Boro Mioč

University of Zagreb · Faculty of Agriculture (AGR)

The research objective was to determine haematological and biochemical parameters in blood of 30 Lacaune dairy sheep during different stages of lactation (early: 60 th , medium: 120 th and late: 180 th days). The sheep were on average 4 years old, in 3 rd lactation. Haematological parameters were determined in whole blood (white blood cell (WBC), r...

This paper investigated the impact of the combined use of spent mushroom substrate (SMS) biochar and plant-growth-promoting rhizobia (PGPR) on the growth, yield, and biochemical response of cauliflower (Brassica oleracea var. botrytis). A preliminary study was conducted under greenhouse condition using six treatments (sextuplicate) as control (no a...

Food waste has become a challenging global issue due to its inefficient management, particularly in low and middle-income countries. Among food waste items, fruit peel waste (FPW) is generated in enormous quantities, especially from juice vendors, resulting in arduous tasks for waste management personnel and authorities. However, considering the nu...

This study investigates the phytoremediation of composite industrial effluent (CIE) released from multiple industries within the SIIDCUL cluster, Haridwar, India, using the sacred lotus (Nelumbo nucifera Gaertn) plant. Batch-mode phytoremediation experiments were conducted using three selected concentrations (0%: borewell water as control, 50%, and...

This study deals with the biomonitoring of cadmium (Cd) heavy metal in the three selected Tricholoma mushroom species collected from wild habitats of central and coastal Croatia. For this, mushroom (T. columbetta: n = 38, T. portentosum: n = 35, and T. terreum: n = 34) and surface soil samples were collected from nine forest localities of Croatia a...

Agro-wastes, such as crop residues, leaf litter, and sawdust, are major contributors to global greenhouse gas emissions, and consequently a major concern for climate change. Nowadays, mushroom cultivation has appeared as an emerging agribusiness that helps in the sustainable management of agro-wastes. However, partial utilization of agro-wastes by...

The objective of this study was to research correlations between milk composition and selected blood indicators of liver function in ewes during lactation. The research was conducted with samples of milk and blood from Travnik Pramenka ewes (n = 99). Samples were collected in the area of western Slavonia in Croatia from lactating sheep grazing on n...

The aim of the present research was to determine the hematological and biochemical parameters of the Travnik pramenka ewes during lactation. Thirty‐six ewes in average age of 3-5 years were included in the research. They were monitored in three stages of lactation: early, medium, and late stage. The WBC and RBC, HGB concentration, HCT and MCH value...

The research aimed to determine the blood metabolic profile and acid-base status of lactating Travnik ewes in an extensive production system. The research was carried out on 108 lactating Travnik ewes, with an average age of 3-4 years, in their 3rd lactation. The ewes were kept on pasture, and had water and animal salt ad libitum. Hematological ind...

Sažetak Teški metali uzrokuju brojne probleme u ekosustavu i mogu biti akumulirani u brojnim živim organizmima posebno u gljivama. Cilj istraživanja bio je utvrditi koncentracije nikla i kroma te bioakumulacijski potencijal samoniklih jestivih gljiva na području Petrove gore. Analiza navedenih metala provedena je metodom rendgenske fluorescentne sp...

Sažetak Cilj predmetnog istraživanja bio je utvrditi utjecaj redoslijeda janjenja (1.-5.) na porodnu masu i prirast janjadi travničke pramenke. Istraživanje je provedeno na 94 janjeta oba spola odbitih u prosječnoj dobi od oko 70 dana. Prosječna porodna masa, masa pri odbiću, ukupni prirast i prosječni dnevni prirast bili su redom 4,49 kg, 20,64 kg...

Sažetak Cilj je predmetnog istraživanja bio utvrditi klaoničke pokazatelje, mjere razvijenosti trupa, boju i pH-vrijednost mišićnog tkiva trupova istarske ovce. U tu je svrhu zaklano 31 grlo, a trupovi su podvrgnuti standardnim postupcima obrade. Neposredno nakon klanja i klaoničke obrade obavljena su mjerenja trupova, određivanje boje mesa i pH-vr...

This study aimed to examine the impact of ewe’s age at first lambing (AFL) on days in milk (DIM), average daily milk yield (DMY), and total milk yield (TMY). Symmetrical bimodal distribution of AFL enabled classification of maidens in those mated in the first (47%) or second year of life (53%). After accounting for all available sources of phenotyp...

