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
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
No
Yes
No results, it is a review article
There is no study design, it is a review article
There is no methdology, it is a review article
No
No
This is best considered as a chapter in a handy book for undergraduate student or junior practitioners
No
No
No
None
Master degree in neonatal calf diarrhea, teaching under and postgraduate course in neonatal animals’ diseases