The present study was carried out on 15 growing local bull calves of about 150-200 kg, live body weight and 10-12 months old to investigate the effect of substituting soyabean meal as concentrate feed mixture protein by Nigella sativa meal (NSM) at 0 , 60 and 100%.Animals were divided into 3 groups of 5 calves each, according to their live body wei
A Novel Variant of Deformed Wing Virus (DWV) from the Invasive Honeybee Apis florea (Apidae, Hymenoptera) and Its Ectoparasite Euvarroa sinhai (Acarina, Mesostigmata) in Taiwan
The invasion of Apis florea in Taiwan was first recorded in 2017.The deformed wing virus (DWV) has been identified as a common bee virus in apiculture around the world.Ectoparasitic mites are the Desk Lamp main DWV vector for horizontal transmission.However, there are few studies about the ectoparasitic mite of Euvarroa sinhai, which has been found
Parasitological findings and antiparasitic treatment of captive Jaguarundis Herpailurus yagouaroundi (Carnivora: Felidae) in a conservation center in Brazil
Ex situ management of wildlife provides a possibility for species maintenance, research development and environmental education.But as captive facilities are usually much smaller than the area occupied by a species in the natural habitat, cleaning might be insufficient, domestic species such as cats might be in close proximity, and wild animals in