Volume 4, Number 5, October 2014 (Special Issue on )

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Effect of Summer Supplementary Feeding on Cattle Performance in Low Rainfall Grassland Savanna, South Darfur, Sudan

Abu Bakr Omer Ismail, Yousif Rizggalla Sulaiman, Faisal Awad Ahmed, Hafiz Abdalla Mohamed Ali

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DOI: 10.4236/ojas.2014.45042  3,436 Downloads  4,003 Views   Citations

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Immunoglobulin Transport during Gestation in Domestic Animals and Humans—A Review

Jéssica Borghesi, Lara Carolina Mario, Marcio Nogueira Rodrigues, Phelipe Oliveira Favaron, Maria Angelica Miglino

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DOI: 10.4236/ojas.2014.45041  6,146 Downloads  7,222 Views   Citations

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Do Policy Based Adoptions Increase the Care a Pet Receives? An Exploration of a Shift to Conversation Based Adoptions at One Shelter

Emily Weiss, Shannon Gramann, Emily D. Dolan, Jamie E. Scotto, Margaret R. Slater

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DOI: 10.4236/ojas.2014.45040  6,030 Downloads  8,811 Views   Citations

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Accessory Placental Structures—A Review

Rennan Lopes Olio, Luis Miguel Lobo, Márcio Aparecido Pereira, Amilton Cesar Santos, Diego Carvalho Viana, Phelipe Oliveira Favaron, Maria Angelica Miglino

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DOI: 10.4236/ojas.2014.45039  3,798 Downloads  4,439 Views   Citations

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Effect of Indoor Concentrate Feeding vs. Outdoor Grazing on the Expression of Genes Involved in Muscle Growth and Nutrient Content in Japanese Black Steer Muscle

Masahiro Shibata, Kazunori Matsumoto, Yasuko Hikino, Naoyuki Yamamoto

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DOI: 10.4236/ojas.2014.45038  3,068 Downloads  3,555 Views   Citations

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The Detection of Partial Albinism at Three Species of Bats (Mammalia: Chiroptera) in European Part of Russia

Dmitriy G. Smirnov, Vladimir P. Vekhnik, Nailya M. Kurmaeva, Farid Z. Baishev

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DOI: 10.4236/ojas.2014.45037  3,301 Downloads  3,889 Views   Citations

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The Role of CD4+ and CD8+ T-Cells during Angiostrongylus vasorum Infection in Dogs

Thales Augusto Barçante, Lis Ribeiro do Valle Antonelli, Kenneth Gollob, Thiago Pasqua Narciso, Silvio Divino de Oliveira Junior, Vitor Márcio Ribeiro, Ricardo Toshio Fujiwara, Ana Paula Peconick, Debora Negrão-Correa, Walter dos Santos Lima, Joziana Muniz de Paiva Barçante

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DOI: 10.4236/ojas.2014.45036  3,904 Downloads  4,307 Views   Citations

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Reproductive Performance and Mortality Rate in Local and Dorper × Local Crossbred Sheep Following Controlled Breeding in Ethiopia

Mesfin Lakew, Mussie Haile-Melekot, Getinet Mekuriaw, Solomon Abreha, Haimanot Setotaw

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DOI: 10.4236/ojas.2014.45035  3,825 Downloads  4,973 Views   Citations

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Sex Determination in the Near Threatened Guadalupe Fur Seal: Molecular Markers and Their Potential Applications

Simona Sanvito, Anna Fabiani, Filippo Galimberti

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DOI: 10.4236/ojas.2014.45034  3,525 Downloads  4,021 Views   Citations

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Shark Cognition and a Human Mediated Driver of a Spate of Shark Attacks

Marie Levine, Ralph S. Collier, Erich Ritter, Moustafa Fouda, Vincent Canabal

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DOI: 10.4236/ojas.2014.45033  3,471 Downloads  5,027 Views   Citations

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Phenotypic Characterization and Strategies for Genetic Improvement of WAD Goats under Backyard Systems

S. O. Oseni, B. A. Ajayi

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DOI: 10.4236/ojas.2014.45032  4,891 Downloads  6,465 Views   Citations

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Rearing Velocity Impacts on Landlocked Fall Chinook Salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) Growth, Condition, and Survival

Timothy M. Parker, Michael E. Barnes

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DOI: 10.4236/ojas.2014.45031  3,920 Downloads  4,432 Views   Citations

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Effect of Slaughter-House Offal and Fish Levels on Production Performance in Mink and Blue Fox

Hannu T. Korhonen

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DOI: 10.4236/ojas.2014.45030  2,939 Downloads  3,515 Views   Citations

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Hormones in Poultry Production: Scientific Facts

Wagner Azis Garcia de Araújo, Tarcisio Simões Pereira Agostinho, Nielton Cezar Ton, Luiz Fernando Teixeira Albino

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DOI: 10.4236/ojas.2014.45029  4,394 Downloads  6,224 Views   Citations

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Effects of Fasting on Plasma Lipoprotein(a) in Cynomolgus Monkeys: Preliminary Experiments Results

Masataka Kusunoki, Kazuhiko Tsutsumi, Daisuke Sato, Tetsuro Miyata, Takao Nakamura

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DOI: 10.4236/ojas.2014.45028  3,710 Downloads  4,189 Views   Citations

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Influence of Close-Up Starting Programs on Performance of Light-Weight Feedlot Steers Calves during the Early Receiving Period

Rubén Barajas, Jaime Salinas-Chavira, Richard A. Zinn

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DOI: 10.4236/ojas.2014.45027  3,667 Downloads  4,083 Views   Citations

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