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... the lion roars vultures off tree tops of Sahiwal, Sports in Brief, Rackets Ellis is first Haileyburian ...
1977 - Gale Group | TDA
In both Sahiwals and Jerseys, mean hair length and diameter increased posteriorly. The length/diameter ratio, and diameters of non-medullated ... medullated hairs. Jerseys had greater hair length than Sahiwals at all positions (average + 80%) though in the majority of positions Sahiwals had a greater hair diameter than Jerseys (average + ... hair diameter within positions was slightly greater in Sahiwals, but differences between positions in the variability of ... Jerseys had greater hair length/diameter ratios than Sahiwals (average + 90%). In the majority of positions, Jerseys ...
Tópico(s): Animal Diversity and Health Studies
1964 - CSIRO Publishing | Australian Journal of Agricultural Research
Summary Two groups of Sahiwal cattle, one shown to have had no previous contact with B. bigemina and the other group previously premunized against Babesiosis, ... Charolais cattle. From this it was concluded that Sahiwal cattle possess high innate resistance to B. bigemina. 14 splenectomized Sahiwal cattle proved highly susceptible to B. bigemina infection, ... and challenge. Zusammenfassung Empfänglichkeit von nichtsplenektomierten und splenektomierten Sahiwal‐Rindern gegenüber einer experimentellen Babesia‐bigemina‐Infektion Zwei ...
Tópico(s): T-cell and Retrovirus Studies
1973 - Wiley | Zentralblatt für Veterinärmedizin Reihe B
Faiz‐ul Hassan, Muhammad Saqib Khan, Muhammad Saif-ur Rehman, M. Sarwar, Shaukat Ali Bhatti,
... documented in Nili-Ravi buffaloes and compared with Sahiwal cattle and Sahiwal (x Friesian or Jersey) crossbreds. Lactation records of ... 22,499 and 656 of Nili-Ravi buffaloes, Sahiwal and crossbred cattle in Punjab province of Pakistan ... in first and later parity was different in Sahiwal cows but similar in buffaloes and crossbreds. Calving frequency was highest in January (13.2%) for Sahiwal and in August for buffaloes (17.8%) and ... 2%). Lowest calvings were recorded in October for Sahiwal (5.2%) and in April for buffaloes (2. ...
Tópico(s): Agricultural Economics and Practices
2007 - Taylor & Francis | Italian Journal of Animal Science
Rajib Deb, Basavaraj Sajjanar, Umesh Singh, Sushil Kumar, Rani Singh, Gyanendra Singh Sengar, Arjava Sharma,
... profile of heat shock protein 90 (Hsp90) among Sahiwal (Bos indicus) and Frieswal (Bos indicus × Bos taurus) ... comparative studies on Hsp90 expression among Frieswal and Sahiwal under in vitro and environmental heat stress. Measured ... mRNA was significantly (P<0.05) higher in Sahiwal compared to those in Frieswal. In later intervals ... showing significantly (P<0.05) higher levels in Sahiwal compared to those in Frieswal. The second sets ... cows consistently recorded higher rectal temperatures than the Sahiwal breed. Further during this peak summer stress, Sahiwal ...
Tópico(s): Meat and Animal Product Quality
2013 - Elsevier BV | Gene
Jitender Kumar, Arun Kumar Madan, Muneender Kumar, Rajneesh Sirohi, Brijesh Yadav, A. Vidyasagar Reddy, Dilip Kumar Swain,
... mobilization and biomarkers of stress in Hariana and Sahiwal cows. Twelve lactating cows (six of each Hariana and Sahiwal cows) were included in summer (May to July) ... variation exerts no effect on antioxidant activity in Sahiwal. Blood NEFA concentration was similar among both the ... higher (p < 0.05) in Hariana cows than Sahiwal cows during winters, however, no effect on BHBA ... 0.05) was found during winter season in Sahiwal as well as Hariana cows. Further, Sahiwal exhibited lower plasma cortisol as compared to Hariana ...
Tópico(s): Animal Behavior and Welfare Studies
2017 - Taylor & Francis | Biological Rhythm Research
Data on pedigree Boran and pedigree Sahiwal cattle from one herd in the Rift Valley Province of Kenya were analyzed for the following characters: age at first calving, calving ... first calving, weaning weight and calf survival. The Sahiwal cows had a shorter (P<.01) calving interval ... cows, even though some milk was extracted from Sahiwal cows to provide for domestic consumption. Boran heifers ... higher (P<.01) adjusted 660-day weights than Sahiwal heifers. A sample of mature cows of the ... are likely to be heavier at maturity than Sahiwal cows. When the Sahiwal cows were credited with ...
