AIM The present study was designed to: (1) Investigate the effect of weaning time on various metabolic indices and growth pattern in buffalo calves compared to cow calves under field condition and (2) Shed light on the potential relationship between early weaning, growth metabolites, and suboptimal growth (ill-thrift) in buffalo calves. MATERIALS AND METHODS A total number of 18 neonatal calv...

　 BACKGROUND: Buffalo is one of the most important animals for the source of milk and meat, and it is also used for draught purposes in Bangladesh. Gastrointestinal parasites in the buffalo calves lead to reduced growth and hinder the development of buffalo industry in Bangladesh. OBJECTIVES: The study was conducted to identify the gastrointestinal parasitic load in the buffalo calves at Sylhe...

The blood was collected from 15 healthy buffalo calves and 6 ‘mild’, 6 ‘moderate’ and 6 ‘severe’ ascariosis affected buffalo calves and haematological and various biochemical parameters were estimated. In haematological study involving packed cell volume(PCV), there was a significant increase in PCV in moderate and severely affected buffalo calves. In the biochemical study, parameters like calc...

DIMOV, K., R. KALEV, M. TZANKOVA and P. PENCHEV, 2012. Fatty-acid composition of the lipids in m. longisimus dorsi of bovine and buffalo calves and buffalo cows. Bulg. J. Agric. Sci., 18: 778-783 To study the fatty-acid profile of the lipids in meat, eight buffalo and eight bovine calves were assigned in two groups subjected to the same diet for a period of one year. At the end of the period, f...

To assess the effect of probiotic (having Lactobacillus acidophilus) supplementation on pre-ruminant (0-3 months age) buffalo calves, total eight buffalo calves were divided into two groups of four calves in each with completely randomized design (CRD) according to their body weight. One group was the control while the other group was supplemented with bacteria Lactobacillusacidophilus-containi...

Accepted: 01/05/2015 Abstract Group A rotaviruses play an important role in causing gastroenteritis and mortality in buffalo calves. To investigate the epidemical characteristics and prevalence of bovine rotavirus (Group A rotavirus) in Punjab, 120 fecal samples were collected from buffalo calves (n=93) and cow calves (n=27) up to 3 months age group calves exhibiting diarrhoea during the period...

The present study was conducted to study the effect of fortified soymilk as milk replacer on growth performance and feeding economics of Murrah buffalo calves. Twenty four Murrah buffalo calves of (5 days age) were randomly distributed to four dietary treatment groups (T1, T2, T3 and T4). T1 was control group in which calves were reared on buffalo milk only. In T2 and T3 groups calves were fed ...

Ten pregnant buffalo cows, six of which were subsequently shown to be carriers of SAT 1, 2 and 3 viruses, were captured in the Kruger National Park (KNP) and allowed to calve in captivity. The buffalo cows and calves were separated by a fence from 6 FMD susceptible cattle but the buffalo and cattle were obliged to use common drinking troughs and hay racks. Over a period of 15 months, during whi...

the pharmacokinetic parameters of ceftazidime, a third generation cephalosporin, were investigated in six buffalo calves after single intravenous (iv) and intramuscular (im) administration at a dose rate of 10 mg/kg body weight. ceftazidime concentrations in plasma and urine were determined by microbiological assay. ceftazidime disposition was best fitted by a two-compartmental and a one-compar...

twenty pregnant buffaloes, eight weeks before the expected calving date, were assigned into two homogeneous groups of 10 animals each, according to their season of lactation (2nd to 8th season of lactation); the first group (g1) were fed on a ration consisting of concentrate feed mixture (22% yellow corn, 35% cotton seed meal, 33% wheat bran, 4% rice bran, 3% molasses, 2% limestone and 1% sodiu...