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Animal shelters, as entities supervised by district veterinarians, are subject to cyclical inspections, which are particularly important in the context of the implementation of new legal regulations. The article below presents the assumptions of the new regulation on running animal shelters on the example of a shelter in the Garwolin district. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article aims at the presentation of the aspects of biosecurity in small swine farms in Poland. Biosecurity measures were introduced as mandatory, due to severe epidemiological threat of African swine fever (ASF), for pig industry. Rigorous biosecurity rules help to improve animals health, productivity and certainly contribute to diminished use of antimicrobials. Protecting the ranch against introduction of ASF virus and its further spread within the farm is still a challenge for many small pig farms, however observing these rules is the only effective mean to keep the disease away. It has been already established that ASF spreads mostly due to the people activity and their disregard of every day hazards. In this article we estimate the obstacles of implementation of sustainable external and internal biosecurity programs in small scale pig farms. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The objective of the study was to test the research hypothesis that the surface area of the medullary bone is correlated with other indicators of body condition. The study also focused on identification of potential differences in and with carcass weight fat parameters and carcass weight between forest and field ecotypes of roe deer. The area of the medullary cavity was measured using DIRA 200 software. Metacarpal bone III+IV, proximal phalanges III and IV, and middle phalanges III and IV were measured as well. The study included 38 female European roe deer (Capreolus capreolus) aged 3-5 years. The results revealed a statistically significant negative correlation between the surface area of the medullary cavity in metacarpal bone III+IV and the kidney fat index KFI (rs = -0,483; P < 0,05) and the weight of the perirenal adipose tissue (rs = -0,362; P < 0,05). No correlation was shown between the area of the medullary cavity of metacarpal bone III+IV and the doe carcass weight (rs = 0,093; ns). The size of the medullary cavity is an anatomical parameter that is not susceptible to cyclical changes in environmental conditions. The study showed that it is independent of body weight and determines the amount of bone marrow and hence the amount of accumulated fat reserves. We believe that, alongside biometric measurements, the surface area of the medullary cavity can be a good parameter for assessment of the individual quality of roe deer and for comparison of populations. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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