The highly divergent SRLV genotype E has recently been characterized in Italy as a low pathogenic caprine lentivirus in the Roccaverano breed. The availability of a genotype specific diagnostic test based on a comparative assay, using a combination of genotype specific recombinant antigens allows a wide serosurvey in other goat populations. The island of Sardinia still has the highest small rum...

Electrocardiographic study of 50 healthy Markhoz goats ranging from less than 1 to more than 3 years inage was carried out. The heart rate varied from 99 to 123 beats/min with a mean of 110 beats/min. There wasa significant difference between the heart rate of goats in 3 age groups (PT waves and QT interval in base apex lead, QRS wave in lead I, P-R and PQ interval in aVF lead were higherand du...

Fibroblast growth factor 5 (FGF5) is a secreted signaling protein that belongs to the FGF family, and was found to be associated with hair growth in humans and other animals. The Inner Mongolia Cashmere goat (Capra hircus) is a goat breed that provides superior cashmere; this breed was formed by spontaneous mutation in China. Here, we report the cloning, molecular characterization, and expressi...

The objective of this study was to assess genetic diversity among 5 Brazilian (155 animals) and 5 U.S. goat (120 animals) breeds using 23 microsatellite markers. Samples from the United States represented a broad geographic distribution whereas Brazilian samples were from the northeast region. Samples from Boer were common to each country's breed count. Expected and observed heterozygosity amon...

The allelic distributions of the CSN1S1 (αs1-casein) in the Indian goats are quite different from European goat breeds. Majority of Indian goat breeds and non-descript goats carry A, B, E and F alleles at αs1-casein locus, as found by analysing both DNA and protein levels. However, A and B alleles, known to be associated with better casein yield, were observed in the highest proportion in all t...

The objective of this study was to evaluate myostatin (MSTN) gene by polymerase chain reaction -restriction fragment length polymorphism (PCR-RFLP) and sequencing methods in four goat breeds including Mohabadi, Markhoz, Lori and Bital breeds. A573 bp fragment of MSTN gene was amplified by PCR. A new 5 bp deletion in 5`UTR (206TTTTA) of the MSTN gene was directly identified by sequencing. The AA...

AIM To estimate existing within-breed genetic variability in Marwari goats under field conditions and the generated data that can be used to determine genetic relationships with other breed of goats. MATERIALS AND METHODS A total of 146 blood samples of goats of Marwari breed were randomly collected from genetically unrelated animals from different villages of Bikaner Districts of Rajasthan, ...

Çiftlik hayvanlarında multisistemik enfeksiyon tablosu ve yüksek ekonomik kayıplara sebep olan pestiviruslar geniş konakçı spektrumuna sahiptirler. Bu viruslar spesifik olmadıklarından, türler arası geçiş epidemiyolojik yaygınlık açısından önemlidir. Keçilerde oluşan pestivirus enfeksiyonlarına bağlı olarak gebelerde abortlar, anomalili yavru doğumları verim kayıpları meydana gelebilmektedir. a...

Abstract The chemical composition of goat milk, especially fatty acid profile is recently renewed due to the role monosaturated and polyunsaturated acids in human nutrition. These nutrients are important analysed connection with different breeds receiving same breeding feed. aim this study was analyse milk relation breeds. Specimens for analyses were collected from individual animals like Latvi...