BACKGROUND Peste des Petits Ruminants (PPR), also known as Goat Plague, occurs in goats, sheep and related species. It is caused by a morbillivirus in the family Paramyxoviridae. In Bangladesh PPR is endemic and it causes serious economic losses. Pathology of PPR has been reported in different goat and sheep breeds from natural and experimental infections. Field results are better indicators of...

Cashmere is only produced from Maraz (Kurdi) goat breed in Iraqi Kurdistan Region. The objective of this study was to assess the genetic diversity of different Maraz color types, black goat and Shami breeds using random amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD) markers. Fourteen primers were used and nine out of them were selected based on their number of bands (NB) and polymorphic characteristics. Thes...

In the in vitro production (IVP) of mammalian embryos, the efficiency of fertilization and post-fertilization development is influenced markedly by in vitro maturation (IVM) conditions (Fukui and Ono, 1989). Mammalian oocytes can spontaneously undergo germinal vesicle breakdown and subsequent formation of metaphase-II stage during maturation and almost similar development occurs in both in vivo...