{"title":"[Tolerance levels of growing swine for nonoptimal temperatures and their effect on swine production in the tropics (literature study)].","authors":"J Poetschke","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The components of the thermohygric complex (air temperature, humidity, and speed) affect directly and indirectly pig production in the tropics. The indirect climatic influence is determined by climatic specifics of pig management and nutrition, especially by the available foodstuff. International findings are presented on the problems of the direct influence on pig production performance by the thermal stress on piglets, young and fattening pigs in tropical locations. This is intended to meet the demand for effectivating pig production in the tropics through improving the microclimatic rearing conditions and abolishing or reducing the thermal stress for the pigs in tropical production locations.</p>","PeriodicalId":75586,"journal":{"name":"Beitrage zur tropischen Landwirtschaft und Veterinarmedizin","volume":"23 2","pages":"193-205"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1985-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"15013439","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Studies on the energy reserve of Fasciola gigantica from Nigerian Zebu cattle.","authors":"J C Ezigbo, E C Onyeneke","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>As energy reserves in the body tissue of mature liver flukes var. Fasciola gigantica from the bile ducts of Nigerian Zebu cattle the following percentages were found: protein 60.29, lipid 11.92, carbohydrate 7.0. The analysis of the lipid fractions showed the following composition: 47% phospholipids (63% phosphatidyl choline, 28% phosphatidyl serine, 9% lysophosphatidyl choline) and 22% triglycerides, 16% fatty acids, 6% cholesterol, 5% monoacyl glycerol, and 4% cholesterol ester.</p>","PeriodicalId":75586,"journal":{"name":"Beitrage zur tropischen Landwirtschaft und Veterinarmedizin","volume":"23 2","pages":"217-22"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1985-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"15150967","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The baseline susceptibility levels of Chunya Praomys natalensis, the commonest plague reservoir and crop pest in Tanzania, to warfarin.","authors":"B S Kilonzo, J I Mhina, E K Komba","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>P. natalensis were live-trapped at Kibwawa (Chunya district) in November 1977 and November 1979. An F3 generation was raised from animals which tolerated 0.025% a.i. warfarin. All three populations were tested using the WHO standard method (WHO/VBC/75.595), with 0.025% warfarin. The populations tested were fully susceptible to the rodenticide, and the latter was well acceptable to the rodents. In this area, warfarin can be successfully used for controlling P. natalensis. Failure to obtain 100% mortality with the 1977-caught wild population was probably due to vigour tolerance. Regular seminars are recommended to train staff in the rodenticide application.</p>","PeriodicalId":75586,"journal":{"name":"Beitrage zur tropischen Landwirtschaft und Veterinarmedizin","volume":"23 4","pages":"417-23"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1985-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"15206756","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The rate of penetration of leaf tissues by the systemic fungicides benodanil (2-iodobenzanilide) and oxycarboxin (2,3-dihydro-6 methyl-5 phenylcarbamoyl-1,4-oxathin-4,4-dioxide).","authors":"A C Udeogalanya","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Leaf washing after application of benodanil and oxycarboxin reduced the protectant effect more than the eradicant effect. Oxycarboxin penetrated more rapidly than did benodanil . Residues of benodanil (WP) on the leaf surfaces can be absorbed again later in the presence of water.</p>","PeriodicalId":75586,"journal":{"name":"Beitrage zur tropischen Landwirtschaft und Veterinarmedizin","volume":"22 1","pages":"91-4"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1984-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"17785842","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Biology, life-tables, and intrinsic rates of increase of Bulinus globosus Morelet and Lymnea natalensis Kraus (Gastropoda: Pulmonata)--the snail intermediate hosts of Schistosoma haematobium and Fasciola gigantica, respectively, in Southeastern Nigeria.","authors":"E U Iheagwam, F C Okafor","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Two tables and a figure are used to present the epidemiological and epizoological particulars of Bulinus globosus and Lymnaea natalensis, the intermediate hosts of Schistosoma haematobium and Fasciola gigantica in Southeastern Nigeria. Possible ways of reducing the populations of these intermediate hosts are seen in the combined application of chemical agents and environmental shaping.