Bovine microsatellite data of 21 loci was used for the assessment of genetic diversity and bottleneck analysis of 10 indigenous grey cattle breeds from different agroclimatic regions of India. A total of 448 alleles were observed across 21 loci and the observed number of alleles varied from 11 (INRA 05) to 35 (ILSTS-05). The overall observed and expected heterozygosity was 0.722 and 0.802, the ...

The procedure found suitable for cannulating the rumen of some indigenous breeds cattle in Nigeria nutritional analysis and bioassays has been described. viability technique relative to others suggested exotic ruminants, is reviewed. anatomical location a successful implantation order reduce complications barest minimum suggested. maintenance implanted cannula purpose keeping modified experimen...

An experiment was conducted to evaluate the effect of earthworm activities on manure from indigenous breeds cattle, sheep and goats Nigeria. Three treatment groups goat were inoculated with earthworms in prepared worm beds casts derived evaluated after 8 weeks. The results showed that had a great impact chemical constituents' transformations manure. percentage nitrogen, phosphorous potassium ca...

Cattle are among the most important domesticated bovid species in world, of which Ethiopia possesses large populations adapted to different agro-ecologies and production systems. Though several molecular population genetic studies have been done on Ethiopian indigenous cattle, genomic diversity selection signatures pertinent adaptation local environments yet be comprehensively characterized. He...

The objective of this study was to determine the effects of level of feeding on growth, feed efficiency (gain:feed; G:F), body composition (BC), and serum concentrations of somatotropin (ST), IGF-I, and IGF-binding proteins (BP) in growing beef cattle supplemented with bovine (b) ST. In each of two consecutive years, 40 growing beef cattle were blocked by weight (average BW: yr 1 = 316 kg, yr 2...