The role of the major histocompatibility complex (MHC) in the immune response makes it an attractive candidate gene for associations with disease resistance and susceptibility. This study describes genetic variability in the BoLA-DRB3 in Iranian buffaloes. Heminested PCR-RFLP method was used to identify the frequency of BoLA-DRB3 alleles. The BoLA-DRB3 locus is highly polymorphic in the study h...

Among the animals which science has neglected domestic water buffalo serves as an outstanding example Ahmad, et al. [1]). Scarce information is available regarding sex differentiation of fetus in buffaloes. (Ranjbar [2]) reported that could be distinguished at 56 days (C-R length, 3-4 cm) gestation Iranian buffalo.

Background: Lactoperoxidase (LPO) is one of the most heat-stable enzymes in milk and its inactivation has been proposed for monitoring thermal processes. The aim of this study was to provide information on activity and thermal inactivation behavior of LPO in Iranian cow and buffalo milk and whey. Methods: Sixty cow and buffalo milk samples were collected. The LPO activity was measured using spe...

calving records of iranian buffaloes from april 1991 to june 2010 comprising 1,151 herds with 34,911 calving events were used to evaluate reported secondary sex ratio, stillbirth, and calf birth weight. logistic regression models were applied to analyze stillbirth and calf sex at birth, and statistical analysis of calf birth weight was performed using a linear mixed model. overall, the ratio of...

The aim of the present study was to evaluate the effects of different seasons on the morphometric testicular parameters and the respective epididymal sperm parameters. Total numbers of 104 scrota of pubertal buffalo bull (24-48 months) include their contents were provided from the local slaughterhouse. Scrotal circumference was measured on its place before dissection. Morphological parameters o...

diacylglycerol acyltransferase1 (dgat1) has been introduced as a strong potential candidate gene for milk fat content in cattle. dgat1 gene plays a key role in the final step of triglyceride synthesis. in this study, the genetic variability in the region spanning exon 1 to exon 2 of the buffalo dgat1 gene was investigated by dna sequencing. two hundred buffaloes belonging to three indigenous po...

background: lactoperoxidase (lpo) is one of the most heat-stable enzymes in milk and its inactivation has been proposed for monitoring thermal processes. the aim of this study was to provide information on activity and thermal inactivation behavior of lpo in iranian cow and buffalo milk and whey. methods: sixty cow and buffalo milk samples were collected. the lpo activity was measured using spe...

objective: diacylglycerol acyltransferase 1 is a microsomal enzyme that catalyzes the final step of triglyceride synthesis. the objective of this project is to check out the polymorphism at the exon 8 region of dgat1 gene using pcr-sscp technique in iranian water buffaloes (bubalus bubalis). recent activities have shown that a significant association between lysine at amino acid position 232 wi...

Background: Lactoperoxidase (LPO) is one of the most heat-stable enzymes in milk and its inactivation has been proposed for monitoring thermal processes. The aim of this study was to provide information on activity and thermal inactivation behavior of LPO in Iranian cow and buffalo milk and whey. Methods: Sixty cow and buffalo milk samples were collected. The LPO activity was measured using ...