Some wood parameters in bulls administered vitamin c at different environmental temperatures by Tufan Keçeci, Ercan Keskin

“…Consequently, it was determined that the environmental temperatures caused to alter the values of the serum glucose, total cholesterol and AST in Swiss Brown cattle and vitamin C was not influenced on the investigated parameters at the ambient temperatures recorded this experiment.…”
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Nutritional Methods to Decrease N Losses from Open-Dirt Feedlots in Nebraska by Galen E. Erickson, Terry J. Klopfenstein

“…Nitrogen (N) losses from cattle feedlots are of concern due to loss of valuable N and enrichment of the atmospheric N pool. …”
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“FREQUENT FARMERS AND FULANI-HERDSMEN CLASH IN EDO NORTH SENATORIAL DISTRICT” by SUNDAY OMOAFENA IMANAH, JACOB O. OSUINDE

“… The Fulani by nature are nomadic pastoralist people, in the past the pastoralist nomadic often come into clashes with the farmers as a result of search for natural resources like land, water and gasing land for the survival of their cattle from their original home to other parts of the country. …”
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CONFLICT BETWEEN PASTORALISTS AND FARMERS IN NIGERIA AND ITS POTENTIALS FOR REGIONAL INSECURITY IN AFRICA by Angela Ajodo-Adebanjoko, Joy Ede Ukoje

“…Furthermore, population explosion, blocking of traditional grazing routes, cattle rustling and banditry as well as manipulation of the crisis by the political elite, have all aided the exacerbation of the conflict. …”
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Is It Possible to Produce Meat Without Animals? The Potential of Microorganisms as Protein Sources by Alan Portal D’Almeida, Tiago Lima de Albuquerque

“…Meat production, especially from cattle, is a significant contributor, releasing methane—a greenhouse gas far more potent than CO₂—and driving deforestation for pastureland. …”
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The Effect of Continuous Selection in KiwiCross^® Composite Breed on Breed Ancestry and Productivity Performance by Mohd Jaafar, Bevin Harris, Heather J. Huson

“…Composite crosses result from the mating of two or more distinct cattle breeds. Breeding performance may improve rapidly using a well-organized composite breeding system and a clear selection index. …”
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Environmental Determinants Influencing Seasonal Variations of Bird Diversity and Abundance in Wetlands, Northern Region (Ghana) by Collins Ayine Nsor, Edward Adzesiwor Obodai

“…Bird diversity was significantly higher in the wet season than in the dry season (F=4.101,P<0.05). Cattle egret (Bubulcus ibis) and marsh warbler (Acrocephalus palustris) were the most abundant. …”
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USE OF RAPID METHODS FOR TESTING MEAT, VISCERA AND ANIMAL PRODUCTS by A. V. Tyunev, M. V. Alekseyeva

“…All the used rapid methods have demonstrated high accuracy and specificity, they allow to shorten test time, and their results were confirmed by classical microbiological tests. 100 positive confirmed results were obtained from testing beef samples (10.8% of the total number of tests performed). 53 positive results were obtained in rapid test (confirmed by classical test), which makes 20.37% of the total number of tests performed. 56 positive confirmed results were obtained from testing cattle viscera using classical tests (12.6%). 13 samples tested positive using rapid test (13%). …”
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EFFECTIVENESS OF SEROLOGICAL TESTS FOR DIAGNOSTICS OF BOVINE EPHEMERAL FEVER by Ye. A. Konstantinova, S. K. Starov, A. V. Konstantinov, V. I. Diev, A. K. Karaulov

“…In total 13,911 samples, collected in 2008-2010 on farms in 26 regions of the Russian Federation were tested. Testing of cattle sera using prolonged complement fixation test revealed 333 BEFV seropositive samples, submitted from 9 regions in 2008, percentage by region was 2.6-25.9%, average percentage was 9.7% out of the total number of samples tested during the abovementioned period. …”
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Concerning the character of the economic changes in Lithuania during the end of the eighteenth century to the first half of the nineteenth century by Stasys Pamerneckis

“…It involved such inventions as improved agrotechnics, many-field crop-rotation systems, an extension of cattle-breeding, country-estate industry growth, factories and enterprises of spinning, weaving, haberdashery, iron and glass work, leather-ware, etc. …”
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CLIMATE CHANGE AND FARMERS-HERDERS CONFLICT IN NORTHERN NIGERIA by OLUFUNKE .A. MOSES-OJO, ARUYA KINGSLEY JOSEPH, RILWAN ABDULLAHI ALIYU

