304-4017(85)90071-8
Garris GI, Scotland K.Cattle, sheep, goats and horses were examined for ticks. Over 95% of Holstein cross-breeds, 28% of sheep (local mixed breeds) and 18% of goats (local mixed breeds) examined from 18 August to 4 September 1983 were infested with the southern cattle tick, Boophilus microplus Canestrini. About 90 and 17% of the horses examined were infested with the tropical horse tick, Anocentor nitens Neumann, and the tropical bont tick, Amblyomma variegatum Fabricius, respectively. The tropical bont tick was found infesting 10% of cattle in the Gros Islet area of St. Lucia. The tropical bont tick was also found...
Paralysis and lipofuscin-like pigmentation of farm stock caused by the plant, Trachyandra laxa var. laxa.
The Onderstepoort journal of veterinary research    December 1, 1985   Volume 52, Issue 4 255-259 
Grant RC, Basson PA, Kidd AB.A paralytic condition of farm stock in South West Africa, characterized by prominent neuronal and some mild extraneuronal pigmentation, is described. The distribution of the pigment, which was mainly located in the larger neurones of the brain and spinal cord, is given. Experimental evidence, obtained by feeding the plant, is presented that the condition is caused by Trachyandra laxa var. laxa. The histochemical features of the pigment proved to be compatible with a lipofuscin.
Spinal fluid concentrations of mepivacaine in horses and procaine in cows after thoracolumbar subarachnoid analgesia.
American journal of veterinary research    May 1, 1985   Volume 46, Issue 5 1020-1024 
Skarda RT, Muir WW, Ibrahim AI.The CSF concentrations of mepivacaine in 10 Standardbred horses and of procaine in 10 Holstein cows given the drugs by thoracolumbar subarachnoid injection were determined. Mepivacaine hydrochloride was injected into the horses (502 +/- 60.5 kg) at an average dosage of 30 mg (1.5 ml of 20 mg/ml solution). Analgesia was produced 7.5 +/- 4.3 minutes after injection, extended between spinal cord segments T13 and L3 on both sides of the spinal column, and lasted 47 +/- 18.7 minutes at the T18 dermatome. Procaine hydrochloride was injected into cows (614 +/- 51.5 kg) at a dosage ranging between 75 ...
Scanning electron microscopic studies on the microvascular system of the spleen in the rat, cat, dog, pig, horse and cow.
Nihon juigaku zasshi. The Japanese journal of veterinary science    April 1, 1985   Volume 47, Issue 2 237-249 doi: 10.1292/jvms1939.47.237
Seki A, Abe M.No abstract available
Animal welfare considerations – pastoral animals.
New Zealand veterinary journal    April 1, 1985   Volume 33, Issue 4 54-57 doi: 10.1080/00480169.1985.35161
Kilgour R.Modern pastoral farming has radically transformed the niche where agricultural animals live. Recent trends in husbandry tend to give as much emphasis to economic profit and human convenience, as do a concern for the farmed species. Most of the traditional ways of handling sheep, cattle, goats, horses and pigs, like castration, ear tagging, tail-docking or horse breaking, have been accepted by the public with little concern. Inevitably, as renewed public interest focuses on intensive farming, some questions are directed towards extensive pastoral farming practices, particularly in newly-farmed ...
Laboratory evaluation of aqueous humor in the healthy dog, cat, horse, and cow.
American journal of veterinary research    March 1, 1985   Volume 46, Issue 3 657-659 
Hazel SJ, Thrall MA, Severin GA, Lauerman LH, Lavach JD.Using routinely available clinical laboratory methods, aqueous humor samples were evaluated from 12 healthy dogs, 15 healthy cats, 7 healthy horses, and 6 healthy cows. Aqueous humor was almost acellular; cells that were present had degenerated beyond recognition. Protein concentration was low; only albumin was detectable on electrophoresis. Creatine phosphokinase and lactate dehydrogenase isoenzymes were not detected. Artifacts induced by sampling were insignificant compared with alterations in aqueous humor composition that occur with ocular diseases.
