Stearoyl-CoA desaturase (SCD) is a rate-limiting enzyme in the biosynthesis of monounsaturated fatty acids (MUFA). A number of studies support the hypothesis that SCD gene regulation and polymorphism may affect fatty acid composition and fat quality in meat and milk. Single nucleotide polymorphisms in the coding region of the bovine stearoyl-CoA desaturase gene have been predicted to result in ...

A Pseudomonas aeruginosa strain (UCBPP-PA14) is infectious both in an Arabidopsis thaliana leaf infiltration model and in a mouse full-thickness skin burn model. UCBPP-PA14 exhibits ecotype specificity for Arabidopsis, causing a range of symptoms from none to severe in four different ecotypes. In the mouse model, UCBPP-PA14 is as lethal as other well-studied P. aeruginosa strains. Mutations in ...

the major aim of this study was to compare the morphology and activity of rumen protozoa of khuzestan water buffalo and holstein cow using in vitro digestibility and gas production parameters of steam treated sugarcane pith. rumen fluid obtained from two buffalo and cow steers fed the same diet, 30:70 concentrate: forage. to separate rumen protozoa, antibiotic solution and fungicides were added...

Assessing roles of people, technology and structure in emergency management systems: a public sector perspective Minkyun Kim a Now at Department of Business Management and Economics, College of Social Science, Dongduk Women's University, Seoul, Korea. , Raj Sharman b , Catherine P. Cook-Cottone c , H. Raghav Rao b & Shambhu J. Upadhyaya d a Department of Operations Management and Strategy, Scho...

There are morphological and reproductive physiological differences between swamp buffalo (Bubaluscarabanensis) and river buffalo (Bubalus bubalis). The development of fetus weight and fetus biometry wasreported in river buffalo and other animals but not in swamp buffalo. The aim of this study was to describethe inherent variability in fetus related measurements during swamp buffalo pregnancy. T...

Nitrosamide, (H2NNO), formation within [(NO)m(NH3)n] clusters: Theory and experiment Dong Nam Shin b, Marek Freindorf c, Thomas R. Furlani c, Robert L. DeLeon a, James F. Garvey a,∗ a Department of Chemistry, University at Buffalo, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY 14260-3000, USA b Research Institute of Industrial Science and Technology, P.O. Box 135, Pohang 790-600, South K...

Objective: Diacylglycerol acyltransferase 1 is a microsomal enzyme that catalyzes the final step of triglyceride synthesis. The objective of this project is to check out the polymorphism at the exon 8 region of DGAT1 gene using PCR-SSCP technique in Iranian water buffaloes (Bubalus bubalis). Recent activities have shown that a significant association between lysine at amino acid positi...

Guy Salama and Glenna C. L. Bett Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; Department of Bioengineering, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Heart and Vascular Institute, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; Center for Cellular and Systems Electrophysiology, University at Buffalo, State Univ...

BACKGROUND Understanding the epidemiology of foot-and-mouth disease (FMD), including roles played by different hosts, is essential for improving disease control. The African buffalo (Syncerus caffer) is a reservoir for the SAT serotypes of FMD virus (FMDV). Large buffalo populations commonly intermingle with livestock in Kenya, yet earlier studies have focused on FMD in the domestic livestock, ...

Water buffalo; Interleukin 8; Endometritis; Gene expression; Polymorphic sites Abstract River buffalo (Bubalus bubalis bubalis) with a population over 135 million heads is an important livestock. Interleukin 8 (IL-8) is a member of the chemokine family and is an important chemoattractant for neutrophils associated with a wide variety of inflammatory diseases such as endometritis. Tissue samples...