The aim of the present research was to determine the changes in macromineral and trace element concentrations in ewes' blood during the lactation period. Thirty-six Travnik pramenka ewes at the average age of 3-5 years were included in research and they were evaluated at three stages of lactation: early stage (40 ± 5 days of lactation), medium stag...

Due to the high content of crude protein and high concentration of unsaturated fatty acids, pumpkin seed cake (PSC) could be a good quality feedstuff for ruminants, while extruded linseed (ELS) has already shown some beneficial effect on fatty acids proportion of goat milk. Besides, lactation is the most demanding period when monitoring the metabol...

Mutton samples (m. longissimus thoracis et lumborum; LL) originating from 30 Istrian ewes were used to determine EZ drip loss (DL), thaw loss (TL), cooking loss (CL), and Warner-Bratzler shear force (WBSF) in relation to age at slaughter and different post mortem aging periods (1, 7, and 14 days). DL was measured according to the EZ method after st...

Drip loss, pH value, and color are among the important traits that determine meat quality. Contrary to pH and color, the method associated with drip loss is not yet standardized, and literature data are difficult to compare. Besides, to our knowledge, there is no research comparing drip loss methods and their relation with pH and color in mutton. T...

There is an increased production and demand for ewes´ milk in the Republic of Croatia, as well as globally. There is also a growing concern about its quality, since milk from farm animals may become contaminated with mercury and other toxic elements. Thus, the aim of this paper is to determine the influence of lactation stage on the ewes´ milk qual...

The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of individual udder shapes in three dairy sheep breeds, as well as the relationship of udder shape with the production and chemical composition of sheep's milk. For this purpose, the research included 111 Pag sheep, 93 Istrian sheep and 80 East Friesian sheep. During the milking period in all fl...

The aim of this study was to compare the quality traits of meat of Dalmatian Pramenka lambs and Croatian Spotted goat kids, both Croatian indigenous breeds. For that purpose, fifteen singleborn male lambs and fifteen single-born male goat kids were raised under identical dietary regime in extensive lamb/goat kid production system typical for the Me...

The aim of present research was to establish the relationship between live body weight and some body measurements in Travnik sheep as a step towards establishing prediction equations to estimate live body weight of sheep under field conditions without using weighing scales. The research was conducted on the family farm "Aščić" from Velika Peratovic...

In the temperate climate zone, sheep are characterized by seasonal reproductive activity. The aim of the present study was to identify polymorphisms of MTNR1A gene and frequency of out-of-season lambing in Istrian sheep. On a sample of 30 Istrian sheep polymorphisms at the locus 606 and 612 of the MTNR1A gene were determined by PCR-RFLP method. All...

The study aimed to examine the effect of inbreeding on the birth weight (BW) of Saanen goat kids under the framework of the genetic animal model for maternal traits. The BW of the kids was analyzed as the inherent phenotypic trait of the kid, and not of their mothers (does) which means that the impact of the direct inbreeding (not maternal) was exa...

The aim of the study was to determine birth weight and growth traits of male goat kids of indigenous Croatian (Croatian spotted goat and Croatian white goat) and foreign breeds of goats (Alpine, Saanen, German Improved Fawn and Boer). Data were collected from the performance test of a total of 650 selected male goat kids (during period from 2011 to...

The widespread selenium (Se) deficiency in soil and in feedstuffs from such soil, needs to be prevented by various methods. Recently, biofortification of Se has been carried out by soil fertilization and foliar application of crops. The aim of this study was evaluate the productive traits, Se status and blood metabolic profile in fattening lambs af...

The objective of the study was to estimate genetic parameters and other estimable sources of phenotypic variability for daily milk yield (DMY), fat content (FC), and protein content (PC) in the Pag sheep breed reared in predominantly outdoor breeding environment. A total of 79,937 phenotypic records from 7132 ewes were used in the analysis. After p...

The aim of the present research was to determine the haemato-biochemical profile and blood acid–base status of Croatian spotted goats in a traditional Mediterranean production system. The 60 non-gravid female Croatian spotted goats of different ages were included in the research. They were divided into four groups of 15 goats according to age: grou...

