A study was conducted on 13 Friesian-Zebu crossbred calves, the ages of which lie between 6 and 18 months, to investigate the kinetics of IFN-y release in the peripheral blood following Bacille Calmete Guerine (BCG) vaccination. After being screened for bovine tuberculosis (BTB), the calves were ...
Ameni, G.
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Tibbo, Markos
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[Kinetics of interferon-gamma (IFN-gamma) release in the peripheral blood of calves vaccinated with BCG]
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Kinetics of interferon-gamma (IFN-gamma) release in the peripheral blood of calves vaccinated with BCG
Boonham, N.
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Kreuze, J.F.
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Winter, S.
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Vlugt, R. van der.
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Bergervoet, J.
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Tomlinson, J.
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Mumford, R.
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[Methods in virus diagnostics: From ELISA to next generation sequencing.]
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Methods in virus diagnostics: From ELISA to next generation sequencing.
Cysticercosis and echinococcosis cause illness and productivity losses in human and agricultural animal populations. Recent studies suggest that these diseases have large societal impacts on endemic areas. Estimates of burden provide essential, evidence-based data for conducting cost–benefit an...
Carabin, H.
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Budke, C.M.
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Cowan, L.D.
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Willingham, A.L.
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Torgerson, P.R.
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[Methods for assessing the burden of parasitic zoonoses: Echinococcosis and cysticercosis]
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Methods for assessing the burden of parasitic zoonoses: Echinococcosis and cysticercosis
The use of geographical information systems (GIS) in the management of African animal trypanosomosis in sub-Saharan Africa offers potential in assisting decisions on allocation of resources, prioritization of control areas, and planning and management of field operations. Here, Guy Hendrickx and ...
Hendrickx, G.
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Rocque, S. de la
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Reid, Robin S.
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Wint, W.
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[Spatial trypanosomosis management: From data - layers to decision making]
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Spatial trypanosomosis management: From data - layers to decision making
The objective of this study was to evaluate whether the efficacy of marker assisted selection (MAS) could be improved by considering a confidence interval (CI) of QTL position. Specifically, MAS was applied for within-family selection in a stochastic simulation of a closed nucleus herd. The locat...
Stella, A.
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Janson, G.B.
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Boettcher, P.J.
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Gibson, John P.
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Lohuis, M.M.
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Pagnacco, G.
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[Accounting for uncertainty in QTL location in marker-assisted
pre-selection of young bulls prior to progeny test]
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Accounting for uncertainty in QTL location in marker-assisted
pre-selection of young bulls prior to progeny test
Demographic parameters are useful for assessing productivity and dynamics of tropical livestock populations. Common parameters are the annual instantaneous hazard rates, which can be estimated by m/T (where m represents the number of the considered demographic events occurred during the year and ...
Lesnoff, Matthieu
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[Evaluation of 12-month interval methods for estimating animal-times at risk in a traditional African livestock farming system]
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Evaluation of 12-month interval methods for estimating animal-times at risk in a traditional African livestock farming system
Effects of a novel pesticide resistance management strategy on tick control are evaluated in this study. The study is based on a temporal analysis of tick management practices on a smallholding in western Kenya. Results are reported of an innovation to tackle individual resistance in a pair of al...
Kamidi, R.E.
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Kamidi, M.K.
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[Effects of a novel pesticide resistance management strategy on tick control in a smallholding exotic-breed dairy herd in Kenya]
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Effects of a novel pesticide resistance management strategy on tick control in a smallholding exotic-breed dairy herd in Kenya
This study investigated two approaches to in vitro analysis of gas production data, being a three phase model with long ([greater-than-or-equal]72 h) incubation times, to obtain kinetics and asymptotic values of gas production, and combination of gas volume measurements with residue determinat...
Blümmel, Michael
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Cone, J.W.
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Gelder, A.H. van
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Nshalai, I.
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Umunna, N.N.
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Makkar, H.P.S.
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Becker, K.
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[Prediction of forage intake using in vitro gas production methods: Comparison of multiphase fermentation kinetics measured in an automated gas test, and combined gas volume and substrate degradability measurements in a manual syringe system]
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Prediction of forage intake using in vitro gas production methods: Comparison of multiphase fermentation kinetics measured in an automated gas test, and combined gas volume and substrate degradability measurements in a manual syringe system
Stochastic production frontiers of irrigated and rain-fed smallholder agriculture in Tigray, Ethiopia, were fitted to a random sample of irrigated and rain-fed plots to compare their technical efficiencies. Propensity Score Matching Method was applied to select rain-fed plots with comparable bio-...
Gebregziabher, Gebrehaweria
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Namara, Regassa E.
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Holden, S.
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[Technical efficiency of irrigated and rain-fed smallholder agriculture in Tigray, Ethiopia: a comparative stochastic frontier production function analysis.]
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Technical efficiency of irrigated and rain-fed smallholder agriculture in Tigray, Ethiopia: a comparative stochastic frontier production function analysis.