</p>","PeriodicalId":75586,"journal":{"name":"Beitrage zur tropischen Landwirtschaft und Veterinarmedizin","volume":"22 4","pages":"429-34"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1984-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"17585306","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Feed additives to chick starter mixtures under tropical conditions.","authors":"G Flachowsky, K Banjaw, D Dibar","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>In two short-term experiments (28 and 31 days, respectively), the ergotropic effect was tested of the growth promoters nitrovin (25 mg/kg mixture, and a chinoxalin-1,4-N-dioxide derivate (25 and 50 mg/kg mixture). The experiments were carried out on a total of 1,952 unsorted one-day-old White Leghorn chicks under tropical conditions in Eastern Ethiopia (College of Agriculture at Alemaya). On addition of 50 mg chinoxalin-1,4-N-dioxide, the final weight of the chicks was 105.6 and 104.6%, respectively, in the first and second experiments as compared with the unsupplemented groups. The amount of feed required for each weight gain was reduced to 94.0 and 91.4%, respectively. Nitrovin and smaller amounts of chinoxalin-1,4-N-dioxide increased the body weight to 104.2 and 104.0%, respectively, as compared with the control. The feed requirement (94.6 and 99.9%, respectively) was not reduced significantly (alpha greater than 0.05). Further experiments will be necessary, using other feed additives, more chicks, and longer experimental periods.</p>","PeriodicalId":75586,"journal":{"name":"Beitrage zur tropischen Landwirtschaft und Veterinarmedizin","volume":"22 3","pages":"299-303"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1984-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"17564963","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A five-year analysis of diseases of dogs and cats in the Veterinary Clinic of Freetown, Sierra Leone.","authors":"I C Hassan","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>A survey is presented of the diagnoses found in 2938 dogs and 32 cats, treated between January 1976 and January 1980 at the Veterinary Clinic of Freetown. More than one third of the dogs (1175) and 13 cats were infected by Ancylostoma spp., whereas Toxocara canis and Toxascaris leonina were encountered in 236 and 232 dogs, respectively. Noteworthy is also the relatively high figure of 12 dogs affected by Negri bodies (rabies). It is pointed out that dogs and cats move about fairly freely in the city, which constitutes a considerable source of infection for humans.</p>","PeriodicalId":75586,"journal":{"name":"Beitrage zur tropischen Landwirtschaft und Veterinarmedizin","volume":"22 3","pages":"305-8"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1984-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"17564964","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Heterosis and heritability estimates of body weight in turkeys.","authors":"M F Hassan, M A Kosba, S A Zaidan","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Crosses and backcrosses were carried out with two commercial varieties of turkeys (Black Bronze and White Ross). The birds of the White Ross strain had higher body weights at 12 and 16 weeks of age than the Black Bronze turkeys. The F 1 crosses were intermediate between the body weights of the parent varieties. For the 12-week body weight, heritability estimates were 0.62, 0.74, and 0.68 on the basis of the sire, dam, and sire plus dam components, respectively. The h2 values for the 16-week body weight were 0.55, 1.06, and 0.80, respectively. The estimates of maternal effects were 0.03 and 0.13 for the 12- and 16-week body weights.</p>","PeriodicalId":75586,"journal":{"name":"Beitrage zur tropischen Landwirtschaft und Veterinarmedizin","volume":"22 4","pages":"421-7"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1984-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"17585305","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Effect of high protein diet on the haematology and plasma biochemistry of puberal West African dwarf rams.","authors":"K D Thomas, O Chiboka","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>In 10 West African dwarf rams, 5 of which were fed forage only and 5 an additional concentrate (14% protein), several biochemical and morphological blood parameters were determined weekly for 5 weeks. The concentrations of urea, albumin, globulin, cholesterin, alkaline phosphatase, and creatinine as well as the number of white blood cells, neutrophil and eosinophil leucocytes exhibited dependencies on the type of feed.</p>","PeriodicalId":75586,"journal":{"name":"Beitrage zur tropischen Landwirtschaft und Veterinarmedizin","volume":"22 2","pages":"187-92"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1984-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"17525003","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The influence of dietary methionine, protein, and energy levels on glutamic-oxalacetate and glutamic-pyruvate transaminases of chicken.","authors":"F O Amubode, B L Fetuga","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The variations were tested in dietary methionine, protein, and caloric density on the glutamic-oxalacetate transaminase (GOT) and glutamic-pyruvate transaminase (GTP). The GOT was not affected by the protein and methionine levels either in the plasma or liver. Plasma GTP tended to increase (P less than 0.01) between 0.28% and 0.44% methionine levels in experiment I and between 0.26% and 0.50% in experiment 2. In the liver, the GTP activity was similar in both experiments. The interaction between methionine + cystine and protein was significant in their effect on the GTP activity. This enzyme decreased in the plasma with increasing methionine + cystine level, while it increased with increasing protein level. The GTP activity was negatively correlated (r = -0.52) with the energy level in the liver. From the trends of the GTP activity, the minimum and optimum methionine levels in broiler diets can be derived.</p>","PeriodicalId":75586,"journal":{"name":"Beitrage zur tropischen Landwirtschaft und Veterinarmedizin","volume":"22 2","pages":"193-200"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1984-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"17490555","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}