The aim of the study was to determine the influence of parity and litter size on dairy traits in Istrian ewes. The following traits were analysed: lactation milk yield (LMY), daily milk yield (DMY), fat yield (FY), fat content (FC), protein yield (PY), protein content (PC), lactose yield (LY), and lactose content (LC). Lactation records (n=6481) co...

Sažetak Cilj istraživanja je bio procijeniti utjecaj uzgoja u srodstvu (inbridinga) na veličinu legla romanovske ovce korištenjem mješovitog animal modela s ponovljenim fenotipskim mjerenjima. Temeljem dostupnih podataka iz rodovnika utvrđeno je da je od ukupno 4097 ovaca s proizvodnim podacima, njih 415 bilo uzgojeno u srodstvu. Prosječni koeficij...

The aim of this study was to determine association between MTNR1A gene polymorphism on locus 612 and out-of-season lambing in Cigaja sheep population. For that purpose 31 samples were genotyped with MnlI restriction endonuclease. After genotyping following frequencies of genotypes were determined: GG (0.84) and GA (0.16), while genotype AA has not...

The aim of the study was to determine the birth weight, average daily gain, relative gain and final body weight of lambs of nine Croatian indigenous sheep breeds. The research included the data collected through implementation of the performance test (during period from 2011 to 2017) of a total of 1937 selected male lambs. Average birth weight of l...

The aim of this study was to determine the effect of sex on some morphometric traits of carcass (carcass length, chest width and depth, buttock width and hind limb length) and colour of m. semitendinosus and m. rectus abdominis of Dalmatian Pramenka lambs from the island of Brač. The study included a total of 42 lambs, 18 males and 24 females, resp...

The aim of this study was to determine udder morphological characteristic of Tsigay ewes breed in lactation. Tsigay udder is relatively large and well-developed suitable for machine milking. The increase number of lactation significantly affects the increase of udder morphological characteristics, while the increase in the days of lactation affects...

The contemporary trend in cultivation of seedlings in horticulture is laid on substitution of commercial peat based substrate by other suitable organic materials. The aim of this study was to determine the possibility of partial replacing of the commercial organic substrate with sheep wool in the cultivation of sweet basil seedlings. In experiment...

The objective of this study was to estimate genetic parameters for daily milk yield (DMY), fat (FC), and protein content (PC) using 329.022 test-day records of 23.756 Alpine does. Single trait repeatability animal model was applied. Parity, litter size, season, and lactation stage (Ali-Schaeffer's curve) were fitted in the fixed, while herd, herd-t...

The objective of this research was to evaluate the effect of pea and sunflower cake as partial replacement for soybean meal in diet, as well as to assess their effect on milk quality during lactation and on blood parameters of ewes kept in organic farming. The research was carried out with 30 ewes of Merinolandschaf breed during 75 days. Ewes were...

Starting from the assumption that the climatic conditions determine the quantity and quality of available forage on the pastures which is the largest source of nutrients of meal of sheep reared in coastal and island of Croatia, the aim of this research was to determine the seasonal variations of milk production and quality of Pag and Istrian sheep...

The aim of this study was to determine influence of sex on slaughter traits, carcass measures and pH value and muscle tissue colour as important indicators of lamb meat quality. For that purpose a total of 52 Merinolandschaf lambs (24 male and 28 female) at average age of about 100 days were slaughtered. The average lambs live weight at slaughter w...

Istrian goat is an autochthonous Croatian breed which inhabited Istrian peninsula and was important in milk production and human nutrition, especially for poor people. For centuries Istrian goat was a recognizable heraldic symbol of Istria, but in her real form almost disappeared from the breeding area. The revitalization and reaffirmation of Istri...

Cilj istraživanja je bio utvrditi vrijednosti parametara boje (L*, a* i b*) i pH45 vrijednost mesa janjadi travničke pramenke te utvrditi utjecaj spola na navedena svojstva. Istraživanje je provedeno na ukupno 70 klaonički obrađenih janjećih trupova (♂=48; ♀=22). Utvrđene prosječne vrijednosti parametara boje L*, a* i b* su bile redom 53,66; 21,97;...

Sažetak Cilj rada bio je utvrditi odlike proizvodnje te postupke s ovčjom vunom na području Republike Hrvatske. U tu svrhu anketirana su 323 uzgajivača ovaca iz 15 županija. Utvrđeno je da najveći broj anketiranih gospodarstava ima dva aktivna člana (59,75%), nositelj je muškarac (78,55%) srednje ili starije životne dobi (>75%). Na 82,87% gospodars...

