La bellota de los Quercus de la dehesa (ilex, suber y faginea) es un recurso alimenticio de alto valor para el cebo extensivo del cerdo Ibérico, muy valorado comercialmente. Su producción muy afectada por la vecería propia ...

An analysis was made of the selective use of three fodder-groups (grass, woody species and acorns) by a herd of dairy goats grazed semiextensively in an area of the Sierra Norte in the province of Seville (Spain). The ...

For a 2 years period a study was carried out on the gross composition of Spanish Merino sheep milk at the suckling period noting the fat, protein, lactose and energy contained therein. The mean average for the 8 week study ...

The adaptation of Liza ramada to fresh water with low salinity (less than 1 p.100) was investigated to restock ponds and continental waters. Methods of capture, technical transport from capture site to a breeding experimental ...

The Sister Chromatid Exchange (SCEs) for monitoring water pollutants was studied in five (wild and cultured) fish species of southern Spain. Leuciscus pyrenaicus was the most useful for biological monitoring of mutagens ...

The editorial process of Archivos de Zootecnia during 2010 is reported below. A total of 384 manuscripts were received from 33 countries, mainly from Brazil (66.9%). Consequently, the language most frequently used in the ...

The Creole pig is the only authoctonous Cuban pig breed and, at present time, it is specially important for the economy of the country. This breed is mainly located in the oriental areas, generally linked to family farms ...

Marismeña cattle breed is a feral population included in a pre-zootechnic agro-ecosystem, the Doñana protected area. In spite of these characteristics so exclusives, the absence of characterization of their products ...

A morphological study was made of worker bees from 49 hives located at four island from the Canary archipelago. The study analysed 18 morphological characters and we have found that the bees from Gran Canaria and Tenerife ...