“…The desertification of far Northern Nigeria, accompanied by the reduction in the availability of pastoral land for grazing of cattle and crop farming activities and other attendant extreme environmental conditions such as rising sea levels, drought, and other infectious diseases as a result of global warming, have forced pastoralists to migrate from the affected areas to safer parts for the survival of their means of livelihood. …”
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Dairy calves provided with environmental enrichment are more active, playful and have fewer feeding interruptions by Francesca Occhiuto, Jorge A. Vázquez-Diosdado, Matthew Thomas, Emma R. Gayner, Andrew J. King, Jasmeet Kaler

“…Abstract Concerns for farm animal welfare have led to the use of environmental enrichment to stimulate natural behaviours and promote positive emotions. In cattle, the provision of brushes is sometimes recommended but their use in calves and the effects they may have are not well established. …”
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THE POLITICS OF INSECURITY REPORTAGE IN NORTHERN NIGERIA by ISA SA’IDU

“…It metamorphosed to gangsterism that was restricted to cattle rustling. The challenge has now snowballed into full-pledged entrepreneurial terrorism where the actors amass wealth through kidnapping, banditry, and other forms of criminal activities. …”
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Paleoclimatic Changes and their Influence on Cultural and Historical Processes during the Neolithic – Eneolitic in the Caspian and Lower Volga Regions by Marianna A. Kulkova, Alexander A. Vybornov

“…The appearance of syncretic pottery and cattle breeding characterizes this culture. The short-term episodes of climatic aridization, which were followed by periods of humidification, were registered in this time. …”
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Agr-typing of methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus (MSSA) isolated from non-human primates by V. A. Kalashnikova

“…Numerous studies on genotyping S. aureus strains isolated from humans, food and mastitis in cattle and small ruminants have been carried out. …”
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The Considerable Case Reports: Observed Taenia Saginata after Consuming Undercooked Beef by Pegah Golafshan, Seyede Manizhe Heidar Nejadi

“…This condition persisted for approximately 1-2 years, during which he regularly consumed raw or undercooked contaminated meat, as well as heart and liver of cattle and calves while preparing barbecue. He elucidated that he had a strong urge to eat them. …”
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Oral delivery of bovine tuberculosis vaccine to free-ranging white-tailed deer by Kurt VerCauteren, Abigail Feuka, Michael Lavelle, Michael Glow, Keely Kohen, Patrick Ryan, Tony Aderman, Anthony Duffiney, Mitchell Palmer, Paola M. Boggiatto, Carly Kanipe, Hayden Hamby, Emily Ruell, Melinda Cosgrove, Michael Vanderklok, Nathan Snow, Kim M. Pepin, Henry Campa

“…IntroductionFree-ranging white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) are a self-sustaining reservoir for bovine tuberculosis (bTB) in northeastern lower Michigan, (United States) continually putting the area’s cattle industry at risk. Liberal recreational deer harvest, baiting bans, and mitigation measures on farms have reduced but not eliminated bTB in deer nor have they eliminated transmission to cattle. …”
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Tools to refine unknown parent group definitions by A. Legarra, I. Aguilar

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FOOT AND MOUTH DISEA SE EPIZOOTOLOGICAL SURVEILLANCE IN WILD ANIMAL POPULATION IN ZABAYKALSKY KRAI (RUSSIA) AS EXAMPLE by V. V. Nikiforov, T. V. Vadopalas, D. A. Lozovoy, E. V. Kiriltsov, S. P. Semakina

“…This problem is particularly relevant in the areas of distant-pasture cattle rearing where wild and domestic animals often contact on pastures and near watering places. …”
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Quantifying the Effect of Soil Ameliorants on Soil Crusting by Means of Field Experiments in a Wildlife Protected Area, South Africa by Anélle Human, Gerhardus P. Nortjé, Michiel C. Laker

“…The cause of this crusting was found to be historical agricultural practices such as cultivation with maize on non-arable soils and overgrazing by cattle. Negative impacts of soil crusting include reduction of water infiltration, leading to increased runoff and erosion and induced drought; inhibiting soil aeration; inhibiting germination and seedling emergence; and inhibiting root functioning and development. …”
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