A study was carried out in Faridpur, Habiganj and Barisal to identify the prevalence of diseases, morbidity and mortality of Black Bengal goats (BBGs) under semi-intensive system reared by moderate and ultra poor households in Bangladesh during the period from February 2008 to July 2009. A total of 168 female goats and 9 bucks were recorded from two types of households of which 125 goats were i...

Effects of rice straw particle size and physically effective neutral detergent fiber (peNDF) on particle size distribution of different digestive tract, nitrogen (N) metabolism, blood biochemical parameters, microbial amino acid (AA) composition and intestinal AA digestibility in goats were investigated. A 4 × 4 Latin square design was employed using four mature Liuyang black goats fitted with ...

From 1997 to 2000, Mycobacterium tuberculosis was diagnosed in two Asian elephants (Elephas maximus), three Rocky Mountain goats (Oreamnos americanus), and one black rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis) in the Los Angeles Zoo. DNA fingerprint patterns suggested recent transmission. An investigation found no active cases of tuberculosis in humans; however, tuberculin skin-test conversions in humans wer...

BACKGROUND The zoonotic Orf virus (ORFV; genus Parapoxvirus, Poxviridae family) occurs worldwide and is transmitted between sheep and goats, wildlife and man. Archived tissue samples from 16 Alaskan wildlife cases, representing mountain goat (Oreamnos americanus, n = 8), Dall's sheep (Ovis dalli dalli, n = 3), muskox (Ovibos moschatus, n = 3), Sitka black-tailed deer (Odocoileus hemionus sitken...

Case Description- A two- year-old female goat with a dark mass on the left hoof was referred to veterinary clinic of Shahid Bahonar University of Kerman.Clinical Findings- A large black and hemorrhagic tumor-like tissue was observed on the left hoof. The epidermis was intact and hairless.Treatment and Outcome- Considering the good body condition of the patient, the mass was removed surgically. ...

Squamous cell carcinoma of the perineal region of goats is described for the first time in Botswana. The tumour was irregularly shaped, cauliflower-like and ulcerated. The exposed surface had an unpleasant smell and was covered by a black keratinous exudate. Histopathologically the lesions were compatible with previous descriptions.

The objective of this experiment was to determine the effect of a 5-day progesterone priming prior to a GnRH-PGF2alpha treatment on reproductive performance of anestrous goats. Thirty-six Mountain Black goats were randomly assigned in a 2 x 2 factorial arrangement and were administered intravaginally on day -12, either with 300 mg progesterone inserts (CGPE and CGP) or with 0 mg progesterone (G...

Small-interfering RNAs regulate gene expression by affecting chromatin structure, transcription, translation, and RNA stability. In a recent report in Genes & Development, El-Shami et al. (2007) show that in plants, Argonaute 4-which is involved in RNA-directed DNA methylation-directly associates with RNA polymerase IVb through a repeat motif, establishing an intimate molecular link between RNA...

Tareq M. Al-shami, Hariwan Z. Ibrahim, Abdelwaheb Mhemdi, and Radwan Abu-Gdairi. International Journal of Fuzzy Logic Intelligent Systems 2022;22:350-65. https://doi.org/10.5391/IJFIS.2022.22.4.350