Cattle
Use of Synthetic Estrogen Diethylstilbestrol in Cow
Diethylstilbestrol is a synthetic estrogen had been used for removal of placenta, after delivery in humans long before 1970. It has been excessively used. However, it had been observed that this synthetic hormone is responsible for caner of humans. So it is banned long before. It also had been used in dairy animals for induction…
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Red Water Disease in Cow
It is a disease of Cattle known as red water disease, it is causing great losses in all breeds of cows and buffalo. Symptoms High temperature, red urine, and anemia, and jaundice, and if not treated initially then the animal may die. This disease does not affect young animals of 6-9 months of age. This…
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Microscopic Slides of Babesia bovis and Babesia bigemina
Babesia bovis Babesia bigemina Life Cycle
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History of Babesia
In 1888 Victor Babeș first identified the causative agent in Romania and believed it to be due to the bacterium he named Haematococcus bovis. He documented the disease by describing signs of a severe hemolytic illness seen uniquely in cattle and sheep. In 1893, Americans Theobald Smith and Fred Kilborne identified the parasite as the…
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EMERGING COW BREEDS
Emerging Cow Breeds Since from the early 70s crossbreeding with different exotic breeds of European and North American region had been introduced for the boosting up the milk production of the country. Crossbreeding has been done to produce milk and bullocks. With the mechanization of farming and better means of communication and sale of milk…
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DIFFERENCE B/W CHEESE AND PANEER
In tropics where the atmos temperature is around 30, mesophilic range, milk is preserved as paneer. For making paneer milk is heated above 80°C and pH of milk is made acidic by adding citric acid or lemon, initially the water separated after making paneer is used, by changing pH the protein coagulates and the coagulant…
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HOLSTEIN & JERSEY VS. BUFFALO
At present very good quality buffalo and Holstein Friesian and Jersey cows are available within the country. The lactation yield of good buffaloes are producing 6000 litres per lactation that are in 305 days. The good Holstein cows are producing 8000 litres of milk in 305 days. The fat content in the buffalo milk is…
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In Vitro Fertilization (IVF) in Cattle
IVF in Cattle We need 15 million spermatozoa for 1 artificial insemination. For the production of the female calf, the X and Y chromosomes are separated and the x sperms are used for the production of female calves. The technique used for the separation of semen can separate only 4 million spermatozoa. These 4 million spermatozoa…
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Multiple Ovulation and Embryo Transfer in Cattle
Multiple Ovulation and Embryo Transfer in Cattle Form high milk-producing cow in a lifetime calving get 5 or 6 calves. At the onset of estrus or heat cycle under the influence of follicular stimulating hormone, only one ovum is mature, as such the cow gives one calf. However, if a higher dose of FSH (Follicular…
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WHAT ARE THE PROGENY TESTED BULLS
Progeny Tested Bulls If I am intelligent then it is not necessary that my son will be intelligent. Or I may not be intelligent, but my son might be very intelligent. It proves that intelligence is not inherited, the same is the case in the milk trait. It is not necessary that if the cow…
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