A study was conducted to determine the variations in concentrations of blood glucose, total protein, cholesterol and blood urea nitrogen (BUN) in buffaloes (n=30) suffering from foreign body syndrome. These animals were subdivided into two groups showing traumatic reticuloperitonitis (TRP, n=20) and diaphragmatic hernia (DH, n=10). Six healthy female buffaloes of same age group were considered ...

Research Associate, College of Vety.Sc.& A.H., Anjora, Durg, Chhattisgarh (India) The present study was performed in 12 buffaloes, six with retained fetal membrane and six normal parturient buffaloes. Blood samples were taken for estimation of some haematological and biochemical constituents. The total leucocyte count, and eosinophil, monocyte and basophil percent did not vary significantly bet...

Prevalence of endo and ecto-parasites in cows and buffaloes were investigated in Quetta city, Pakistan. A total of 396 livers and gall bladders of cows and 340 of buffaloes were selected randomly. Overall prevalence of liver parasites in cows and buffaloes was 45.70 and 37.05%, respectively. The species found in livers of cows were: Fasciola hepatica (16.16%), Fasciola gigantica (12.37%), Param...

Balantidium coli is a common protozoan disease of animals. A total of 151 buffaloes were examined through faecal examination, of which 68 (45.03%) found to be infected with B. coli infection. Prevalence of B. coli infection was relatively higher in adult buffaloes (49.52%) aged > 5 years than young (39.29%) aged > 2≤ 5 years and buffalo calves (27.78%) aged ≤ 2 years. Higher prevalence of B. co...

In this study the nucleotide diversity in the 5'untranslated region (UTR) of TLR8 gene in riverine as well as swamp buffaloes has been described. Analysis of the 5'UTR of TLR8 gene showed presence of two SNPs in this region, g.-139G>T and g.-128A>G. A PCR-RFLP assay designed for genotyping of g.-139G>T SNP across 667 samples from 2 buffalo populations revealed a striking difference in allele fr...

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...

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...

Surra, caused by Trypanosoma evansi, is a neglected disease due to frequent subclinical evolution, especially in bovines in Asia. However, acute and chronic signs are regularly observed, with significant sanitary and economic impacts. In this study, we evaluated and applied an indirect-ELISA test for the detection of anti-T. evansi immunoglobulin G in buffaloes using antibovine conjugate. Based...

AIM To estimate individual test day variability in yield and composition of Surti and Mehsani buffaloes milk at day 15 and 60 postpartum (pp). MATERIALS AND METHODS A total of 13 normally calved Surti and Mehsani buffaloes each maintained at Livestock Research Stations of Navsari and Sardarkrushinagar Dantiwada Agricultural Universities, respectively, were selected for the study. Milk sample ...

An infection model for Mycobacterium bovis in African buffaloes, Syncerus caffer, was developed, using the intratonsilar route of inoculation. Two groups of 11 buffaloes each, aged approximately 18 months, were infected with either 3.2 x 10(2) cfu (low dose) or 3 x 10(4) cfu (high dose) of M. bovis strain isolated from a buffalo. A control group of six buffaloes received saline via the same rou...