Juniper Publishers Journal of Dairy and Veterinary Sciences

  Journal of Dairy & Veterinary Sciences - Juniper Publishers Abstract A cross-sectional study was conducted from November 2018 to March 2019 to assess handling, storage and utilization of veterinary vaccines in selected districts of Sidama zone, Southern Ethiopia. A purposive and snowball sampling techniques were employed to select study areas and study participants, respectively. Questionnaire based survey was performed on fifty (50) veterinarians on their practice of vaccine handling and storage and forty-five (45) farmers to describe the occurrence of the disease condition following vaccination. Analysis was performed by using SPSS version 22 and P-value less than 0.05 at 95% confidence level was considered as significant. Accordingly, Blackleg vaccine, Pastuerellosis vaccine, Anthrax vaccine, Lumpy Skin Disease (LSD) vaccine, Newcastle disease vaccine, African Horse Sickness (AHS) vaccine and Rabies vaccine were commonly utilized vaccines. Bar type refrigerators were used (100

  Journal of Dairy & Veterinary Sciences - Juniper publishers Introduction In an industry as highly competitive as agriculture, the perpetually increasing pressure to produce cheaper sources of protein is further suffocating already meagre profit margins. In the past decade, in particular, a surge in the number of commercially available precision-farming products, utilising technologies common to the research sector are helping some farmers transform their business operations. Wearable technologies have become commonplace on farms looking to gain a competitive edge. Cow collars, anklets, smart ear-tags and indwelling rumen-boluses take advantage of low-cost, mass-produced sensor components to offer multi-faceted health-monitoring solutions. Accelerometers monitor animal movement, gyroscope sensors record ruminal contractions, ion-sensitive glass electrodes track fluctuations in rumen pH, thermistors and thermocouples register temperature and Bluetooth or radiotelemetric elements tr

  Journal of Dairy & Veterinary Sciences - Juniper publishers Abstract This study was carried out to investigate the effect of microwave radiation on the viability of Brucella melitensis in contaminated cattle milk through establishing a correlation between milk volumes, microwave exposure time, measured Celsius temperature and viable counts of B. melitensis in inoculated milk. Microwave appliances were used in houses and many food stores in Egyptand worldwide, for warming milk that processed for human consumption. Microwave heating was performed using a household electronic microwave oven (Kenwood MW 579, a frequency of 2,450 MHz, and power of 900W). Brucella-free milk is inoculated with B. melitensis in a dose of (1.3 X 108 CFU / ml) and samples are divided into 100 ml and 200 ml volumes and maintained at room temperature (22 °C ± 3°C) or refrigeration temperature (5 ºC ± 2 ºC) prior to microwave exposure. Microwave radiations with full power (P = 100) eliminate B. melitensis in