Serological studies on leptospirosis in livestock and chickens from Grenada and Trinidad.
Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene    January 1, 1985   Volume 79, Issue 6 859-864 doi: 10.1016/0035-9203(85)90138-5
Everard CO, Fraser-Chanpong GM, James AC, Butcher LV.Sera from 1,206 livestock animals and chickens on Grenada and Trinidad were tested for leptospiral antibodies by the microscopic agglutination test. 376 of the sera were positive (25% of those tested on Grenada and 44% on Trinidad). The positive sera were obtained from 25% of 324 cattle, 35% of 130 pigs, 35% of 146 sheep, 25% of 44 goats and 11% of 175 chickens on Grenada; and 92% of 26 cattle, 53% of 122 pigs, 76% of 87 horses and donkeys and 11% of 144 chickens on Trinidad. Eight sera from ducks and geese on Trinidad were tested and found to be negative. The serogroups most commonly found to...
Photoperiod: main proximal and distal factor of the circannual cycle of reproduction in farm mammals.
Oxford reviews of reproductive biology    January 1, 1985   Volume 7 305-345 
Ortavant R, Pelletier J, Ravault JP, Thimonier J, Volland-Nail P.No abstract available
Identification of swainsonine as a probable contributory mycotoxin in moldy forage mycotoxicoses.
Applied and environmental microbiology    August 1, 1984   Volume 48, Issue 2 386-388 doi: 10.1128/aem.48.2.386-388.1984
Broquist HP, Mason PS, Hagler WM, Harris TM.When infested with the fungus Rhizoctonia leguminicola, certain forages, e.g., red clover hay, can cause a "slobber syndrome" of varying severity when consumed by ruminants. The causative agent has been presumed to be slaframine [(1S,6S,8aS)-1-acetoxy-6-aminooctahydroindolizine], which is produced by R. leguminicola. In one serious outbreak of the slobber syndrome in horses, the red clover forage involved was carefully examined and found to contain R. leguminicola and slaframine. An identical hay sample is shown here by ion-exchange chromatographic and gas chromatographic-mass spectrometric an...
Aeromonas hydrophila in livestock: incidence, biochemical characteristics and antibiotic susceptibility.
The Journal of hygiene    June 1, 1984   Volume 92, Issue 3 365-375 doi: 10.1017/s0022172400064585
Gray SJ.Faecal samples from 110 horses, 115 pigs, 111 sheep and 123 cows were examined for the presence of Aeromonas hydrophila, which was also sought in the available drinking water. The overall faecal rate was 11.8%, but significantly more bovine than other samples were found to be positive. There was significant association between the isolation of A. hydrophila from all animal faeces and its presence in drinking water, but this was not found when individual animal groups were analysed separately. An enrichment technique increased the total number of isolates by 77.1%. Strains of differing origins ...
Ultrastructural comparison of Oncovirinae (type C), Spumavirinae, and Lentivirinae: three subfamilies of Retroviridae found in farm animals.
Journal of the National Cancer Institute    May 1, 1984   Volume 72, Issue 5 1075-1084 
Bouillant AM, Becker SA.The successive steps of maturation of seven retroviruses from five species of farm animals and one retrovirus from a mouse were compared in cell cultures. The viruses included three type C oncoviruses, one spumavirus, and three lentiviruses. Although members of the 3 subfamilies shared some gross morphologic features such as budding on plasma membranes, core, and surface projections, differences were noted in the ultrastructural detail of these features. Type C oncoviruses did not show any structural differentiation in identifiable form in the cytoplasm as opposed to characteristic features ob...
Ulcerative stomatitis in horses and cattle caused by triticale hay.
Australian veterinary journal    August 1, 1983   Volume 60, Issue 8 259 doi: 10.1111/j.1751-0813.1983.tb05986.x
McCosker JE, Keenan DM.No abstract available
Malignant melanomas in farm animals.
