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Risk Factors and Control Strategies for Cattle Tick Infestations in Nigeria: Influence of Acaricide Application Methods, Hand-Picking Frequency, and Herd Mobility in Plateau State

Dec 2025 DOI 10.14302/issn.2690-6759.jpar-25-5576
Biallah Markus BukarCorresponding author

Background Tick infestations severely impair cattle health and productivity in Nigeria through blood loss, hide damage, and transmission of tick-borne pathogens. Objective This study assessed key risk factors influencing tick infestation and evaluated control methods among Fulani pastoral herds in P…

Parasitological Examination of Fecal Samples from Sheep, Goats, and Cattle at the Techiman Slaughterhouse

Feb 2025 DOI 10.14302/issn.2690-6759.jpar-25-5392
Prince Kyere DwaahCorresponding author

This study investigates the parasitological examination of faecal samples collected from sheep, goats, and cattle at the Techiman Slaughterhouse. Initially, 341 samples were collected, which were subsequently sorted to 327 for analysis due to the loss of data for 14 samples. The primary aim was to i…

Assessment of Reproductive Performances and Sex Ratio of Newborn in Cross Breed Dairy Cattle of Hawassa City, Ethiopia

Dec 2023 DOI 10.14302/issn.2575-1212.jvhc-23-4785
Ararsa DugumaCorresponding author

Reproductive performance is an essential trait of cows in dairy cattle. The effect of different factors on reproductive performances and sex ratio difference in dairy cattle were not well documented in Ethiopia. In this research, cross-sectional study was conducted from December 2021 to June 2022 in…

Cytokine Expression in Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cell Cultures Obtained from Cattle with Different Stages of Natural Mycobacterium bovis Infection

Dec 2021 DOI 10.14302/issn.2575-1212.jvhc-21-4034
Fernando Díaz-Otero,Corresponding author CENID-Salud Animal e Inocuidad. Instituto Nacional de Investigaciones Forestales, Agrícolas y Pecuarias (INIFAP). Carretera México-Toluca, Km. 15.5, C.P. 05110, Ciudad de México, México.

In bovine tuberculosis (bTB), cellular, humoral, or both types of immune responses have been observed. The purpose of this study was to examine the immune status of tuberculous cows based on the differential cytokine gene expression associated with Th1 (IFN-γ, IL-2), or Th2 (IL-4, IL-10) responses.…

Incidence of Gastrointestinal Parasites in Zebu and N’dama Breeds from Cattle Ranches in Jos Plateau, Nigeria

Mar 2020 DOI 10.14302/issn.2690-6759.jpar-20-3285
Dogo G. AbrahamCorresponding author

The incidence of gastrointestinal parasites in Zebu and N’dama breeds known to be trypanotolerant cattle from some ranches in Jos Plateau was investigated at the peak of the raining season, August to October, 2018. A total of 150 cattle from some Ranches in Jos Plateau were randomly selected for fae…

Assessing Performance of Cattle Dung and Waste Cooked Foods in Producing Biogas as Single Substrate and Mixed Substrates in Kampala Uganda

Apr 2019 DOI 10.14302/issn.2377-2549.jndc-19-2701
J Mutesasira,Corresponding author External studies department, Institute of distance Education, Makerere University

Biogas is anaerobic degradation product formed from aqueous slurry of organic waste in a digester. It can be produced from cattle dung,(cd)chicken droppings, decaying leaves, kitchen waste foods(kwf), sewage sludge, slaughter house, goat, pig or sheep manure, Aqueous slurry of 200g/L of mixed or sin…

Advanced Virological And Clinicopathological Studies On Cattle Suffering From Foot And Mouth Disease Virus

Sep 2017 DOI 10.14302/issn.2577-137X.ji-17-1736
Samia Ahmed KamalCorresponding author

Some strains of Foot and mouth disease virus (FMDV) are endemic in Egypt. The present study was performed on cattle and buffaloes (ages: 3 months up to 1.5 years old, of years 2015 and 2016), which were suffering foot and mouth disease (FMD). Sera and tissues samples were tested by different techniq…

The Effects of L Carnitine on in Vitro Maturation of Immature Bovine Oocytes

Dec 2025 DOI 10.14302/issn.2575-1212.jvhc-24-4889
Mohammed A ElmetwallyCorresponding author

