Disease relevance of Buffaloes

• Four female cattle and three male African buffalo (Syncerus caffer) which were free of foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) virus were held together on an island in Lake Kariba, Zimbabwe. The buffalo were experimentally infected with FMD virus type SAT2, developed generalised disease and became virus carriers [1].
• The study describes the characterization of Interleukin-6 cDNA and essential promoter sequences of the Indian Water Buffalo (Bubalus bubalis) and expression of the recombinant IL-6 in Escherichia coli [2].
• Studies on activation and levels of haemolytic complement of buffalo (Bubalus bubalis). III. C3 haemolytic activity in health and chronic disease [3].
• Effects of cholinesterase reactivators and atropine on fenitrothion-induced hypothermia in Bubalus bubalis [4].
• Therapeutic efficacy of oxime reactivators in fenitrothion toxicity in buffalo calves (Bubalus bubalis) [5].

High impact information on Buffaloes

• In this paper we report the determination of two pancreatic and one seminal-type ribonuclease gene sequences of swamp-type water buffalo (Bubalus bubalis) [6].
• These data indicate the neurophysin is present in the mature corpus luteum of the nonpregnant water buffalo as it is in other nonpregnant ruminants, the ewe and cow [7].
• The differentiation among mozzarella made from water buffalo milk and from mixtures of less expensive bovine and, more recently, ewe milk with water buffalo milk is achieved using whey proteins, alpha-lactalbumin and beta-lactoglobulins as molecular markers [8].
• Synthesis of ascorbate and urate in the ovary of water buffalo [9].
• COII data also supported a close relationship between African (Syncerus) and Asian (bubalus) buffaloes, the monophyly of the tribe Bovini, and a sister-group relationship between the tribes Bovini and Boselaphini [10].

Chemical compound and disease context of Buffaloes

• Radioimmunoassay of progesterone in uterine flushings of buffalo (Bubalus bubalis) [11].
• CONCLUSION: The hyperglycemia, high insulin, and protracted glucose and insulin curves, the initial decrease in the insulin/glucose ratio indicates that there was an unexpected glucose tolerance to acute intravenous glucose loading in water buffalo compared with other ruminants [12].
• Subacute toxicity of monocrotophos and its influence on circulating enzymes of Bubalus bubalis [13].
• Serological diagnosis of brucellosis in water buffaloes (Bubalus bubalis): comparison among complement fixation, serum agglutination and rose bengal plate test [14].
• Effects of repeated topical application of dichlorvos on blood enzymes and its toxicity in buffalo calves (Bubalus bubalis) [15].

Biological context of Buffaloes

• Seasonal variations in oestradiol-17 beta and luteinizing hormone in the blood of buffalo cows (Bubalus bubalis) [16].
• Estrus induction following PGF2alpha treatment in the superovulated buffalo (Bubalus bubalis) [17].
• While alpha(s1)-casein phenotypes were constituted by a mixture of at least seven molecular forms in ovine and caprine species, there were only two forms in bovine and water buffalo species [18].
• Changes in peripheral plasma concentrations of progesterone, estradiol-17 beta, and luteinizing hormone during pregnancy and around parturition in the buffalo (Bubalus bubalis) [19].
• Glutathione synthesis during in vitro maturation of buffalo (Bubalus bubalis) oocytes: effects of cysteamine on embryo development [20].

Anatomical context of Buffaloes

• A new technique for the precise location of lactate and malate dehydrogenases in goat, boar and water buffalo spermatozoa using gel incubation film [21].
• Purification of glucose 6-phosphate dehydrogenase from Buffalo (Bubalus bubalis) erythrocytes and investigation of some kinetic properties [22].
• The electrophoretic fractionation of the various compounds of the soluble proteins in the cyst wall (CW), cyst fluid (CF) and zoites (ZT) of the sarcocyst of Sarcocystis fusiformis from buffalo (Bubalus bubalis) was studied by polyacrylamide disc gel electrophoresis [23].
• The effect of different doses of gonadorelin on ovarian follicle dynamics in river buffalo (Bubalus bubalis) [24].
• Production of progesterone induced by follicle-stimulating hormone by buffalo (Bubalus bubalis) granulosa cells in vitro [25].

Associations of Buffaloes with chemical compounds

• Seasonal changes in plasma progesterone concentrations in buffalo cows (Bubalus bubalis) [26].
• Plasma concentrations of LH, progesterone and oestradiol during the oestrous cycle in swamp buffaloes (Bubalus bubalis) [27].
• Polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis of the two digenetic trematodes, Gigantocotyle explanatum from the liver and Gastrothylax crumenifer from the rumen of the water buffalo, Bubalus bubalis revealed the presence of at least six and seven isoenzymes of lactate dehydrogenase (LDH), respectively in a partially purified enzyme preparation [28].
• Effect of different seasons on concentration of plasma luteinizing hormone and seminal quality vis-à-vis freezability of buffalo bulls (Bubalus bubalis) [29].
• Reversal of sedative and clinicophysiological effects of epidural xylazine and detomidine with atipamezole and yohimbine in buffaloes (Bubalus bubalis) [30].

Gene context of Buffaloes

• A 4400-bp genomic sequence and a 332-bp truncated cDNA sequence of the interleukin-2 (IL-2) gene of Indian water buffalo (Bubalus bubalis) were amplified by polymerase chain reaction and cloned [31].
• Phylogenetic relationship among all living species of the genus Bubalus based on DNA sequences of the cytochrome b gene [32].
• The other four IFN-a genes, cloned from wild yak and HuanHu domestic yak, FuAn water buffalo, and FuZhong water buffalo, represented four new subtypes, namely, BoIFN-aI, BoIFN-aJ, BuIFN-a1, and BuIFN-a2, respectively [33].
• We screened 57 Sahiwal cattle (Bos indicus) and 53 Murrah, 19 Nili-Ravi and 11 Egyptian buffaloes (Bubalus bubalis) to detect the polymorphisms at kappa-casein (CSN3) gene using the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) [34].
• Vitiligo in two water buffaloes: histological, histochemical, and ultrastructural investigations [35].

Analytical, diagnostic and therapeutic context of Buffaloes

• Use of monoclonal antibodies for radioimmunoassay of water buffalo milk progesterone [36].
• After treatment of the water buffaloes with diminazene aceturate, the PCR signal disappeared within 24h [37].
• Using rectal palpation and laparoscopy, the relationship of ovarian contents to plasma progesterone concentration during the oestrous cycle, early pregnancy and post partum periods in the swamp buffalo (Bubalus bubalis) was studied [38].
• The cDNA for Bubalus bubalis growth hormone (GH) has been cloned and sequence determined through RT-PCR approach [39].
• The rose bengal and complement fixation tests were successfully applied to buffalo (Syncerus caffer) sera [40].

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