The water buffalo (Bubalus bubalis) is an important natural host for Neospora caninum. Serologic responses to N. caninum were studied in experimentally and naturally infected water buffaloes in Brazil. Antibodies were assayed by the indirect fluorescent antibody test (IFAT) using a cut off value of 1:25. Six buffaloes were each inoculated subcutaneously with 5 x 10(6) live culture-derived tachy...

The experiment was conducted to examine the replacement of maize fodder withmaize silage on dry matter intake, weight gain and feed efficiency in male buffalo calves. Total 18no. young calves with body 250 + 20 kg having age around 24 monthswere randomly distributed into three groups containing 6 each group.A diet 16% Crude Proteinand 2.1 Mcal/kg energy prepared fed at rate 1% live allexperimen...

Astroviruses are the principal causative agents of gastroenteritis in humans and have been associated with diarrhea in other mammals as well as birds. However, astroviral infection of animals had been poorly studied. In the present study, 211 rectal swabs collected from cattle and water buffalo calves with mild to severe diarrhea were tested for bovine astrovirus (BAstV) by RT-PCR. Results: 92/...

Cranial meningocoele is a congenital defect in which the fluid-filled meninges alone protrude through a defect in the cranium (Leipold and Davis, 1993) and may be caused by genetic or environmental factors or a combination of both. Surgical correction of this defect in five calves has so far been reported in veterinary literature (Kohli and Naddaf, 1998). A similar condition was reported in a b...