Pneumocystis carinii (P. carinii) is an opportunistic fungal pathogen commonly found in many mammalian host species, but rarely in goats. A 3-year-old, female, Tokara-native-goat (Capra hircus domesticus) died of apparent malnutrition caused by multibacillary paratuberculosis. While inflammatory response was slightly observed in the respiratory organs, P. carinii trophozoites and cysts were imm...

p70 ribosomal S6 kinase (p70S6K) can integrate nutrient and growth factor signals to promote cell growth and survival. We report our molecular characterization of the complementary DNA (cDNA) that encodes the goat p70S6K gene 40S ribosomal S6 kinase 1 (S6K1) (GenBank accession GU144017) and its 3' noncoding sequence in Inner Mongolia Cashmere goats (Capra hircus). Goat S6K1 cDNA was 2,272 bp an...

Our objective was to identify the primary site of the reduced adrenal function in South African Angora goats (Capra aegagrus) that causes a decrease in cortisol production and leads to severe losses of Angora goats during cold spells. Angora goats, Boer goats (Capra hircus), and Merino sheep (Ovis aries) were assigned to three intravenous treatments: 1) insulin, 2) corticotropin-releasing facto...

Lin28a is a conserved RNA-binding protein that plays an important role in development, pluripotency, stemness maintenance, proliferation and self-renewal. Early studies showed that Lin28a serves as a marker of spermatogonial stem cells (SSCs) and promotes the proliferation capacity of mouse SSCs. However, there is little information about Lin28a in livestock SSCs. In this study, we cloned Capra...

Background: Adrenal gland is an important endocrine that secrets several hormones play a key role in the adaptation of newborn to extra uterine life. The study was conducted explore histomorphological development adrenal glands Gohilwadi Goat (Capra hircus). Methods: research work carried out on twenty pair goat collected from local abattoir. animals were divided into three age groups, viz. gro...

A critical comparison of two commonly used markers of initial animal domestication, size reduction and demographic profiling, is presented. A metrical analysis of a large collection of modern wild and domestic goats (Capra hircus aegargus and C. h. hircus) from Iran and Iraq clearly demonstrates that sex is by far the most significant factor affecting size in goats. In all post-cranial bones ex...

BACKGROUND Hybridization between closely related wild and domestic species is of great concern because it can alter the evolutionary integrity of the affected populations. The high allelic variability of Major Histocompatibility Complex (MHC) loci usually excludes them from being used in studies to detect hybridization events. However, if a) the parental species don't share alleles, and b) one ...