Curriculum vitae Arieh Brosh
Education and Additional Training:
1971 - Graduated as Teacher of Natural Sciences, Oranim Teachers College.
1977 - B.Sc. in Biology and Teaching, Haifa University Educational School of
Kibbutz Community.
1978 - Research work at Tel Aviv University.
1986 - Direct course for Ph.D. in Zoology at Tel Aviv University.
1992-93 - Sabbatical leave at the Dep. Animal Prod., Gatton College, Univ.
Queensland, Australia
Professional Experience:
1986-98 - Research worker and Dep. Head of the Agricultural Research Organization,
Dep. Beef Cattle, Newe-Ya'ar.
Publications:
Brosh, A., B. Sneh, and A. Shkolnik. 1983. Effect of severe dehydration and rapid rehydration on the activity of rumen microbial population of black Bedouin goats. J. Agric. Sci. (Camb.) 100:413-421.
Brosh, A., A. Shkolnik, and I. Choshniak. 1987. Effects of infrequent drinking on nitrogen metabolism of Bedouin goats maintained on different diets. J. Agric. Sci. (Camb.) 109:165-169.
Brosh, A., A. Shkolnik, and I. Choshniak. 1988. Physico- chemical conditions in the rumen of Bedouin goats - effect of drinking, food quality and feeding time. J. Agric. Sci. (Camb.) 111:147-153.
Brosh, A., Z. Holzer, and D. Levy. 1989. Cottonseed for protein and energy supplementation of high roughage diets for beef cattle. Anim. Prod. 48:513-518.
Brosh, A., Z. Holzer, A. Bar-Zur, D. Levy, D. Ilan, and J. Kali. 1989. High wheat and maize silage diets for growth and fattening young cattle. Anim. Feed Sci.Techn. 26:287-298.
Silanikove, N. and A. Brosh. 1989. Lignocellulose degradation and subsequent metabolism of lignin fermentation products by the desert black Bedouin goat fed wheat straw as single component diet. Brit. J. Nutr. 62:509-520.
Brosh, A., Z. Holzer, and D. Levy. 1990. The effect of sources of nitrogen used for supplementation of high wheat silage diets. Anim. Prod. 51:109-114.
Brosh, A., Z. Holzer, D. Levy, and Y. Aharoni. 1993. The effect of maize grain supplementation of diets based on wheat straw and poultry litter on their utilization by beef cattle. Anim. Feed Sci.Techn. 40:165-175.
Brosh, A., Z. Holzer, Y. Aharoni, and D. Levy. 1993. Intake, rumen volume, retention time and digestibility of diets based on poultry litter and wheat straw of beef cows before and after calving. J. Agric. Sci. (Camb.) 121:103-109.
Aharoni, A., A. Brosh, and Z. Holzer. 1993. The use of single-dosed Co-EDTA and Cr-mordanted-NDF in a multi-compartmental, double-marker model, to estimate gastrointestinal tract kinetic parameters and digestibility simultaneously in ruminants. J. Theor. Biol. 166: 407-417.
Brosh, A., S. Fennell, D. Wright, G. Beneke, and BruceYoung. 1993. Effects of solar radiation and feed quality on heart rate and heat balance parameters in cattle. P. 10. Proceeding of the IUPS thermal physiology commission symposium. Aberdeen Scotland, 9-13 Aug. 1993.
Brosh, A., Y. Aharoni, D. Levy, and Z. Holzer. 1995. Effect of diet energy concentration and age of Holstein-Friesian bull calves on growth rate, urea space and fat deposition and ruminal volume. J. Anim. Sci.73:1666.
Brosh, A., Y Aharoni, A.A. Degen, D. Wright, and B.A. Young. 1998. Effect of solar radiation, dietary energy, and time of feeding on thermoregulatory responses and energy balance in cattle in a hot environment. J. Anim. Sci. (In Press).
Brosh, A., Y. Ahroni, A.A. Degen, D. Wright, and B.A. Young. 1998. Estimation of energy expenditure from heart rate measurements in cattle maintained under different conditions. J. Anim. Sci. (In Press).