Morphologie et embryologie    July 1, 1983   Volume 29, Issue 3 191-194 
Baba AI, Gaboreanu M, Rotaru O, Kwieczinsky R.Malignant melanomas in 5 horses, 1 calf, 1 cow and 2 pigs were described. The disease, in white or gray horses, was tegumentally located and generalized in the organs of the abdominal cavity. Microscopically, dendritic and fusiform pigment cells and multinucleated cells were identified. In the hypophysis there microcysts and in one case a hypophyseal adenoma were encountered. Electronmicroscopically, differentiated melanophores and melanophages were also found. The mature melanosomes were intensely black and the elementary granules concentrically and lamellarly arranged. In cattle, the general...
Prosthetic repair of large abdominal wall defects in horses and food animals.
Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association    February 1, 1983   Volume 182, Issue 3 258-262 
Tulleners EP, Fretz PB.No abstract available
Evaluation of radioimmunoassay and radiocompetition methods of thyroxine estimation in blood serum of farm animals.
Endokrynologia Polska    January 1, 1983   Volume 34, Issue 3 205-215 
Bobek S, Kahl S, Bakowska M.No abstract available
A screening test to differentiate cattle meat from horse, donkey, kangaroo, pig and sheep meats.
Australian veterinary journal    August 1, 1982   Volume 59, Issue 2 59 doi: 10.1111/j.1751-0813.1982.tb02720.x
Johnston LA, Tracey-Patte P, Donaldson RA, Parkinson B.No abstract available
Poisoning of livestock by Swainsona spp.: current status.
Australian veterinary journal    August 1, 1982   Volume 59, Issue 2 50-53 doi: 10.1111/j.1751-0813.1982.tb02716.x
Huxtable CR, Dorling PR.No abstract available
Erythrocyte volume distribution analysis in healthy dogs, cats, horses, and dairy cows.
American journal of veterinary research    January 1, 1982   Volume 43, Issue 1 163-166 
Weiser MG.Erythrocyte volume distribution curves (erythrograms) were determined on a total of 300 blood samples from healthy dogs, cats, horses, and cattle (dairy cows). An index of anisocytosis was determined for these animals. Erythrograms were highly reproducible, and the mean corpuscular volumes determined from erythrograms compared well with those determined from hemograms. Bovine and equine erythrocyte volumes were found to be stable after the blood was stored at 4 C for 24 hours. Under the same conditions, canine and feline erythrocytes increased slightly in volume. After incubation of blood dilu...
Changes in plasma progesterone levels during storage of heparinized whole blood from cow, horse, dog and pig.
Acta veterinaria Scandinavica    January 1, 1982   Volume 23, Issue 1 1-8 doi: 10.1186/BF03546815
Oltner R, Edqvist LE.Progesterone concentrations in heparinized plasma harvested immediately after blood collection were compared with levels obtained after storage of the corresponding whole blood for 2 h, 4 h, 6 h, 1 day, 2 days and 5 days at room temperature and in a refrigerator. The blood was taken during the luteal phase from 4 dogs, 4 horses, 4 pigs and 8 cows. For 4 cows the storage time was extended to 9 and 20 days. No significant effect of whole blood storage time on plasma progesterone concentrations could be shown for dogs or pigs. For the horse a slight but significant decrease was demonstrated when ...
Rabies in farm livestock in Nigeria.
International journal of zoonoses    June 1, 1981   Volume 8, Issue 1 51-56 
Okoh AE.Between 1944 and 1977, the distribution of confirmed cases of rabies in farm livestock in Nigeria were 15 in cattle, 8 in goats, 4 each in sheep, pigs and horses and two in donkeys respectively. The less-cared-for pastoralist sheep - dogs as well as stray dogs have so far been the sole propagating animal species of rabies to farm livestock although wild fauna have been suspected. The fact that cases are sporadic and lower incidence of livestock rabies is generally reported than the number that actually occurs makes the formulation of a definite control measures difficult. The need to educate n...
