Research Associate, College of Vety.Sc.& A.H., Anjora, Durg, Chhattisgarh (India) The present study was performed in 12 buffaloes, six with retained fetal membrane and six normal parturient buffaloes. Blood samples were taken for estimation of some haematological and biochemical constituents. The total leucocyte count, and eosinophil, monocyte and basophil percent did not vary significantly bet...

Prevalence of endo and ecto-parasites in cows and buffaloes were investigated in Quetta city, Pakistan. A total of 396 livers and gall bladders of cows and 340 of buffaloes were selected randomly. Overall prevalence of liver parasites in cows and buffaloes was 45.70 and 37.05%, respectively. The species found in livers of cows were: Fasciola hepatica (16.16%), Fasciola gigantica (12.37%), Param...

to evaluate the correlations of the serum concentrations of trace elements with lipids and lipoproteins in water buffalo (bubalus bubalis), the serum concentrations of cholesterol, triglyceride, total lipids, very low density lipoproteins (vldl-cholesterol), low density lipoproteins (ldl-cholesterol) and high density lipoproteins (hdl-cholesterol) and their correlations with serum concentration...

Bartonella bovis is commonly detected in cattle. One B. bovis strain was recently isolated from a cow with endocarditis in the USA, suggesting its role as an animal pathogen. In the present study, we investigated bartonella infections in 893 cattle from five countries (Kenya, Thailand, Japan, Georgia, and Guatemala) and 103 water buffaloes from Thailand to compare the prevalence of the infectio...

Balantidium coli is a common protozoan disease of animals. A total of 151 buffaloes were examined through faecal examination, of which 68 (45.03%) found to be infected with B. coli infection. Prevalence of B. coli infection was relatively higher in adult buffaloes (49.52%) aged > 5 years than young (39.29%) aged > 2≤ 5 years and buffalo calves (27.78%) aged ≤ 2 years. Higher prevalence of B. co...

AIM To estimate individual test day variability in yield and composition of Surti and Mehsani buffaloes milk at day 15 and 60 postpartum (pp). MATERIALS AND METHODS A total of 13 normally calved Surti and Mehsani buffaloes each maintained at Livestock Research Stations of Navsari and Sardarkrushinagar Dantiwada Agricultural Universities, respectively, were selected for the study. Milk sample ...

An infection model for Mycobacterium bovis in African buffaloes, Syncerus caffer, was developed, using the intratonsilar route of inoculation. Two groups of 11 buffaloes each, aged approximately 18 months, were infected with either 3.2 x 10(2) cfu (low dose) or 3 x 10(4) cfu (high dose) of M. bovis strain isolated from a buffalo. A control group of six buffaloes received saline via the same rou...

The aim of the study was to evaluate the economic impact of Doublesynch protocol by improving fertility in postpartum buffaloes. The experiment was conducted in 200 lactating buffaloes at dairy farm, Guru Angad Dev Veterinary and Animal Sciences University, Ludhiana, Punjab during summer months (April to July). The buffaloes were divided into 2 groups. The buffaloes in group I (Doublesynch grou...

IN this chapter is a general statement of facts which point to the conclusion that, with some exceptions, the fauna of the open sea, from its nature and environment, would appear, to a large extent, to be independent of man's influence. In examining the resources of the sea we are confronted with very different problems from those which meet us in the con­ sideration of the fresh waters and the...

Aeromonas hydrophila is pathogen for several vertebrates. The bacteriological, clinical and epidemiological evidences for the role of A. hydrophila have been described in human infections. The presence of this pathogen in contaminated water is well-established and ingestion of such water may cause infection. There are many reports of acute diarrhoea associated with A. hydrophila transmitted by ...