Tópico(s): Livestock Management and Performance Improvement
1981 - Oxford University Press | Journal of Animal Science
Satyanarayana Rachagani, I. D. Gupta, Neelam Gupta, SC Gupta,
... analysis in two indigenous Bos indicus breeds viz. Sahiwal and Tharparkar cattle. DNA samples (228 in Sahiwal and 86 in Tharparkar) were analyzed for allelic ... higher frequency than the allele A in both Sahiwal and Tharparkar breeds. The genotypic frequencies of AA, AB, and BB in Sahiwal and Tharparkar breeds were 0.031, 0.276, ... 83, and 0.39 and 0.61 in Sahiwal and Tharparkar breeds respectively. The Chi-square test ... as, the results are not significant for the Sahiwal population. Conclusion Genotype frequencies of AA were the ...
Tópico(s): Animal Diversity and Health Studies
2006 - BioMed Central | BMC Genomic Data
Elizabeth Glass, Patricia Preston‐Ferrer, Anthea Springbett, Susan Craigmile, Erol Kirvar, Gwen Wilkie, C.G.D. Brown,
... need to be identified. The Bos indicus breed, Sahiwal, has been exploited in dairy breeding programmes, because ... tropical regions. The analyses reported here show that Sahiwal calves were also more resistant than European Bos ... infection with T. annulata sporozoites, a group of Sahiwal calves all survived without treatment, with significantly lower ... calves, which all had severe responses. Although the Sahiwals became as anaemic as the Holsteins, other measures ... glycoprotein and haptoglobin, were significantly less in the Sahiwals than in the Holsteins (P<0.05). Additionally, ...
Tópico(s): Food Allergy and Anaphylaxis Research
2005 - Elsevier BV | International Journal for Parasitology
Rakesh Kumar, I. D. Gupta, Archana Verma, Nishant Verma, M. R. Vineeth,
... respiration rate (RR) and rectal temperature (RT) in Sahiwal cows. Materials and Methods:The present study was carried out in Sahiwal cows (n=100) with the objectives to identify ... SNPs in exon 3 of HSP90AA1 gene in Sahiwal cows.Gene and genotype frequencies of different genotypes ... covering exon 3 region of HSP90AA1 gene in Sahiwal cows.On the basis of comparative sequence analysis of Sahiwal samples (n=100), transitional mutations were detected at ... gene with heat tolerance trait was found in Sahiwal cattle.The homozygotic animals with AA genotype had ...
Tópico(s): Thermoregulation and physiological responses
2015 - Veterinary World | Veterinary World
Sushil Kumar, Ram Vir Singh, Anuj Chauhan,
... the present investigation Vrindavani cross bred and indigenous Sahiwal cows were genotyped for A1/ A2 b-casein ... cattle which comprises of 354 Vrindavani and 306 Sahiwal cows. Out of them 354 Vrindavani cows were ... Cattle and Buffalo Farm, IVRI, Izatnagar and 306 Sahiwal cows under study were maintained at Kamdhenu Gaushala, ... and 0.65 respectively in Vrindavani cows. In Sahiwal cows, only two types of genotypes were observed ... genotypes were 0.13 and 0.87 in Sahiwal cattle. The allelic frequencies for A1 and A2 ...
Tópico(s): Animal Diversity and Health Studies
2018 - Agricultural Research Communication Centre | Indian Journal of Animal Research
K. E. Gregory, Gerald M. Smith, L. V. Cundiff, R. M. Koch, D. B. Laster,
... and Angus dams and by Hereford, Angus, Brahman, Sahiwal, Pinzgauer and Tarentaise sires. Angus dams were superior ( ... differed significantly from each other in gestation length; Sahiwal crosses had the longest (294.2 days) and ... higher percentage calf crop weaned than Brahman and Sahiwal crosses. Differences in percentage calf crop weaned were ... 4 kg) crosses. All sire breed groups except Sahiwal and Tarentaise crosses differend significantly from each other ... all other breed of sire groups except Tarentaise. Sahiwal and Hereford-Angus crosses were similar (P>.05) ...
