Aim: The present study was conducted to evaluate the effect of bacterial culture supplementation on ruminal fibrolytic bacterial population as well as on survivability of inoculated bacterial strain in lactating Murrah buffaloes kept on high fibre diet. Materials and Methods: Fibrolytic bacterial strains were isolated from rumen liquor of fistulated Murrah buffaloes and live bacterial culture w...

Difficulty in controlling human Schistosoma japonicum infection is partly attributed to the presence of non-human definitive hosts. Water buffaloes are a major reservoir for transmission of S. japonicum to humans in China. However, in the Philippines, reports based on microscopic examination of buffalo stool identified a low prevalence of S. japonicum, and mathematical models using these data c...

Dairy buffalo is the major source of milk production kept under peri-urban, low input production system. There is no practice of feeding animals according to requirements; exposing them to nutritional deficiency with the onset of pregnancy. It leads to a decline in milk yield, which compels the farmers to keep the animals un-bred. The present work was conducted to document, the post-conception ...

Buffaloes are the important multipurpose farm animals in the Indian sub-continent, contributing signifi cantly to meat and milk production. Tropical fasciolosis caused by Fasciola gigantica is regarded as one of the most important diseases of buffaloes in humid tropical regions of the world. Bio-chemical changes are regarded as important indicators for actual pathogenesis and clinical diagnosis...

This study aimed to describe the normal ultrasonographic image of the gastrointestinal tract and spleen in Egyptian buffaloes (Bubalus bubalis). The obtained results were compared to the normal reference values that had been previously established in cattle. This study was carried out on thirty healthy buffalo. Complete clinical examination, hematological pictures profiling, blood biochemical a...

Aim: To identify the prevalence of Hydatidosis in buffaloe-calves, heifers and adults slaughtered in slaughter house of Mirha Exports Pvt. Ltd. between March 2010 to Feb. 2011. Materials and Methods: 2,09,615 buffaloes slaughtered were included in this study and were categorized into three groups (A, B and C) based on their age at the time of ante-mortem examination. Group A consisted of calves...

AIM Cystic echinococcosis (CE) represents a serious parasitic disease at both animal and public health levels. The majority of reports negated the CE infection in buffaloes from Egypt; however, one study illustrated their infection with G6 genotype (camel strain). The present work contributed to update the epidemiological and molecular knowledge about CE infecting this economically important an...

Present study was carried out to know the seroprevalence of BHV-1 in the population of cattle and buffaloes from Chhattisgarh, India. A total of 464 serum samples were collected from cattle and buffaloes of different districts in Chhattisgarh. The collected serum samples were screened by Avidin-Biotin Enzyme Linked Immunosorbent Assay kit that recorded an overall seroprevalence of 34.69%. Out o...

AIM The aim of the study was to correlate the milk yield of Murrah buffaloes with certain body parts measurements. MATERIALS AND METHODS A total of 70 lactating Murrah buffaloes were selected from Buffalo Farm, Lala Lajpat Rai University of Veterinary and Animal Science, Hisar and were randomly selected in a range from first to fifth parity. Traits studied were 305 days milk yield (MY), body ...

Schistosomosis is a disease of veterinary and medical importance caused by Schistosoma spp is characterized by frequent diarrhea with blood and mucous, weight loss and weakness in animals and causes significant morbidity, mortality and economic loss in cattle population. The study was designed to analyze/detect the schistosoma spp by coprological and serological examination (IHA) in cows and bu...