Submited on: 18 Jun 2011 06:51:50 AM GMT
Published on: 18 Jun 2011 07:34:46 PM GMT
 
Care of the New Born Domestic Animals
Posted by Anonymous Reviewer on 10 Aug 2012 09:10:04 AM GMT

  • What are the main claims of the paper and how important are they?

    The manuscript covered the different aspects of caring of new born calves, buffalo calves, lambs, kids, foals, piglets and puppies. including feeding of colostrum, feeding of orphan animals, shelter and housing, important procedures carried out on young ones like tail docking, vaccination and the common diseases affecting the young ones of common domestic animals


  • Are these claims novel? If not, please specify papers that weaken the claims to the originality of this one.

    No


  • Are the claims properly placed in the context of the previous literature?

    Yes


  • Do the results support the claims? If not, what other evidence is required?

    No results, it is a review article


  • If a protocol is provided, for example for a randomized controlled trial, are there any important deviations from it? If so, have the authors explained adequately why the deviations occurred?

    There is no study design, it is a review article


  • Is the methodology valid? Does the paper offer enough details of its methodology that its experiments or its analyses could be reproduced?

    There is no methdology, it is a review article


  • Would any other experiments or additional information improve the paper? How much better would the paper be if this extra work was done, and how difficult would such work be to do, or to provide?

    No


  • Is this paper outstanding in its discipline? (For example, would you like to see this work presented in a seminar at your hospital or university? Do you feel these results need to be incorporated in your next general lecture on the subject?) If yes, what makes it outstanding? If not, why not?

    No


  • Other Comments:

    This is best considered as a chapter in a handy book for undergraduate student or junior practitioners

     

  • Competing interests:
    No
  • Invited by the author to review this article? :
    No
  • Have you previously published on this or a similar topic?:
    No
  • References:
    None
  • Experience and credentials in the specific area of science:

    Master degree in neonatal calf diarrhea, teaching under and postgraduate course in neonatal animals’ diseases

  • How to cite:  Anonymous.Care of the New Born Domestic Animals [Review of the article 'Care of the New Born Domestic Animals ' by Purohit G].WebmedCentral 2012;3(8):WMCRW002178
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