Tópico(s): Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock
1979 - Oxford University Press | Journal of Animal Science
B. K. Joshi, Amit Kumar Singh, R. S. Gandhi,
Summary The Sahiwal cattle, one of the best dairy breeds of Zebu cattle in India and Pakistan, originate from the Montgomery ... East African Zebu types to improve milk production. Sahiwal cattle have deep body, loose skin, short legs, ... the country. The average lactation milk yield of Sahiwal cattle on organized farms ranges between 1 500 ... respectively. Quite a large proportion of pure-bred Sahiwal cattle maintained on organized breeding farms has been ... JH), Australian Milking Zebu (AMZ) and Australian Friesian Sahiwal (AFS) in other countries. Currently, efforts are being ...
Tópico(s): Agricultural Economics and Practices
2001 - Cambridge University Press | Animal Genetic Resources Information
... lactation period and milk yield, were conducted in Sahiwal (Bos indicus, n = 10, 444±64.8 kg, ... p<0.01). The SR was highest in Sahiwal (595 g/m2/h) compared to HF100% (227 ... HF100% (48 bpm) and HF50% (42 bpm) than Sahiwal (25 bpm) (p 0.05) but did change ... 5% (37.1°C; 37.9°C) than Sahiwal (34.8°C; 34.8°C) (p<0. ... than HF50% (23 kg) which were higher than Sahiwal (18 kg) while the peak period of lactation ... and HF50% (32 kg) which was higher than Sahiwal (26 kg) (p<0.05). In conclusion, sweating ... main vehicle for dissipating excess body heat for Sahiwal, HF and crossbreds, respectively. The THI at 76 ...
Tópico(s): Animal Behavior and Welfare Studies
2015 - Asian-Australasian Association of Animal Production Societies | Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
Rakesh Kumar, I.D. Gupta, Archana Verma, Nishant Verma, M. R. Vineeth,
... translate. The present study was carried out in Sahiwal cows (n=100) with the objectives to identify ... analyze their association with heat tolerance traits in Sahiwal cows. Respiration rate (RR) and rectal temperature (RT) ... found significantly associated with heat tolerance traits in Sahiwal cows. Whereas, THI has a highly significant associated ... in all the seasons. At A1209G locus in Sahiwal cows for traits RR, genotype AA (18.40± ... differ with each other. Our study indicated that Sahiwal cows of AA and AC genotype had better ...
Tópico(s): Heat Transfer Mechanisms
2015 - Agricultural Research Communication Centre | Indian Journal of Animal Research
Prava Mayengbam, T. C. Tolenkhomba, R. C. Upadhyay,
... of heat-shock protein 72 (HSP72) mRNA of Sahiwal and Karan-Fries (KF) cattle in different THIs. ... expression increased during cold stress in P1 in Sahiwal and heat stress in P4 and P5 in both Sahiwal and KF.Sahiwal maintained increased HSP72 mRNA expression longer than KF ... high THI in summer increased HSP72 mRNA of Sahiwal and KF without significant change in HRV.Thermotolerance of Sahiwal could be due to the maintenance of higher ...
Tópico(s): Thermoregulation and physiological responses
2016 - Veterinary World | Veterinary World
W.B. Muhuyi, I. Lokwaleput, S. N. Ole Sinkeet,
Summary Sahiwal cattle are indigenous to Pakistan and India, and were imported to Kenya in 1930 s and 1940 ... of the country. Conservation efforts include keeping of Sahiwal herds on state farms, individual ranches and the establishment of the Sahiwal semen bank at the Central Artificial Insemination Station at Kabete near Nairobi. Breeding of the Sahiwal has been promoted by the formation of the Sahiwal Breeders Society which has established breed standards for registration of Sahiwal cattle with the Kenya Stud Book.
Tópico(s): Livestock Management and Performance Improvement
1999 - Cambridge University Press | Animal Genetic Resources Information
Lalrengpuii Sailo, ID Gupta, Ramendra Das, M. V. Chaudhari,
... responses. A total of 100 cows including 50 Sahiwal and 50 Karan Fries cows were selected from ... were observed in RR, RT and HTC of Sahiwal and Karan Fries cattle in different seasons. In Sahiwal cows RT (°C) during winter, spring and summer ... and summer respectively. RR (breaths min-1) in Sahiwal cows during winter, spring and summer were 15. ... during summer compared to other seasons in both Sahiwal and Karan Fries cattle. It was observed that Sahiwal cows are less sensitive and are better able ...
