the main objective of this study was to estimate the seroprevalence of bovine herpes virus type 1 and parainfluenza type 3 in a non-vaccinated population cattle in the livestock region of qazvin province. totally 504 sera were randomly collected and tested from 8 industrial dairy farms in qazvin province during march 2010-march 2011. the result of one way analysis of variance was used for th...

Mastitis is one of the most serious and costly diseases affecting dairy cattle production. In the present study, effects of a lactoferrin gene polymorphism (intron 6) on milk somatic cell count (SCC) and subclinical mastitis was investigated in 121 Holstein dairy cattle. Two alleles of A and B and two genotypes of AA and AB were found in an EcoRI recognized single nucleotide polymorphism in int...

The paper has examined utilization of cattle dung for electricity generation through a case study on biomethanation plant in Ludhiana. There are 1550 dairies in the Haibowal dairy complex in Ludhiana and the cattle dung is drained into a nearby nullah. A plant for electricity generation using cattle dung has been established in the area under UNDP/ Global Environment Energy Programme. The paper...

Disease agents that principally target the tongue are relatively rare. It seems that type of food and roughage play an important role to predispose the animals to lingual ulcers. During a period of four years different aspects of cattle lingual fossa ulcer were studied in a semi-industrial dairy farm in Tehran. The affected animals showed various stages of ulcer formation in their lingual fossa...

We detected orthopoxvirus in 28 of 125 serum samples collected during 2009 from cattle in Uruguay. Two samples were PCR-positive for vaccinia virus and had sequences similar to those for vaccinia virus associated with outbreaks in Brazil. Autochthonous circulation of vaccinia virus in Uruguay and other South American countries cannot be ruled out.

The scientific article presents the results of a experiment conducted to study quality indicators beef obtained from interbreeding cattle meat, dairy and combined breeds in conditions Volgograd agricultural enterprise JSC "Berdievsky Elevator". resulting crossbred bulls at age 9 months were divided into 4 groups 10 heads each according principle pairs analogues: I experimental group ½ crossbree...

Milk urea nitrogen (MUN) of dairy cows was determined in relation to breed. A total of forty (40) Pabna and red Chittagong dairy cattle each of twenty (20) were selected to know the milk composition, nutritional status and milk urea nitrogen. Live weight of Pabna Cattle (187±14 kg) was higher than that of red Chittagong cattle (174±4 kg). In Pabna cattle milk yield (4.94 kg), minerals (0.15%) a...

BACKGROUND Construction of the Nam Theun 2 hydroelectric project and flooding of a 450 km(2) area of mountain plateau in south-central Lao PDR resulted in the resettlement of 6,300 people to newly built homes. We examined whether new houses would have altered risk of house entry by mosquitoes compared with traditional homes built from poorer construction materials. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDI...

Bovine viral diarrhea virus (BVDV) is one of the most important viral pathogens of cattle worldwide. The aim of present study was to determine the molecular characterization and phylogenetic analysis of BVDV infection in dairy herds of Fars province, Iran. For initial screening, a total of 400 blood samples were collected from 12 industrial dairy herds with previous history of diarrhea, abortio...