[Veterinarians and horse sales].
Berliner und Munchener tierarztliche Wochenschrift    May 1, 1981   Volume 94, Issue 9 164-167 
Eikmeier H.No abstract available
Syndromes of astragalus poisoning in livestock.
Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association    January 15, 1981   Volume 178, Issue 2 146-150 
James LF, Hartley WJ, Van Kampen KR.No abstract available
Influence of selenium on livestock.
Modern veterinary practice    January 1, 1981   Volume 62, Issue 1 25-27 
Koller LD.No abstract available
[CA antibodies (Enterobacteriaceae common antigen) in the sera of domestic animals].
Polskie archiwum weterynaryjne    January 1, 1981   Volume 23, Issue 1 31-41 
Molenda J.Using the indirect hemagglutination test, antibodies against Enterobacteriaceae common antigen (CA) were tested in the sera of 123 horses, 142 cows, 108 sheep, 142 mature pigs and 60 piglets (3-4 weeks of age). Anti CA antibody level and antibody titers for somatic antigens (phenol-water extracts) various serogroups of E. coli (0149, 0138, 0115, 078, 09) and S. typhimurium were compared. Ca antibodies in titer equal or higher than 1:15 were found to occur in 100% of the examined horses and cows, while in the sera of 92% sheep, 80% of mature pigs and 60% of piglets antibodies to the common Ente...
The effect of season on the ovulatory response of Merino ewes to serum from pregnant mares.
Journal of reproduction and fertility    November 1, 1980   Volume 60, Issue 2 425-429 doi: 10.1530/jrf.0.0600425
Gherardi PB, Lindsay DR.Groups of 50 ewes were injected with serum from pregnant mares on 5 occasions, 3 months apart, and ovulation rate was estimated at laparoscopy. In Exp. 1, new ewes were used at each time and 3 dose rates (identical to 400, 630 and 1000 i.u. PMSG) were studied. In Exp. 2, the same ewes were used throughout and only 1 dose was given (1000 i.u.). In both experiments the response in ovulation rate of ewes varied significantly throughout the year, with the lowest response in spring (September) and the highest in autumn (March). The ewes in Exp. 2 were as responsive at the end as at the beginning of...
Grassland management for horses.
The Veterinary record    August 23, 1980   Volume 107, Issue 8 171-174 doi: 10.1136/vr.107.8.171
Archer M.The pasture needs for horses as compared to those for farm livestock are reviewed. The differing preferences of various types of grasses and other plants, and the patterns of grazing seen on"horse-sick" pastures, are discussed. Suggestions for practical management include frequent collection and removal of droppings, the use of grazing by cattle, adequate rest from horses and the application of cattle manure. Methods for controlling weeds and renovating horse-sick paddocks are discussed and compared to ploughing up. Finally, the place of fertilisers is considered for use on pastures for horses...
The diagnosis of liver disease in equine and food animals. Part 2: Evaluation of liver damage and functional failure.
Modern veterinary practice    April 1, 1980   Volume 61, Issue 4 315-320 
Pearson EG, Craig AM.No abstract available
Environmental exposure to Coxiella burnetii: a sero-epidemiologic survey among domestic animals.
American journal of epidemiology    April 1, 1980   Volume 111, Issue 4 437-443 doi: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a112919
Willeberg P, Ruppanner R, Behymer DE, Haghighi S, Kaneko JJ, Franti CE.The prevalence of agglutinating serum antibodies against Coxiella burnetii, the cause of Q fever in humans, was tested in a hospital population of companion animals and livestock in California during 1973--1975. A sample of stray dogs was also tested. Among the hospitalized animals 346 (48%) of 724 dogs, 7 (9%) of 80 cats, 9 (32%) of 28 cattle and 31 (26%) of 121 horses had antibodies against C. burnetii. Of 316 stray dogs 208 (66%) were seropositive. The overall prevalence of 53% among 1040 dogs tested was comparable to the 63% antibody prevalence found in an earlier survey among coyotes and ...