Pregnancy rate is one of important indicator for assessing the success artificial insemination (AI) program. Since 2017, Indonesian Government released Special Artificial Insemination Program (local: SIWAB) in an effort to accelerate cattle population. This study was conducted evaluate pregnancy following AI Madura Cattle Waru Sub-district, Pamekasan Regency, breeding area cattle. The concerned...

One hundred forty-four Angus male calves were assigned to one of five slaughter-age groups: 9, 12, 15, 18 and 24 mo of age. After weaning, one-half of the calves within slaughter age were castrated. One-half of the 12-, 15-, 18- and 24-mo age groups of each sex were further randomly allotted to a high-energy (HE) or low-energy (LE) finishing diet. Eight bulls and eight steers assigned to the 9-...

Realizing the significant association of A1 and A2 β-casein (CSN2) polymorphism with health promoting properties and milk performance traits, the present investigation was undertaken to explore A1/A2 polymorphism in Indian zebu breed, Ongole (Bos indicus) and crossbred, Frieswal (HF × Sahiwal) cattle using allele-specific (AS)-PCR. Thirty eight Ongole cow, 124 Frieswal heifers and 48 Frieswal b...

In southern African transfrontier conservation areas (TFCAs), people, livestock and wildlife share space and resources in semi-arid landscapes. One consequence of the coexistence of wild and domestic herbivores is the risk of pathogen transmission. This risk threatens local livelihoods relying on animal production, public health in the case of zoonoses, national economies in the context of tran...

Background: Epididymal spermatozoa have been used for production of offspring from genetically important animals after they are dead. To attain optimal fertility with epididymal spermatozoa, they should be preserved in a suitable medium in 37°C. Preservation media provides requirement for spermatozoa and affects its motility, viability, and fertility. Sucrose is one of the important components ...

In vitro embryo production (IVP) can help alleviating reproductive difficulties in cattle and buffalo. This study compared qualitative quantitative features of native buffalo ovaries oocytes to understand them comprehensively. addition, it was conducted pick the ideal for oocyte collection assess either maturation affects diameter or not. The were collected from local slaughterhouses Dhaka city...

The present study was conducted to study the diversity of MHC-DRB3 alleles in Indian cattle and buffalo breeds. Previously reported BoLA-DRB exon 2 alleles of Indian Zebu cattle, Bos taurus cattle, buffalo, sheep, and goats were analyzed for the identities and divergence among various allele sequences. Comparison of predicted amino acid residues of DRB3 exon 2 alleles with similar alleles from ...

The Albany State Football team should win an award at the end of the season for the "NCAA's Most Deceptive Record." Coach Bob Ford should win an award also for keeping his sanity through it all. Division Ill's best 2-7 team suffered another tough-luck loss this past Saturday, 15-13, against the now 7-2 Buffalo University Bulls, in a game marred by freezing rain and lousy weather conditions al w...

Immunity to Theileria parva infection in cattle is often parasite stock specific. The antigenic diversity which is expressed at the schizont stage of the parasite together with a wild reservoir of the organism in buffalo has complicated the development of effective disease control by immunization. We have previously shown that about 70% of cattle inoculated with recombinant forms of p67, a spor...

The gene encoding the brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) has been repeatedly associated with human obesity. As such, it could also contribute to the regulation of energy partitioning and the amount of secreted milk fat during lactation, which plays an important role in milk production in dairy cattle. Therefore, we performed an association study using estimated breeding values (EBVs) of b...