Tópico(s): Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock
2017 - Academic Journals | International Journal of Livestock Research
R. G. Holroyd, TA James, VJ Doogan, Geoffry Fordyce, R Tyler, PK O'Rourke,
... 1/2 Brahman (1/2 B), 1/2 Sahiwal (1/2 Sah), 3/4 Brahman (3/4 B) and 3/4 Sahiwal (3/4 Sah) were evaluated in the dry ... pregnancy rate and weaning rate was higher in Sahiwal cross than Brahman cross cows (19 v. 9%). ... indicus cows. Generally Brahman crosses were heavier than Sahiwal crosses. In the dry season, Brahman crosses were 16, 30, 36 and 43 kg heavier than Sahiwal crosses for 2-year-old heifers and 3-, ...
Tópico(s): Livestock Management and Performance Improvement
1990 - CSIRO Publishing | Australian Journal of Experimental Agriculture
Summary Records of Sahiwal cows kept at Kenya's National Sahiwal Stud (NSS) covering the period 1963 through 1988 were used to estimate ... Zusammenfassung Bewertung eines langfristigen Zuchtprogramms an einer geschlossenen Sahiwal‐Herde in Kenia. II. Genetische und phänotypische Veränderungen und Inzuchtniveau Leistungsabschlüsse der Sahiwal‐Kühe des Nationalen Sahiwal Stud, Kenya (NSS) von 1962/3 bis 1988 ...
Tópico(s): Reproductive Physiology in Livestock
1992 - Wiley | Journal of Animal Breeding and Genetics
J.E.O. Rege, M. A. Lomole, JW Wakhungu,
... period 1964 through 1986 obtained from the Kenya Sahiwal Stud were used to estimate genetic parameters of reproductive and production traits. The average Sahiwal cow produced 1663 kg of milk in 305d ... Zusammenfassung Bewertung eines langfristigen Zuchtprogramms in einer geschlossenen Sahiwal‐Herde in Kenia. I. Wirkungen nicht‐genetischer Faktoren ... genetischer Parameter Leistungsdaten, die 1960–1986 im Kenya Sahiwal Stud erhoben worden waren, wurden zur Schätzung genetischer Parameter für Reproduktions‐ und Leistungsmerkmale verwendet. Die durchschnittliche Sahiwal Kuh produzierte 1663 kg Milch in 305 Tagen ...
Tópico(s): Livestock Management and Performance Improvement
1992 - Wiley | Journal of Animal Breeding and Genetics
Satyanarayana Rachagani, I. D. Gupta,
... length polymorphism (PCR-RFLP) analysis in the indigenous Sahiwal and Tharparkar cattle breeds. DNA samples (252 Sahiwal and 56 Tharparkar) were analyzed for allelic variants ... a higher frequency than allele B, in both Sahiwal and Tharparkar breeds. The genotypic frequencies of AA, AB, and BB in the Sahiwal and Tharparkar breeds were 0.758, 0.230 ... frequencies of alleles A and B in the Sahiwal and Tharparkar breeds were 0.873 and 0. ... SNF) yield, and monthly protein yield, in the Sahiwal cattle.
Tópico(s): Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock
2008 - Brazilian Society of Genetics | Genetics and Molecular Biology
E. D. Ilatsia, Regina Roessler, A.K. Kahi, Hans‐Peter Piepho, A. Valle Zárate,
The Sahiwal cattle breeding program in Kenya has been operational on an interim basis for over 45 years. However, ... economic success of the current basic and alternative Sahiwal cattle breeding programs in Kenya. The breeding programs ... purebreeding (CNPURE) and a crossbreeding system (CNCROSS) involving Sahiwal sires and East African Zebu dams. An open nucleus with a certain proportion of pastoral-born Sahiwal bulls introduced into the nucleus herds to produce ... exploitation of trade-offs that exist between the Sahiwal and the locally better adapted East African Zebu, ...
Tópico(s): Livestock and Poultry Management
2011 - CSIRO Publishing | Animal Production Science
Dilip Kumar Mandal, S. Tyagi, Arvind Mathur,
Semen characteristics of Sahiwal bulls (5 young; l g0.13, 1335.25p51.00, 2.66p0.07. 52.71p1.31, 70.40p3.91, 4. ... semen characteristics and frozen semen doses production of Sahiwal bulls were significant. In adult bulls, the semen ... significant. On overall basis 77.16% ejaculates in Sahiwal bulls were rejected from frozen semen doses production. ... best period for harvesting of semen doses from Sahiwal bulls was winter followed by summer. For obtaining large number of doses mature (>3 years) Sahiwal bulls might be preferred over young bulls.
