The present study was conducted from January 2013 and February, 2013 to find out microfilaria as well as Trypanosomiasis prevalence in cattle in Tangier in Morocco in relation to livestock health as per PCV counts. The findings demonstrate that Trypanosoma parasites were missing, conversely, microfilaria parasites were present. The prevalence level of microfilaria in the cattle was 6.5% (p<0.05...

Buffalo are an economically important source for meat and milk production, especially in Brazil. However, important aspects of their biology remain unknown thus far. Herein, we describe the reproductive characteristics of male Murrah buffalo (Bubalus bubalis) raised under extensive management conditions by applying biometrics associated with testicular weight. We analyzed seven males, divided i...

High-fertile and productive dairy animals are important to satisfy the growing population's demand. Sire fertility is one of essential factors that regulate overall pregnancy rate herds. However, sire varies from 10 90%, suggesting male largely accounts for varying levels across herd. Sub-fertile bulls females should be identified discarded promptly improve herd's productivity. The most dominan...

The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of BVDV infection and existence of persistently infected (PI) cattle in the Trakya region. In total, 260 samples of leukocytes were isolated from dairy cows (65 samples) and breeding bulls (65 samples) and also from cows and bulls in slaughterhouses (65 samples from each). After two blind passages in foetal bovine kidney (FBK) cell culture, ...

Facial eczema (FE) is a disease of grazing ruminants causedbyingestingsporesofthefungusPithomyces chartarum. The spores contain a toxic compound, sporidesmin, which causes liver injury, sensitivity to sunlight andreduced performance in susceptible dairy cattle. The extent of production losses is summarised. Research at Ruakura has demonstrated that the resistance of animals to FE is inherited, ...

Background: Cysteine has been used as additive in cryopreservation extenders. It contains of thiol group which plays an antioxidant role to eliminate reactive oxygen species (ROS) during freeze -thaw procedure. Excessive ROS production cause DNA damage and subsequently reduce sperm fertility. On the other hand, protamine protein have high levels of cysteine which is critical in packaging and co...

A total of 15 buffalo bulls were divided into three comparable experimental groups to study the effect of two different doses of recombinant bovine somatotropin (rbST) on physical and chemical characteristics of semen during the hot months of the year (April to September). The first group (G1) was left untreated and served as control, while the 2 nd (G2) and 3 rd (G3) groups were injected subcu...

Background: BVD and IBR are contagious viral diseases highly prevalent in Irish cattle. Despite their significant reproductive and economic impact very little is known about the BVD and IBR status of stock bulls (a bull used for breeding purposes). There are still a high proportion of dairy farms in Ireland that rely on the use of a bull for breeding cattle and ensuring the fertility of the bul...

AIM Meat adulteration is a serious problem in the meat industry and needs to be tackled to ensure the authenticity of meat products and protect the consumers from being the victims. In view of such likely problem in indigenous meat products of Kashmiri cuisine (Wazwan), the present work was performed to study the detection of beef and buffalo meat in cooked mutton Rista by mitochondrial DNA (mt...

Ninety-nine loci have been assigned to river buffalo chromosomes, 67 of which are coding genes and 32 of which are anonymous DNA segments (microsatellites). Sixty-seven assignments were based on cosegregation of cellular markers in somatic cell hybrids (synteny), whereas 39 were based on in situ hybridization of fixed metaphase chromosomes with labeled DNA probes. Seven loci were assigned by bo...