Evidence map›Paper›PMID 32712807›Full record

ArticleTropical animal health and production2020

Effect of different altitude on reproductive performances and mineral assessment in Ouled Djellal ewes during the mating period.

Asma Makhlouf, Mohammed Titaouine, Hanane Mohamdi, Fadjria Yakoub

Abstract read
PubMed Publisher
In one paragraph

Article in Tropical animal health and production, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
1citing papers in PubMed
1.5field-weighted citation impact, top 17% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed, 9 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Article
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Asma MakhloufGenetics, Biotechnology and Valorisation of Bioressources Laboratory(GBVB), University of Biskra, PO Box 145 PR, 07000, Biskra, Algeria.
Mohammed TitaouineGenetics, Biotechnology and Valorisation of Bioressources Laboratory(GBVB), University of Biskra, PO Box 145 PR, 07000, Biskra, Algeria. m.titaouine@univ-biskra.dz.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4124-2076
Hanane MohamdiDirectorate of Agricultural Services in Biskra Governorate, Amir Abdelkader Street, Biskra, Algeria.
Fadjria YakoubGenetics, Biotechnology and Valorisation of Bioressources Laboratory(GBVB), University of Biskra, PO Box 145 PR, 07000, Biskra, Algeria.
University of Biskra · DZ

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The aim of this study is to evaluate reproductive performances and to reveal the influence of mineral profile on Ouled Djellal ewes reared in different sites during their mating period. Two hundred twenty-six clinically healthy and nonpregnant Ouled Djellal ewes have been used and assigned to four groups according to altitude factor (two plain regions, one tableland region, and one mountain region). In all groups, oestrus was synchronized with ram affect method, and the ewes were naturally inseminated; it was conducted during the month of May for all herds. After 5 months of gestation, reproductive parameters were calculated. Concerning the determination of plasma mineral parameters and its influence on reproduction parameters, blood samples were taken from all ewes on the day of introduction of entire rams into all herds. The analyzed variables were fertility, prolificacy, and fecundity, and their overall averages were 78%, 117%, and 92%, respectively, which are well below the averages in flocks reared in intensive mode. However, the lowest rates are recorded at mountain region (Aïn Zaatout) with 65%, 109%, and 71%, respectively. Plasma sodium and potassium were significantly lower in fecundable ewes than in non-fecundable ewes, whereas plasma calcium levels were significantly increased. The region showed in this study a significant influence on all plasma levels of major minerals during mating period. This study made it possible to describe the evolution of some mineral elements in ewes according to whether they are fecundable or not and according to the region (mountain, tableland, plain) during the mating period. This gave us useful information on the impact of plasma minerals levels on reproductive parameters.

Indexed as

AltitudeReproductionAnimalsFemaleFertilityMaleMineralsSeasonsSheepMineralsAltitudeMating periodMineral profileOuled Djellal ewesReproduction parameters

Identifiers

PMID32712807
OpenAlexW3045386926

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.