Open Journal of Animal Sciences, 2015, 5, 351-499 Published Online October 2015 in SciRes. http://www.scirp.org/journal/ojas

Table of Contents

Volume 5 Number 4 October 2015 Effect of Coat Characteristics on Physiological Traits and Heat Tolerance of West African Dwarf Sheep in Southern Nigeria

M. I. Okoruwa……………………………………………………………………………………..…..……………………………………………………………351

Combining Genome Wide Association Studies and Differential Gene Expression Data Analyses Identifies Candidate Genes Affecting Mastitis Caused by Two Different Pathogens in the Dairy Cow

X. Chen, Z. R. Cheng, S. J. Zhang, D. Werling, D. C. Wathes…………………………………….…….………………………………………358

Influence of Ocimum gratissimum Leaves Supplement on Growth Indices and Blood Constituents of Goats Fed Sweet Potato Peels with Cashew Nut Shell

M. I. Okoruwa, C. A. Igene…………………………………..…………..…………..…………..…………..……..………………………………………394

Body and Muscle Growth of Pre-Larvae and Larvae of Turbot, Scophthalmus Maximus L., Reared at Three Different Temperatures

M. D. Ayala, M. J. Lago, R. Cal………………………………………………………..………………………………………………………………………402

The Effect of Light and Soil Moisture on the Environmental Behavior of Newts (Triturus vittatus vittatus, Urodela)

G. Degani…………………………………………………..…………………………………………………………………………………………………………411

Regulation of Expression for the RNP-4F Splicing Assembly Factor in the Fruit-Fly Drosophila melanogaster

S. Ghosh, S. E. Thomas, L. M. Abraham, J. C. Vaughn…………………………….……………......….…..……………………………………418

Molecular Significance of lon and cpxR Genes in the Pathogenicity of Salmonella

R. M. Nandre, P. Mahajan…………………………………….……………….………………………………………………………………………………429

Goodbye to a Good Friend: An Exploration of the Re-Homing of Cats and Dogs in the U.S.

E. Weiss, S. Gramann, C. V. Spain, M. Slater…………………………………………………………………………………………………………435

An Elevated Dietary Cysteine to Methionine Ratio Does Not Impact on Dietary Methionine Efficiency and the Derived Optimal Methionine to Lysine Ratio in Diets for Meat Type Chicken

D. R. Khan, C. Wecke, F. Liebert……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………457

Effect of Oocyte Recovery Techniques on in Vitro Production of Swine Embryos

M. G. Marques, F. R. O. de Barros, M. D. Goissis, M. I. Giassetti, M. E. O. D. Assumpção, J. A. Visintin…………………467

Open Journal of Animal Sciences, 2015, 5, 351-499 Published Online October 2015 in SciRes. http://www.scirp.org/journal/ojas

Analysis of the Management and Costs Associated with Rearing Pregnant Dairy Heifers in the UK from Conception to Calving

A. C. Boulton, J. Rushton, D. C. Wathes…………………………………….……………………………………………………………………………474

PrP Gene Polymorphism in Medieval Remains of Sicilian Sheep

S. Reale, M. Cosenza, L. Sìneo, L. Arcoleo, G. Zaffora, D. Macrì, F. Vitale………………………………………………………………486

Methods to Evaluate Rumen Protected Lysine for Dairy Cows

E. Evans, J. Lamont, H. Leclerc………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………495

The figure on the front cover is from the article published in Open Journal of Animal Sciences, 2015, Vol. 5, No. 4, pp. 418-428 by Sushmita Ghosh, Shelby E. Thomas, Lindsey M. Abraham and Jack C. Vaughn.