L-Carnitine (Lc) acts as an antioxidant that neutralizes free radicals, especially superoxide anions and protects cells against oxidative damage-induced apoptosis, as following ovulation, intracellular reactive oxygen species (ROS) accumulation increases in oocytes, Oocytes exhibit an intracellular…

Investigating the Effect of Dopamine on in Vitro Maturation, Fertilization and Development of Immature Bovine Oocytes

Mar 2024 DOI 10.14302/issn.2575-1212.jvhc-24-4888
Mohammed A ElmetwallyCorresponding author

Proteins and other nitrogenous substances such as polyamines, catecholamines, and nitric oxide require amino acids for synthesis. The purpose of this study was to see how adding dopamine to either maturation or fertilization medium affected the developmental competence of immature bovine oocytes. In…

Low Seroprevalence of Brucella Spp. among Remote Colombian Communities from the Sierra Nevada De Santa Marta

Aug 2023 DOI 10.14302/issn.2641-9181.ijnr-23-4658
Regina OakleyCorresponding author

Brucella species cause a high burden of disease globally, infecting both humans and animals; however, One Health has been under-appreciated in Colombia. This study aimed to determine the seroprevalence of Brucella spp. in two remote indigenous communities from the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Colom…

Prevalence and Economic Importance of Bovine Hydatidosis in Animal Slaughtered in Dalomana Municipal Abattoir Southeastern, Ethiopia

Jun 2022 DOI 10.14302/issn.2575-1212.jvhc-22-4054
Sufian Abdo JiloCorresponding author

A cross-sectional study was conducted on bovine hydatidosis from May 2018 to November 2020 with the aims of finding its incidence and economic losses in bovine slaughtered for human consumption in Dalomana municipality abattoir. Usual ante mortem and post-mortem inspection was carried out on overall…

Connecting the use of Biofertilizers on Maize silage or Meadows with Progress in Milk Quality and Economy

Apr 2021 DOI 10.14302/issn.2639-3166.jar-21-3782
Giorgio MasoeroCorresponding author

A systematic use of biofertilizers can improve both the quality of a farming system and the parameters of milk. Some issues related to biofertilization experiments on six farms in the Po Valley (NW Italy) involved in the production of milk from dairy cattle fed maize silage or grazed on hay produced…

Coronavirus: A Practicing Veterinarian Prospective

Jul 2020 DOI 10.14302/issn.2692-1537.ijcv-20-3473
Muhammad Mazhar AyazCorresponding author

COVID19 is posing threat cosmopolitically encompassing more than 200 countries and making threat to entire population globally as pandemic. The cats, dogs and bovine are at threat which are close partner to human population. The veterinarians specially practicing are at risk when they encounter the…

A Study on Contagious Bovine Pleuropneumonia in Khartoum State, Sudan

Aug 2017 DOI 10.14302/issn.2575-1212.jvhc-17-1555
Isam KaramCorresponding author

The study was carried out to investigate the occurrence of contagious bovine pleuropneumonia CBPP in Khartoum state. One-hundred twenty-two pneumonic lung tissue samples were collected from different slaughterhouses (116 samples most of which from local breed cattle) and from the field (six samples…

Assessment of the Immune Response Induced in Neonatal Calves by Vaccination with Mycobacterium Bovis BCG Phipps Under Field Conditions

Aug 2017 DOI 10.14302/issn.2575-1212.jvhc-17-1662
Fernando Díaz OteroCorresponding author

Immunization of cattle with the bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) vaccine, especially neonates, induces protection against Mycobacterium bovis (M. bovis) and has been proposed as a strategy for bovine tuberculosis (bTB) control. Therefore, the aim of this study was to evaluate the immune response induc…

Family with Sequence Similarity 213, Member A is Associated with the Fertility Selection Index in Holsteins

Jul 2016 DOI 10.14302/issn.2576-2818.jfb-16-1035
Mayumi SugimotoCorresponding author

Female fertility is an economically important trait in the dairy industry, and the fertility selection index has been developed as a method of including female fertility in the breeding goals of this industry. This index considers a combination of factors, including days open, number of insemination…

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