BACKGROUND Various characteristics of goats mean they are highly suitable livestock for backyard rearing by people with limited resources. They are a popular livestock choice in India, where they are often kept to supplement an already scarce income. In these settings, hygiene and sanitation standards tend to be low, and weakens the interface between humans and animals, thus reducing the barrie...

BACKGROUND Paratuberculosis caused by Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis (MAP) is difficult to control due to a long phase of clinically non-apparent (latent) infection for which sensitive diagnostics are lacking. A defined animal model for this phase of the infection can help to investigate host-MAP interactions in apparently healthy animals and identify surrogate markers for disease ...

The study aimed to evaluated the reproductive performance response to short term oestrus synchronization during the transition period. One hundred and sixty-five indigenous multiparous non-lactating goats were subdivided into the following six treatment groups for oestrus synchronization: NT control Group (N= 30), Fe-21d, FGA vaginal sponge for 21days+eCG at 19d; FPe11d, FGA 11d + PGF2α and eCG...

The agent that causes bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) may be infecting small ruminants, which could have serious implications for human health. To distinguish BSE from scrapie and to examine the molecular characteristics of the protease-resistant prion protein (PrP(res)), we used a specifically designed Western blot method to test isolates from 648 sheep and 53 goats. During 2002-2009, c...

The present research was carried out to study the bio-ecological aspects and density of Haematobia exigua flies in cattle buffaloes. total length life cycle from laying eggs emergence adult recorded as 10 days, 15 days 12 respectively during monsoon, winter summer season. Cattle Konkan region having highest fly followed by North Maharashtra, lower Vidarbha, Western Maharashtra lowest Marathwada...

Mammary gland development during puberty and reconstruction during pregnancy and lactation is under the control of circulating endocrine hormones, such as growth hormone, which are released from the pituitary. In this study, we explored the influence of overexpression of growth hormone in the mammary gland on breast development and milk production in goats. Using transcriptome sequencing, we fo...

The South African Boer goat displays a characteristic white spotting phenotype, in which the pigment is limited to the head. Exploiting the existing phenotype variation within the breed, we mapped the locus causing this white spotting phenotype to chromosome 17 by genome wide association. Subsequent whole genome sequencing identified a 1 Mb copy number variant (CNV) harboring 5 genes including ...

In order to increase fertility, hormonal application have been applied but, relationship between reproduction and stress/oxidant levels not investigated in hair goats. this study, the fertility TotalThiol were Hair Goats. 100 head female goats with a live weight of 45-50 kg at age 2-6 years 20 heads males 60-70 used. September, females selected marked, blood samples taken from all into anticoag...