The research was conducted on days 60, 90, 120 and 150 during the lactation with the aim to determine the effect of lactation stage on the concentration of crucial elements and chemical composition in Croatian spotted goats' milk. Milk yield significantly decreased (from 1.15 to 0.76 kg/day), while the concentration of Ca, Mg, P, Zn and Mo in the m...

The composition of lamb diets has an effect on production traits and meat quality, especially fatty acid proportions. Recently, in organic farming, soybean meal has frequently been replaced with feedstuffs that are rich in protein. The aim of the present study was to determine the effects of partial replacement of soybean meal with pumpkin seed cak...

The aim of this research was to investigate the production traits, blood metabolic profile and fatty acids of meat and tallow in response to the partial replacement of soybean meal with peas in lambs' feed. The research was conducted on 30 Merinolandschaf lambs of 90 days' age over 30 days. Lambs were fed with feed mixture (1000 g day−1 lamb−1). In...

The aim of this research was to determine the influence of sex on slaughter traits and carcass characteristics of Travnik pramenka sheep lambs. For that purpose, in April 2017, a total of 70 lambs of Travnik pramenka sheep were slaughtered, of which 48 male and 22 female. The lambs of Travnik pramenka sheep were raised on a family farm in Velika Pe...

Ovce su po vuni jedinstvene i na prvi pogled prepoznatljive, odnosno razlicite od drugih vrsta zivotinja. Upravo je prijelaz dlake u vunu (runo) tije-kom procesa pripitomljivanja ovaca bila najveca i najvaznija promjena, a danas je to jedna od temeljnih odlika vanjstine, prepoznatljivosti i proizvodnosti veci-ne suvremenih pasmina. Prvotna namjena...

Lamb meat represents an important source of nutrients for humans worldwide. However, nutritional value of lamb meat, and particularly that obtained from suckling lambs, has been scarcely investigated in comparison to other categories of meat. The study aimed to provide some basic insights into proximate and mineral composition of lamb meat and to d...

Istrian sheep is Croatian autochthonous sheep breed recognizable due her fleece colour and body frame that stands her out. Among nine Croatian autochthonous sheep breed Istrian sheep has the highest milk production of about 1 kg per day. Traditionally is bred in semi-intensive production system in which the main breeding goal is milk production. Mo...

Wool, in not so distant history, was one of the most important sheep products, essential in households and the textile industry. However, in recent decades interest in wool has been significantly reduced, particularly in wool of poor quality, that is the most common in Croatia. More and more often the wool cannot be redeemed and processed, but ends...

The aim was to determine the effect of substituting pumpkin seed cake (PSC) or extruded linseed (ELS) for soya bean meal in goats' diets on milk yield, milk composition and fatty acids profile of milk fat. In total, 28 dairy goats were divided into three groups. They were fed with concentrate mixtures containing soya bean meal (Control; n=9), ELS (...

Factors affecting growth of young animals were examined in numerous studies relying on various experimental designs and statistical analyses of collected data. In order to provide truthful inferences of examined effect, statistical analysis of test day records must be conducted in a very specific way. The study aimed to exemplify the usage of the r...

The aim of this study was to determine effect of the polymorphism on locus 612 of MTNR1A gene on seasonal occurrence of lambing in Suffolk sheep population. For that purpose 35 ewes were genotyped with MnlI restriction endonuclease. After genotyping following frequencies of genotypes were determined GG (0.26), GA (0.57) and AA (0.17), and allelic f...

The aim of the study was to examine the effects of sex and carcass weight on meat colour (m. semitendinosus) of Krk lambs (♂=101; ♀=82). It has been found that increase in carcass weight was accompanied with decrease of all the investigated indicators of meat colour (L* and b*: P <0.001; and a * P> 0.05). It has been also found that this decline wa...

Area around Adriatic Sea in Croatia is in terms of environmental protection, typical example of the Mediterranean ecosystem. Many of these natural pastures, due to socio-economic problems and/or changes in the landscape, are in part or totally abandoned. Due to lack of grazing, growth of many shrubs and small trees are encouraged, which creates a d...

