Bovine brucellosis, an important bacterial zoonosis, is usually associated with intensive systems of production. A cross-sectional study was conducted in western Ethiopia to determine the seroprevalence of bovine brucellosis in cattle undertraditional extensive husbandry. Sera collected from 1,152 cattle originating from 164 herds were screened, using the Rose Bengal test, and all positive sera...

The prevalence of Escherichia coli O157 associated with feedlot cattle in Saskatchewan was determined in a 10-month longitudinal study (3 feedlots) and a point prevalence study (20 feedlots). The prevalence of E. coli O157 at the three different sites in the horizontal study varied from 2.5 to 45%. The point prevalence of E. coli O157 among Saskatchewan cattle from 20 different feedlots ranged ...

Aim: Tsetse-transmitted animal and human trypanosomosis is considered to be one of the major constraints to improved livestock and agricultural production in sub-Saharan Africa. A cross sectional survey to determine the prevalence of trypanosomosis and identifying trypanosome species infecting cattle was conducted in Makuyuni division, Arusha region of northern Tanzania, an area where livestock...

Bovine microsatellite data of 21 loci was used for the assessment of genetic diversity and bottleneck analysis of 10 indigenous grey cattle breeds from different agroclimatic regions of India. A total of 448 alleles were observed across 21 loci and the observed number of alleles varied from 11 (INRA 05) to 35 (ILSTS-05). The overall observed and expected heterozygosity was 0.722 and 0.802, the ...

The procedure found suitable for cannulating the rumen of some indigenous breeds cattle in Nigeria nutritional analysis and bioassays has been described. viability technique relative to others suggested exotic ruminants, is reviewed. anatomical location a successful implantation order reduce complications barest minimum suggested. maintenance implanted cannula purpose keeping modified experimen...

An experiment was conducted to evaluate the effect of earthworm activities on manure from indigenous breeds cattle, sheep and goats Nigeria. Three treatment groups goat were inoculated with earthworms in prepared worm beds casts derived evaluated after 8 weeks. The results showed that had a great impact chemical constituents' transformations manure. percentage nitrogen, phosphorous potassium ca...