Pheromones are chemical signals used among consepcifics for social interactions such as sex attraction, mate selection, modulation of neuroendocrine function, and individual identification (Vandenbergh, 1994; Singh, 2001; Halpern and Martínez-Macros, 2003). The male effect is a representative example of such pheromonal actions in goats and sheep, in which exposure to the male pheromone accelera...

MicroRNAs (miRNAs) play a key role in many biological processes by regulating gene expression at the post-transcriptional level. A number of miRNAs have been identified from livestock species. However, compared with other animals, such as pigs and cows, the number of miRNAs identified in goats is quite low, particularly in hair follicles. In this study, to investigate the functional roles of mi...

The present study aimed to compare the growth and development of Hair Damascus kids reared under extensive conditions. body weights goats were significantly higher than that during 360 days period (P < 0.05; P<0.001). Body weight was influenced by birth type only at on 360th day period, single-birth had values twin-born 0.05). Exceptfor 120th born in dam age group III other groups P 0.01; 0.001...

The transport phase of the animal-mediated plant dispersal process is critical to dispersal effectiveness as it determines the spatial distribution of the diaspores released and their chance for further recruitment. Assessing this specific phase of the dispersal process generally requires combining diaspore retention times with the associated distances covered. Here, we specifically tested the ...

berari goats are medium sized animals reared mainly for meat purpose. they are predominantly brown and blackish brown in colour with glossy hair and found in vidarbha region of maharashtra state. berari is not a recognized breed but a well established local population of goat which is yet to be fully explored for its phenotypic and genetic aspects. within population genetic variation was examin...