East coast fever is a disease of cattle caused by Theileria parva and is transmitted by the tick Rhipicephalus appendiculatus. Buffalos are a natural reservoir of the parasite. The objectives of this study were to determine the T. parva infection in buffalo and cattle field samples, to identify genotypes of T. parva infecting cattle and buffalo and finally to investigate the presence of buffalo...

A previous study (Takahashi & Hanada, 1984) reported the penetration of zona-free hamster eggs by ejaculated bull spermatozoa after treatment with calcium ionophore A23187 (Ca-IA) in the presence of caffeine. Based on this study, successful IVF was accomplished not only in cattle (Hanada, 1986b) but also in goats and sheep (Hanada, 1986a) using spermatozoa treated with Ca-IA. In the present stu...

Bovine BAC clones containing the 31 genes, referred to as the Texas markers used earlier to definitively assign the 31 bovine syntenic groups (U) to cattle chromosomes, were mapped by fluorescent in situ hybridization to sheep and goat R-banded chromosomes according to ISCNDB2000. All 31 markers were localized on homoeologous chromosomes and chromosome bands of the two species in agreement with...

BACKGROUND This is the third in a series of papers detailing the terrestrial arthropods collected during an intensive survey of a site near Steel Creek campground along the Buffalo National River in Arkansas. The survey was conducted over a period of eight and a half months using twelve trap types - Malaise traps, canopy traps (upper and lower collector), Lindgren multifunnel traps (black, gree...

The major aim of this study was to compare the morphology and activity of rumen protozoa of Khuzestan water buffalo and Holstein cow using in vitro digestibility and gas production parameters of steam treated sugarcane pith. Rumen fluid obtained from two buffalo and cow steers fed the same diet, 30:70 concentrate: forage. To separate rumen protozoa, antibiotic solution and fungicides were added...

Fresh ricotta (whey cheese), owing to its technological characteristics and intrinsic parameters (pH and aw), is an excellent substrate for the growth of spoilage and pathogenic microorganisms. On 19 July 2010, Campania buffalo ricotta cheese was assigned to the register of Protected Designations of Origin (PDO) by the European Commission, with EC Reg. 634/2010. It is mainly produced in the pro...

BSM1 gene encodes for bovine submaxillary mucin, which is a member of a group of macromolecular glycoproteins present in mucous secretions of mammalian respiratory, gastrointestinal, and urogenital tracts (Roussel et al., 1988). The central domain of the BSM1 gene consists of approximately 55 tandem repeats of 329 amino acids and shows high peptide sequence similarity with porcine and ovine sub...