The distribution of genetic diversity and the genetic relationships among western Mediterranean horse breeds were investigated using microsatellite markers. The examined sample included seven Spanish and three Italian local horse breeds and populations, plus a Spanish Thoroughbred outgroup. The total number of animals examined was 682 (on average 62 animals per breed; range 20-122). The microsa...

Study comprising seventy two cattle of three breeds/strain viz. Hardhenu crossbred strain, Hariana and Sahiwal breeds were carried out to evaluate the differences in hematological parameters. Each group consisted of 24 animals of different age groups i.e. 0-1 year, 1-2 year, 2-3 year and >3 year. The various hematological parameters i.e. hemoglobin (Hb), total leucocyte count (TLC), differentia...

Many local breeds are currently at risk because of replacement by a limited number of specialized commercial breeds. Concurrently, for many breeds, allelic diversity within breeds declines because of inbreeding. Gene banking of germplasm may serve to secure the breeds and the alleles for any future use, for instance to recover a lost breed, to address new breeding goals, to support breeding sch...

BORKOVCOVÁ, M.: Parasitocenoses in productional rodent breeds in Czech Republic. Acta univ. agric. et silvic. Mendel. Brun., 2009, LVII, No. 1, pp. 27–34 Aim of this work was to monitor the occurrence of most common parasites of rodents in 13 commercial and hobby breeds. Most o en detected protozoans belonged to genera Giardia, Eimeria and Cryptosporidium, tapeworms Hymenolepis nana and H. dimi...

Information on draught ability on all the major Indian breeds of cattle, buffaloes and pack animals including cross breeds is scanty available, because major research programme has been undertaken on milch animals. Similarly the scenario of cancer incidences in India is not much clear due to lack of systemic study at national level and absence of Animal Cancer Registry. In India, the incidence ...

The first horses were brought to Brazil by the colonizers after 1534. Over the centuries, these animals evolved and adapted to local environmental conditions usually unsuitable for exotic breeds, thereby originating locally adapted Brazilian breeds. The present work represents the first description of maternal genetic diversity in these horse breeds based on D-loop sequences. A D-Loop HSV-I fra...

The aim of this study was to assess the accuracy of genomic predictions for 19 traits including feed efficiency, growth, and carcass and meat quality traits in beef cattle. The 10,181 cattle in our study had real or imputed genotypes for 729,068 SNP although not all cattle were measured for all traits. Animals included Bos taurus, Brahman, composite, and crossbred animals. Genomic EBV (GEBV) we...

The productivity parameters of cows the Ukrainian Black-and-White and Red-and-White dairy breeds with different genotypes by tumour necrosis factor-? (TNF-?) myogenic factor 5 (MYF5) loci were studied. gene variants evaluated using PCR-RFLP methods for MYF5 SSCP TNF-?. Value milk yield average 305 days lactation, fat content protein in used as experimental indicators. analysis productive qualit...

The major histocompatibility complex (MHC) plays well-defined roles in eliciting immune responses and combating infectious diseases. The major histocompatibility complex of cattle is referred to as BoLA (Bovine Lymphocyte Antigen). This genetic system is among the most polymorphic. In the present study, polymorphism of the BoLADRB3.2 locus in three Bos indicus breeds viz., Sahiwal, Rathi and Ha...