The knowledge of oocyte activation and somatic cell nuclear transfer in the swamp buffalo (Buballus bubalis) is extremely rare. The objectives of this study were the following: (1) to investigate the various activation treatments on the parthenogenetic development of buffalo oocytes, (2) to examine the events of nuclear remodeling and in the in vitro development of cloned buffalo embryos recons...

This experiment was conducted to investigate the effect of coconut oil (CO) and garlic powder supplementation on digestibility of nutrients, ruminal fermentation, ecology, microorganisms and methanogen diversity. Four, 3-year old, rumen fistulated swamp buffalo bulls were randomly assigned in a 4 × 4 Latin square design to receive 4 dietary treatments; 7% CO, 7% CO with 50 g/d of garlic powder,...

Four Thai - rumen fistulated male swamp buffaloes (Bubalus bubalis), about four years old with 400±20 kg liveweight, were randomly assigned according to a 4×4 Latin square design to receive dietary treatments. The treatments were: ground corn cob (GCC) replacement for cassava chip (CC) in concentrate at 0% (T1); GCC replacement at 33% (T2); GCC replacement at 67% (T3); and GCC replacement at 10...

This study characterized follicular activity and oestrous behaviour from 5 to 9 days post-calving up to the 4th ovulation postpartum (pp) in 16 multiparous (range 2-7 parities) Thai swamp buffalo cows (Bubalus bubalis), aged 4-12 years and weighing from 432 to 676 kg. Ovarian follicular activity was examined by transrectal ultrasonography (TUS) every morning. Oestrous detection was performed tw...

1. Distribution and abundance patterns are influenced by cellular responses to abiotic stressors. 2. The freshwater clam Sphaerium sp. inhabits swamp/stream systems in Uganda, in which dissolved O 2 (DO), pH and water transparency form ecotonal gradients along tributary streams. Along a swamp/stream transect, clam abundance was negatively related to DO, pH and transparency; clams were most abun...

The objective of this study was to evaluate the growth curve 525 monthly body weight data 19 males (n=313) and 8 females (n=212) swamp buffaloes (Bubalus b. carabanensis), from birth slaughter age (25 months). nonlinear models used were: logistic, Gompertz, Von Bertalanffy Brody. parameters were estimated by NLIN procedure, criteria adjustment given Akaike’s information criterion (AIC), Bayesia...