Tópico(s): Livestock Management and Performance Improvement
2005 - Indian Council of Agricultural Research | The Indian Journal of Animal Sciences
A. Sigrun Dahlin, U. N. Khan, A. H. Zafar, Muhammad Saleem, M. A. Chaudhry, J. Philipsson,
... to assist conservation and improvement schemes in the Sahiwal breed of cattle in Pakistan. A data set, consisting of records of 244 pure Sahiwal breeding bulls and 5247 cows, the latter representing about 80% of all recorded Sahiwal cows in Pakistan born during a period covering ... population size in a subdata set of recorded Sahiwal cattle from 1980 to 1984 was 1612, whereas ... need for an active conservation programme whereby the Sahiwal subpopulations of India and Kenya also should be ...
Tópico(s): Livestock Management and Performance Improvement
1995 - Cambridge University Press | Animal Science
Mian Muhammad Salman, Muhammad Nawaz, Tahir Yaqub, Muhammad Hassan Mushtaq,
Abstract Background Sahiwal cattle is an indigenous cattle breed of Pakistan and mastitis is one of the major problems faced by Sahiwal cattle which hinders its production potential. The study ... investigate the milk microbiota of healthy and mastitic Sahiwal cattle as part of a multistep project to ... mitigation and control of mastitis. Milk samples of Sahiwal cattle (healthy clinical mastitis and subclinical mastitis) reared ... is concluded that the milk microbiota of healthy sahiwal cattle has higher diversity and dominant taxa in ...
Tópico(s): Gut microbiota and health
2023 - BioMed Central | BMC Microbiology
Satish Kumar Illa, Sabyasachi Mukherjee, Sapna Nath, Anupama Mukherjee,
... that provide clues about the protein-coding regions. Sahiwal is a valuable indicine cattle adapted to tropical ... explore signatures of selection in the genome of Sahiwal cattle using a medium-density genotyping INDUS chip. ... to detect the signatures of selection in the Sahiwal genome. Gene annotations, Quantitative Trait Loci (QTL) enrichment, ... regions associated with economic traits were identified in Sahiwal using single nucleotide polymorphism data and the DCMS ... the underlying mechanism involved in these traits in Sahiwal cattle.
Tópico(s): Meat and Animal Product Quality
2021 - Frontiers Media | Frontiers in Genetics
Destaw Worku, G. R. Gowane, Rani Alex, Pooja Joshi, Archana Verma,
... fat yield (305dSNFY) and lactation length (LL) in Sahiwal dairy cattle to devise a promising improvement strategy. ... of milk production traits were estimated from 935 Sahiwal cattle population (1979–2019) reared at National Dairy ... promoter region of SIRT1 gene were identified in Sahiwal cattle population. Five of these identified SNPs were ... could conclude that optimum strategy to improve the Sahiwal cattle further would be selecting the animals based ... Taken together, a 2-stage selection approach, select Sahiwal animals early for the SNP and then on ...
Tópico(s): Research in Cotton Cultivation
2022 - Public Library of Science | PLoS ONE
K. E. Gregory, D. B. Laster, L. V. Cundiff, Gerald M. Smith, R. M. Koch,
... Hereford and Angus dams by Hereford, Angus, Brahman, Sahiwal, Pinzgauer and Tarentaise sires. Brahman crosses were heaviest ( ... at 200 and at 550 days. Brahman and Sahiwal crosses gained at a slower rate than Angus- ... gained significantly faster than all other crosses and Sahiwal crosses gained significantly faster than Angus-Hereford, Pinzgauer ... all other breed of sire groups at puberty. Sahiwal crosses were older (P<.01) than all remaining ... puberty. A significantly higher percentage of Brahman (93%), Sahiwal (98%) and Pinzgauer (94%) crosses, but not Tarentaise ...
Tópico(s): Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock
1979 - Oxford University Press | Journal of Animal Science
K. E. Gregory, J. C. M. Trail,
... breeding groups of cattle that were either 67% Sahiwal-33% Ayrshire or 33% Sahiwal-67% Ayrshire produced in a continuous two-breed ... to 90 kg, and calf survival.The 33% Sahiwal-67% Ayrshire breeding group had a significant advantage over the 67% Sahiwal-33% Ayrshire breeding group in all characters except ...
Tópico(s): Agriculture and Rural Development Research
1981 - Elsevier BV | Journal of Dairy Science