The aim of the present research was to determine the blood metabolic profile and acid-base balance of dairy goats and of their kids during lactation. Analyses were made of 15 Alpine goats and their suckling kids, in a traditional production system. The goats’ blood was collected from the 20thto the 140thday of lactation every 30th day. Kids´ blood...

The aim of this research was to determine the influence of sex on slaughter traits and carcass characteristics of Travnik pramenka sheep lambs. For that purpose, in April 2017, a total of 70 lambs of Travnik pramenka sheep were slaughtered, of which 48 male and 22 female. The lambs of Travnik pramenka sheep were raised on a family farm in Velika Pe...

The aim of this research was to determine the effect of dietary selenium supplementation (organic and inorganic) on the biochemical indices and thyroid hormone concentration in the blood of heavily pregnant and lactating ewes. Research was conducted on 30 pregnant ewes of the Merinolandschaf breed divided into 3 groups, and lasted for four months (...

The aim of this study was to determine relationship between litter size and milk yield, udder morphology, and udder health of East Friesian ewes. For that purpose a total of 80 East Friesian ewes, from 2nd to 4th lactation, with symmetrical udders, without visible (clinical) signs of mastitis were involved in this study. Until weaning at average ag...

Background The mode of inheritance of horn status in sheep is far more complex than a superficial analysis might suggest. Observations, which were mostly based on crossbreeding experiments, indicated that the allele that results in horns is dominant in males and recessive in females, and some authors even speculated about the involvement of more th...

The aim of the present study was to determine the lactation stage effect on the concentration of essential and selected toxic elements in the sheep's milk of Dubrovačka ruda. The research was conducted with 23 sheep, average age of 4 years, of 3 rd lactation, while the milk samples were taken during the early (60 th day), middle (90 th day) and lat...

U Hrvatskoj postoji višestoljetna tradicija mužnje ovaca i prerade ovčjeg mlijeka, odnosno proizvodnje ovčjeg sira i skute. Možemo slobodno reći da otkako postoje ovce na našim prostorima, od tada datiraju mužnja i prerada mlijeka. Budući da najveći dio ukupne hrvatske populacije ovaca čine grla (pasmine) kombiniranih proizvodnih odlika (meso-mlije...

In this study, porous activated carbon balls supported by nanoscale zero-valent iron composites (Fe@PACB-700) were used for the first time for the removal of trace Cr(VI) from aqueous solutions. The Fe@PACB-700 composites were prepared by a facile carbothermal reduction method and then characterized by scanning electron microscopy (SEM), energy-dis...

Meat is a food of high nutritional content which can make a valuable contribution in a human diet. Among other nutrients, meat is the main source of fats in the human diet and its presence in the daily meal of consumers in the developed countries is high. Consumers have become increasingly aware of the role of fat and fatty acids in their health st...

The aim of the present study was to evaluate the effect of sex and slaughter weight of Istrian sheep lambs on pH value and meat colour. The study included 118 lambs of both sexes (64 male and 54 female) which were, prior slaughter, divided into two groups: light (17.76 kg; 28 male and 32 female) and heavy (20.17 kg; 3 male and 22 female). Carcass w...

Although sheep in Croatia are mainly grown for meat production (lamb meat), in the last two decades there is an increased interest in production (and processing) of sheep's milk. The production (breeding) goal in herds of dairy breeds of sheep, until recently, was only increasing the milk yield, possibly with culling sheep with an increased number...

The objective of this paper was to analyse the chemical composition of musculus longissimus dorsi (MLD), and the fatty acid composition of MLD, and kidney knob fat in Pag sheep suckling lambs carcasses, and to determine the effect of sex on those parameters. Although the Pag sheep belongs to a group of breeds of combined production traits, it is pr...

The purpose of this study was to determine influence of sex, slaughter weight and slaughtering season on the physicochemical properties of meat of Lika Pramenka lambs raised in accordance with the traditional farming system in the Lika region. Male lambs had higher cooking loss (P≤0.05), higher proportions of linoleic and α-linolenic fatty acids (P...

Cilj ovog istraživanja bio je utvrditi sadržaj minerala u m. longissimus dorsi janjadi ličke pramenke te utjecaj spola i tjelesne mase pri klanju na spomenuta svojstva janjadi. Značajne razlike u mineralnom sastavu između mišićnog tkiva trupova muške i ženske janjadi ličke pramenke nisu utvrđene. Tjelesna masa pri klanju nije značajno utjecala na m...