The study was carried out with the interest of investigate beef cattle production system. A baseline survey conducted on in Bangladesh from two districts each division. to up-date knowledge state fatteners their own environment. findings revealed that major (90%) Rajshahi division started fattening using money, followed by 50%, 40%, 50% and 55% Dhaka, Khulna, Barishal, Chattogram, Sylhet Rangpu...

Oxytetracycline is used to treat various diseases in cattle. However, its use may be associated with unacceptable residue levels in food. Oxytetracycline residues in tissues from indigenous cattle were determined in a cross-sectional study conducted in the Kilosa district, Tanzania, between November 2012 and April 2013. A total of 60 tissue samples, including muscle, liver and kidney, were coll...

Zebu breeds of cattle from southern part of India are well known for their adaptability to extreme climatic conditions, draught efficiency, disease resistance and poor nutritional environment. Selection of appropriate populations for conservation of such genetic resources is needed in view of preventing rapid erosion of animal genetic resources. Estimation of genetic diversity is essential to d...

internationally boarder and Manipur, Assam, and Tripura national boarder. The climate is mild and temperature ranges from 11 to 210 C in winter and 20 to 30oC in summer. Monsoon starts from June and lasts till the month of August. The average rainfall is around 2500mm. Major crops grown in the state are paddy, maize, mustard, sugarcane, sesame, fibber less ginger and potatoes. In the state ther...

Bali cattle still represents 27% of the total cattle population in Indonesia, and it is considered the pillar breed for small farmers. Moreover, it is a breed of evolutionary importance regarding its direct ancestry from Banteng. However, there is a need for the establishment of a rational system for the evaluation of breeding soundness for indigenous Bali bulls to be used as sires for artifici...

Foot and mouth disease (FMD) in cattle is usually clinically obvious in the unvaccinated herds of countries in which the disease occurs only occasionally. However, in vaccinated herds and in some breeds indigenous to areas in which FMD is endemic, the disease may circulate undetected.

Two antigens ('cattle' type and 'Indian Bison' type) of Mycobacterium avium subspecies paratuberculosis were evaluated for diagnosis of Johne's disease (JD) in a gaushala (cattle herd). Of the 160 cows of Sahiwal and Hariana breeds screened, 81 (50.6%) tested positive in ELISA and 66 (41.8%) in AGPT test. Using the two antigens, 33.5% tested positive in both the tests while 41.1% tested negativ...

Indigenous cattle form the backbone of relevant and sustainable livestock production in most of eastern Africa because when compared with their exotic counterparts, they are better adapted to survive and reproduce under the region’s harsh environments. These cattle often possess valuable traits such as disease tolerance/resistance, high fertility, good maternal qualities, longevity, and adaptab...

Hypocalcaemia is a metabolic disease of cattle, goat, sheep, buffalo and birdet hypocalcaemia occurs when the level of Calcium in blood goes to down 10 mg/ dl or less. The study was conducted to estimate the proportionate prevalence of hypocalcaemia in cattle and goat and its animal level distribution at Upazila Veterinary Hospital, Chakaria; Shahedul Alam Quaderi Teaching Veterinary Hospital, ...

BACKGROUND Under nutrition is a health problem in developing countries and the main aim of this study was determine of the nutritional status and some sociodemographic factors among rural under-5-year children in the North of Iran in 2013. METHODS This was a descriptive, cross-sectional study, which carried out on 2530 children (637 = Fars-native, 1002 = Turkman and 891 = Sistani) from 21 vil...