Ticks are of vast importance to livestock health, and contribute to conflicts between wildlife conservation and agricultural interests; but factors driving tick infestation patterns on wild hosts are not well understood. We studied tick infestation patterns on free-ranging African buffalo (Syncercus caffer), asking (i) is there evidence for niche segregation among tick species?; and (ii) how do...

BACKGROUND Changes in colostrum composition of Egyptian buffaloes and Holstein cows collected at calving, 6, 12, 24, 48, 72, 96, 120 h and after 14 days of parturition were studied. Total solids, total protein, whey proteins, fat, lactose and ash contents were determined. Macro- and micro-elements, IgG, IgM, IGF-1, lactoferrin and vitamins (A and E) were also estimated. RESULTS At calving, th...

Storage of buffalo (Bubalus bubalis) bull semen in the cryopreserved state is discussed in this article. Fertility rate in buffalo following artificial insemination with frozen-thawed semen is reviewed. To better understand the freezability of bubaline spermatozoa, the available data on biochemical components and the activity of specific enzymes of semen/spermatozoa are given. Moreover, the maj...

In order to contribute to the improvement of the national greenhouse gas emission inventory, this work aimed at estimating a country-specific enteric methane (CH4) emission factor for the Italian Mediterranean buffalo. For this purpose, national agriculture statistics, and information on animal production and farming conditions were analysed, and the emission factor was estimated using the Tier...

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 objective of this study was to compare milk protein, amino acid and fatty acid content and composition among two breeds of river buffalo (Murrah and Nili-Ravi), and their hybrid F1 and F2 (crossbreeding with local swamp buffalo). The protein and fat content in milk from crossbreed F1 and F2 were significant higher than that of river buffalo, but the milk yield was still lower than Nili-Ravi...

Growth hormone, a protein hormone, has a remarkable role in growth, reproduction and milk production. The present investigation was aimed at studying the genetic variation in growth hormone gene locus 4th exon, 4th intron and 5th exon in Murrah buffalo bulls by PCR-RFLP. The growth hormone gene was amplifi ed by PCR using oligonucleotide primers standardized for Bos taurus species. A 428 bp fra...

This work describes the fatty acid and glyceride structures of Indian buffalo milk and depot fats. Only three other an4lyses of buffalo milk fat exist in the literature (Bhattacharya & Hilditch, 1931; Heiduschka & Cicekdagi, 1940), in only one of which was an examination made of the glyceride configuration, while no analysis of buffalo depot fat has so far been reported. The work below was ther...

BACKGROUND Pregnancy-associated glycoproteins (PAGs) were first described as placental antigens present in the blood serum of the mother soon after implantation. Here, we describe the purification of several pregnancy-associated glycoproteins from water buffalo placenta (wbPAGs). A specific radioimmunoassay (RIA) was developed for early pregnancy diagnosis in buffalo species. RESULTS Amino-te...

Submit Manuscript | http://medcraveonline.com 58% of world’s buffalo population. Their slaughter rate is 10.6% with annual meat production of 1.64 million tons [1]. Buffalo meat has registered a growth of 27% in export during the financial year 2012-13 [2]. The buffalo meat sector, therefore is one of the important sectors in Indian economy and shares 31.1% of India’s total meat production [1]....