reproduction in domestic animals, as a major source of food and other products for human, has greatimportance and study of related subjects including sex differentiation and gonadogenesis during fetal life can solve many questions on normal development and various disorders of urogenital system. since studies on sex differentiation in goat fetus are scarce, this study was performed. twenty-five...

Reproduction in domestic animals, as a major source of food and other products for human, has greatimportance and study of related subjects including sex differentiation and gonadogenesis during fetal life can solve many questions on normal development and various disorders of urogenital system. Since studies on sex differentiation in goat fetus are scarce, this study was performed. Twenty-five...

Brucella spp. are facultative intracellular bacterial pathogens causing the zoonotic disease brucellosis. Here, we report the draft genome sequence of the Brucella melitensis strain from India designated Bm IND1, isolated from stomach contents of an aborted goat fetus.

A West African dwarf goat was presented to the Veterinary Teaching Hospital, University of Nigeria with primary complaint swollen abdomen and straining. Upon examination, observed be enlarged a fetus can felt on abdominal ballottement. Presence hernia ring confirmed caudal ventral area before umblicus. Caesarean section consequent herniorrhaphy adopted correct thehernia. Three kid goats were de...

Given the difficulty of applying gene knockout technology to species other than mice, we decided to explore the utility of RNA interference (RNAi) in silencing the expression of genes in livestock. Short hairpin RNAs (shRNAs) were designed and screened for their ability to suppress the expression of caprine and bovine prion protein (PrP). Lentiviral vectors were used to deliver a transgene expr...

The localizations of steroidogenic enzymes (P450scc, 3 beta HSD, P450c17 and P450arom) in testes of Shiba goats were investigated by immunohistochemistry. P450scc, 3 beta HSD, P450c17 and P450arom were detected in all Leydig cells of adults. P450scc and P450c17 were observed in most Leydig cells in the fetus (90 days) and neonate (15 days). 3 beta HSD and P450arom were found in some Leydig cell...

Fetal endocrinological responses to chronic hypoxemia are useful in elucidating the process of growth restriction at earlier stages of fetal development. The purpose of this study was to observe endocrinological responses to prolonged (24-h) non-acidemic hypoxemia in preterm goat fetuses. Fetal hormonal changes were examined in chronically instrumented goat fetuses at gestational day 96-102 (0....

Oxygen dissociation curves of maternal and fetal bloods prepared in vitro have been described in several species including the goat.' The use of recent polarographic methods for measuring oxygen tension in blood avoids any possible alteration in oxygen affinity of the blood during equilibration in tonometers and could theoretically result in more accurate maternal and fetal oxygen dissociation ...