BACKGROUND Toxoplasma gondii is a major problem for the sheep industry as it may cause reproduction problems. The importance of T. gondii in Norwegian goat herds is uncertain, but outbreaks of toxoplasmosis in dairy goat farms have been recorded. The aim of this study was to describe the prevalence of T. gondii infection in Norwegian dairy goats by using serology. FINDINGS Goat serum original...

The purpose of the present study was to produce live offspring from in vitro fertilized goat embryos. Oocytes were collected from abattoir ovaries and kept in oocyte collection medium. Oocytes were washed 4-5 times with maturation medium containing medium-199 with 5 μg/ml FSH, 100 μg/ml LH, 1 μg/ml estradiol-17β, 50 μg/ml gentamycin, 10% inactivated estrus goat serum, and 3% BSA (fatty acid fre...

CASE HISTORY A 1-year-old female Boer goat from the Molecular Biology sect ion of the Onderstepoort Veterinary Institute (OVI) was brought to the post mortem room for euthanasia. It was weak and recumbent. The goat had been 1 of a group of 38 goats in a heartwater experiment. They had been at Onderstepoort for 3 months. Other than deworming and vaccination against Pasteurella and bluetongue tha...

BACKGROUND Overactivation of aldose reductase (AR) enzyme has been implicated in the development of various diabetic complications. In the present study, the inhibitory effect of thymol was investigated on AR enzyme and its anti-cataract activity was also examined on isolated goat lens. MATERIALS AND METHODS Various concentrations of thymol were incubated with AR enzyme prepared from isolated...

Alpha-lactalbumin (α-LA, LALBA) was strongly correlated with the nutritional value and the functional properties of whey and whey products. However, there are not many studies of goat LALBA gene and its polymorphisms in literary sources. In this paper, on the basis of PCR-SSCP and DNA sequencing, one M63868:g.1897T>C mutation in exon 3 at LALBA locus identified a Single Nucleotide Polymorphism ...

Amelogenin (AMEL) is a conserved gene located on the sex chromosomes of mammals. It is involved in the formation of enamel, which is the hard, white material that forms the protective outer layer of each tooth. In this study, we first cloned and determined the intron sequences of the goat AMELX and AMELY genes from female and male ear tissues. The polymorphic AMEL alleles were further analyzed ...

In the present investigation, goat β-defensin (GBD) expression in different tissues of Osmanabadi was studied. Goat tongue epithelia had highest level GBD expression, followed by reticulum, rumen, omasum, kidney, spleen, liver and uterus. Minimal observed tracheal tissue. To our knowledge, this is first study to report rumen.

The meat goat industry is growing rapidly in the U.S., particularly on small farms. There are a diversity of forage types and qualities used in meat goat production systems. Seventy-two Boer goats were used to evaluate weight gain and carcass parameters when growing goats were finished on alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.; ALF), red clover ( Trfolium pratense L.; RCL), or orchardgrass (Dactylis glome...

A grazing trial in Central Otago compared the effectiveness of feral goats, Angora goats and Merino sheep for sweet brier control. The three ammal types were set stocked in replicate 0.5 ha paddocks at 10 Angoras, 14 ferals and 12 Merinos per ha. Goats were also rotationally grazed on a 50 ha block at approximately 10 goats per ha. Goat grazing reduced living brie, in the trial paddocks to negl...