India possesses a total buffalo population of 105 million out of which 26.1% inhabit Uttar Pradesh. The buffalo of Uttar Pradesh are described as nondescript or local buffaloes. Currently, there is no report about the genetic diversity, phylogenetic relationship and matrilineal genetic structure of these buffaloes. To determine the origin and genetic diversity of UP buffaloes, we sequenced and ...

OBJECTIVE The present study was conducted to investigate the seroprevalence of Toxoplasma gondii infection in water buffaloes. METHODS The research was conducted on 131 water buffaloes from Samsun and Afyon provinces. Serum samples of buffaloes were tested for toxoplasmosis with the Sabin Feldman Dye Test (SFDT), using live tachyzoites and methylene-blue dye. RESULTS 87.79% of buffaloes had...

Enrofloxacin (ENR) is a broad-spectrum fluoroquinolone antibiotic widely used in both human medicine and veterinary medicine. In this study, the milk-excretion patterns of ENR its metabolite ciprofloxacin (CIP) were determined up to 10th milking following intramuscular administration (2.5mg/kg body weight) lactating dairy buffaloes. The milk each animal was collected concentrations CIP detected...

Effect of free gossypol present in the cottonseed cakes was investigated using 12, Nili-Ravi dairy buffaloes randomly assigned to two equal groups i.e., A and B. Buffaloes in group. A were fed control ration and buffaloes in group B were fed cottonseed cake ration containing 5.88g free gossypol. Non­ significant differences were found between control and treated buffaloes in respect of occurren...

Seroprevalence of brucellosis in 1473 cattle and 481 buffaloes from various Government and 286 cattle and 223 buffaloes from different private livestock farms was carried out by performing Rose Bengal plate test (RBPT) and serum agglutination test (SAT). RBPT recorded the seroprevalence as 14.70% in cattle and 15.38% in buffaloes at Government and 18.53% in cattle and 35.40% in buffaloes at var...

BACKGROUND There is a little or no data available on the natural Babesia bovis (B. bovis) infection in water buffaloes (Bubalus bubalis) comparing to the available one for cattle. This study was conducted to investigate the natural B. bovis infection in water buffaloes in comparison to crossbred cattle under field conditions in Egypt. METHODS A total of 35 buffaloes and cattle were clinically...

BACKGROUND Infection with Toxoplasma gondii in water buffaloes (Bubalus bubalis) is of epidemiological importance because of the risk for transmission to humans. We sought to determine the seroprevalence of T. gondii infection in 339 water buffaloes in Veracruz State, Mexico using the modified agglutination test (MAT, cut off 1:25). Seroprevalence association with general characteristics of buf...

A study was conducted to determine the variations in concentrations of blood glucose, total protein, cholesterol and blood urea nitrogen (BUN) in buffaloes (n=30) suffering from foreign body syndrome. These animals were subdivided into two groups showing traumatic reticuloperitonitis (TRP, n=20) and diaphragmatic hernia (DH, n=10). Six healthy female buffaloes of same age group were considered ...