The water buffalo (Bubalus bubalis) is an important dairy animal on the Indian subcontinent and in Southeast Asian countries. The diversity and differentiation among 12 populations or breeds of buffalo were studied. Data were generated and analyzed from 527 animals belonging to 10 recognized breeds and 2 additional populations of Indian buffalo by using 22 microsatellite loci. Relationships amo...

The present study investigated peripheral plasma immunoreactive inhibin (ir-inhibin) concentrations in relation to the stage of oestrous cycle and progesterone concentrations in cycling Sahiwal cattle (Bos indicus) and Murrah buffaloes (Bubalus bubalis). Blood samples were collected once daily for thirty-two consecutive days from cattle and buffaloes (5 each) during winter months of January and...

The study was undertaken to compare the efficacy of an estradiol-17β + CIDR based protocol with the conventional ovsynch + CIDR based protocol for synchrony of wave emergence and ovulation in Murrah buffalos. In group I (n=25), on day 0 (beginning of experiment), buffaloes were administered a CIDR device (1.38 g P4) and concurrently received 1.5 mg E-17β. On day 9, the CIDR was removed and a pr...

This study was carried out to determine the prevalence of sub-clinical mastitis, its etiological agents and their antibiogram in Murrah buffaloes at an organized farm. A total of 326 quarter milk samples were screened from 82 apparently healthy buffaloes. The percent prevalence of sub-clinical mastitis was found to be lower on the basis of SCC (>5x105/ml) alone (23.17) as compared to cultural e...

Mitochondrial Glycerol-3-phosphate acyltransferase (GPAM; EC 2.3.1.15), catalyzes the first step of glycerolipid biosynthesis. It plays a key role in the regulation of cellular triacylglycerol and phospholipid levels. The GPAM esterification step constitutes the committed reaction in the de novo synthesis of triacylglycerol (TAG) and all the acyl-glycerol phospholipids. In the present investiga...

“Heat-aid kit” is a rapid detection kit which was developed by the application of ELISA. This qualitative test was indicated by colour change i.e based on the presence of progesterone. The present research was carried out to evaluate the accuracy of heat aid kit, a rapid detection test for early pregnancy diagnosis in graded Murrah buffaloes. For this, the milk samples were collected from 16 bu...

Buffalo milk has excellent physical and chemical qualities as a consequence of the high percentage of constituents. This milk property is desirable for the dairy industry because it facilitates manufacture of mozzarella cheese. We estimated genetic parameters for milk yield, milk fat and protein and their effects on mozzarella cheese production using Bayesian inference. Using information from 4...

The Murrah buffalo is a breed of dairy-type river that has better milk production than the Mud buffalo. In West Sumatra, buffaloes are generally kept traditionally and feed provided low-quality field grass without providing concentrate so productivity not shown good results. This increase in can be done through improving maintenance management quality given to buffaloes. Community service an ac...