Ruminants, Volume 2, Issue 3

Tick-borne fever in sheep is caused by Anaplasma phagocytophilum and this obligate intracellular bacterium multiplies mostly in neutrophil granulocytes of its host. In Europe, the pathogen is mainly transmitted by the tick species Ixodes ricinus. Dat...

The objectives of this study were to analyze calf performance traits and sex ratio frequencies in reciprocal Bos indicus–Bos taurus F2 Nellore–Angus calves (n = 539). The F2 calves were produced using reciprocal Angus-sired (AN) and Nello...

Observations of 17 heifer-calf pairs were collected over the first 5 days postpartum (p.p.) to study nursing and maternal behaviour of beef cattle. Cattle were managed in a 6 ha paddock and heifer–calf interactions were determined from both reg...

Cistus ladanifer has been used in ruminants feeding systems, but there is no information about the seasonal variation in chemical composition and nutritional value of each morphological fraction during its growth cycle. This study characterized the m...

Bone morphology in the mid-diaphysis of the metacarpus in cattle and the effect of puberty and age has been well described. However, there is limited information on how age and not attaining puberty affects bone morphology in the epiphysis of the met...