Permissiveness of blood-derived caprine monocytes to infection by caprine arthritis-encephalitis virus increased during in vitro cultivation and differentiation into macrophages, as evidenced by immunofluorescence and release of extracellular infectious virus. The degree of cell susceptibility to virus infection varied among individual goats, independent of age or breed. Caprine arthritis-encep...

BACKGROUND Goat milk is reported to have antimicrobial activity of several pathogen bacteria that contained on food materials. The research related with antimicrobial activity of Alpha-S2 casein from goat milk is relatively less than other casein components. Herein, we reported the antimicrobial activity of caprine Alpha-S2 Casein (CSN1S2) protein from Ethawah breed goat milk and yoghurt in Gra...

Problem statement: Q fever is a ubiquitous zoonosis caused by Coxiella burnetii, an obligate intracellular rickettsial organism that caused abortion and stillbirth in ruminants. Approach: The prevalence of Coxiella burnetii in Iran is essentially unknown. Its traditional diagnosis is based on culture, serology and conventional PCR. In this present study, for more sensitive and accurate detectio...

This research has performed for detection of Aspergillus species (A. fumigatus, A. flavus, A. niger and A. terreus) in aborted bovine, ovine, caprine and camel foetuses by real-time PCR in Iran. After modification of real-time PCR on abomasal contents, from the total number of 970 samples, 141 (14.53%) gave positive results for Aspergillus species. Of them, 62 (17.71%), 33 (14.04%), 27 (12.05%)...

The sequences of four complete genes were analysed in order to determine the relatedness of koi herpesvirus (KHV) to three fish viruses in the family Herpesviridae: carp pox herpesvirus (Cyprinid herpesvirus 1, CyHV-1), haematopoietic necrosis herpesvirus of goldfish (Cyprinid herpesvirus 2, CyHV-2) and channel catfish virus (Ictalurid herpesvirus 1, IcHV-1). The genes were predicted to encode ...

The aim of the present study was to evaluate the effects of indole-3-acetic acid (IAA) on survival, activation, and growth of caprine preantral follicles using histological and ultrastructural criteria. Pieces of caprine ovarian cortex were cultured for 1 or 5 days in Minimum Essential Medium (MEM control medium) supplemented with different concentrations of IAA (10, 20, 40, or 100 ng/ml). Smal...

Fresh cheese was prepared from caprine milk by isoelectric precipitation as a model experiment for reducing the allergenicity of milk. After acidic precipitation of casein, the beta-lactoglobulin content in curd was determined by ELISA using monoclonal antibody (MAb-beta209). The beta-lactoglobulin content was very high in the fresh cheese obtained from heat-treated (85 degrees C) bovine or cap...

The objective of this study was to test the use of a commercial extender (Triladyl) as a diluent in caprine semen refrigerated at 15 ̊C, using caffeine (CF), heparin (HP), synthetic oviductal fluid (SOF) andtriladyl (TRY) as capacitating chemical agents at different times. Twenty ejaculates of caprine semen were collected using an artificial vagina. The ejaculates were diluted and refrigerated b...