Small Ruminant: General

Section: Small Ruminant
Format: Orals
Day/Time: Tuesday 2:00 PM–4:45 PM
Location: Suwannee 11/12
Chair: Niki Whitley, North Carolina A&T State University
Please note: last-minute changes to the program may not be reflected here.
2:00 PM
#627 Use of a staphylococcal vaccine to reduce prevalence of mastitis and lower somatic cell counts in a registered Saanen dairy goat herd.
Stephen Nickerson
2:15 PM
#628 Keeping trends and practices for various exotic, crossbred, and indigenous sheep breeds in sub-tropical highlands of Pakistan.
Muhammad Abdullah
2:30 PM
#629 Motility of Boer buck spermatozoa stored fresh for 72 hours.
Olumide A. Ajao
2:45 PM
#630 Salix babylonica as a phytogenic anthelmintic alternative on sheep and goat farms in México.
A. Z. M. Salem
3:00 PM
#631 A comparison of ewe colostrum and a colostrum alternative (Volostrum®) as a colostrum source for artificially reared triplet lambs.
Tommy M. Boland
3:15 PM
#632 The relationship of body linear measurements and body weight with real-time ultrasound body composition measurements in Boer x Spanish yearling goats.
Flavio R. B. Ribeiro
3:30 PM
#633 An investigation in to the interaction between ewe BCS and litter weights at key times of the production cycle.
Francis P. Campion
3:45 PM
#634 Development of a low-density single nucleotide polymorphism panel for prolificacy in sheep.
Samuel Paiva
4:00 PM
#635 Influence of surgical castration on biochemical profile of rams.
B. Barcelos
4:15 PM
#636 Effects of dairy slurry application and bale moisture concentration on voluntary intake and digestibility of alfalfa silage by sheep.
Jessica K. Clark
4:30 PM
#637 Comparison of delayed weaning and mineral form on lamb growth and parasitism.
Jefferson McCutcheon