the effect of genotype and sex of nigerian indigenous chickens (dwarf, fulani ecotypes, neck, frizzle and normal feathered) on blood serum electrolytes and biochemical parameters were investigated using 40 chickens. the collected data were subjected to analysis via a 2 way anova. the results revealed serum levels of sodium, potassium, chloride, uric acid, glucose, total protein, creatinin, albu...

Formagelle di capra is a raw goat cheese produced from whole chilled goat milk; traditional technology involving unpasteurised milk and indigenous lactic starter cultures is employed for its production in Italy. The purpose of this study was to assess the behaviour of Escherichia coli O157:H7 during the manufacturing and ripening of this raw goat milk cheese. Raw milk was experimentally inocula...

__________________________________________________________________________________________ Abstract Saanen milk goats were crossed with South African Indigenous goats to evaluate productivity, milk production and disease incidence, and to assess their suitability for milk production by small-scale farmers and households in developing areas. Goat kids were separated from their mothers at one wee...

The intestine of adult indigenous goat of Assam (Capra hircus) was studied by scanning electron microscopy (SEM) for elucidating the morphology of intestinal mucosa as well as the morphology of gutassociated lymphoid tissue including Peyer’s patches (PP) and solitary lymphoid nodule. SEM of intestines revealed the presence of villi in the small intestinal mucosa. Goblet cells were noticed as wh...

infected with cestodes through ingestion of their arthropod intermediate hosts. In the present study, Raillietina sp. was recovered in relatively small numbers compared to Nigerian indigenous chickens that were reported to harbour more tapeworms than ascarids. Similarly, indigenous chickens from southern Ethiopia were reportedly infected with various types of tapeworms. The presence of cestodes...

acetyl-coenzyme a carboxylase α (acc-alpha) is considered as the key regulatory enzyme in fatty acid biosynthesis. acc-alpha gene is located on caprine chromosome 11 and is polymorphic in many goat breeds. in the current study, we aimed to find possible single nucleotide polymorphisms (snps) in the exon 1 region of the acc-alpha gene in iranian mahabadi goat breed. genomic dna was extracted fro...

Hematological parameters were studied in 163 apparently healthy goats comprised of 3 indigenous breeds at Adami-Tulu Agricultural Research Centre (ATARC) and Sheno Agricultural Research Centre (SARC), Ethiopia. Data were analyzed for the effect of breed, sex, age, and season. Hemoglobin (Hb) was significantly higher (P<0.0001) for Arsi-Bale (AB) than Longeared Somali (LES) and Central Highland ...