Triveni Dutt

Triveni Dutt
Indian Veterinary Research Institute | IVRI · Division of Livestock Production and Management

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Background Litter size in mice is an important fitness and economic feature that is controlled by several genes and influenced by non-genetic factors too. High positive selection pressure in each generation for Litter size at birth (LSB), resulted in the development of high and low prolific lines of inbred Swiss albino mice (SAM). Despite uniform m...
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The piggery sector is one of the most economically significant livestock enterprises in the world, with pork accounting for more than one-fourth of total protein consumed worldwide and around 35% of all meat production. As the demand of animal products increases, pork is expected to continue as one of the main protein sources and pigs as one of the...
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The present study aimed to evaluate the performance of Vrindavani crossbred cattle under field conditions of Uttar Pradesh. The study was conducted in six tehsils of the Bareilly district, involving interviews with 201 respondents and covering a total of 554 animals. Data were collected through a semi-structured interview schedule. A one-way ANOVA...
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Knowledge is one of the fundamental attributes which discerns the course of action in bringing a positive change in one's behaviour. In the context of present study, qualitative gap in knowledge of the dairy farmers for organic (agriculture, household and livestock) waste management was investigated using ex-post facto research design. Multistage r...
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The current investigation was undertaken to elucidate the population-stratifying and ancestry-informative markers in Indian, Chinese, and wild yak populations using whole genome resequencing (WGS) analysis while employing various selection strategies (Delta, Pairwise Wright’s Fixation Index-FST, and Informativeness of Assignment) and marker densiti...
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Livestock plays an essential role in sustaining human livelihoods, offering a diverse range of species integral to food security, economic stability, and cultural traditions. The domestication of livestock, which began over 10,000 years ago, has driven significant genetic changes in species such as cattle, buffaloes, sheep, goats, and pigs. Recent...
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The rate of reproduction and lifetime productivity of the animals determine the success of a herd. As these features significantly impact sow productivity, welfare, and profitability, there is considerable interest in global swine breeding programmes to genetically select better sows for these attributes. In this scenario, reliable heritability est...
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Identifying genomic regions under selection is essential for understanding the genetic mechanisms driving species evolution and adaptation. Traditional methods often fall short in detecting complex, spatially varying selection signals. Recent advances in deep learning, however, present promising new approaches for uncovering subtle selection signal...
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Cattle breed identification is crucial for livestock research and sustainable food systems, and advances in genomics and artificial intelligence present new opportunities to address these challenges. This study investigates the identification of the Tharparkar cattle breed using genomics tools combined with machine learning (ML) techniques. By leve...
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In the present study, the population genomic data of different cattle breeds were explored to decipher the genomic regions affected due to selective events and reflected in the productive, reproductive, thermo-tolerance, and health-related traits. To find out these genomic deviations due to selective sweeps, four statistical tools (Tajima’s D, CLR,...
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Assigning individual animals to their respective breeds, populations or lineages has immense significance in the evolutionary analyses of global cattle populations besides detecting the underlying genetic variation that may likely have facilitated the adaptation of these breeds to diverse environmental conditions. It is also important in discoverin...
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Oral ulcers induce acute weight loss due to anorexia in foot-and-mouth disease virus (FMDV) infected cattle. We hypothesized that providing a palatable form of a therapeutic diet (TD) in different physical forms would increase the feed intake, digestibility and restoration of body weight. A TD was formulated with 19% CP and 2.9 Mcal ME/kg on dry ma...
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This study seeks a comprehensive exploration of genome-wide selective processes impacting morphometric traits across diverse cattle breeds, utilizing an array of statistical methods. Morphometric traits, encompassing both qualitative and quantitative variables, play a pivotal role in characterizing and selecting livestock breeds based on their exte...
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India’s livestock sector has been facing significant losses due to episodes of disease outbreaks since time immemorial. Hence, biosecurity measures are very important to maintain and improve animal health along with prevention of disease outbreak. Keeping these facts into consideration, the study was proposed with an objective to assess the existin...
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Epigenetic variations result from long-term adaptation to environmental factors. The Bos indicus (zebu) adapted to tropical conditions, whereas Bos taurus adapted to temperate conditions; hence native zebu cattle and its crossbred (B indicus × B taurus) show differences in responses to heat stress. The present study evaluated genome-wide DNA methyl...
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The domestication of animals marks a pivotal moment in human history, profoundly influencing our demographic and cultural progress. This process has led to significant genetic, behavioral, and physical changes in livestock species compared to their wild ancestors. Understanding the evolutionary history and genetic diversity of livestock species is...
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This study addresses the need for a more efficient and accurate live pig weight monitoring system in the Indian meat production industry. Conventional methods for measuring pig weights are labor-intensive, prompting the exploration of AI and image processing-based solutions. The research introduces a novel regression based Convolutional Neural Netw...
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The present study was aimed at the identification of population stratifying markers from the commercial porcine SNP 60K array and elucidate the genome-wide selective sweeps in the crossbred Landlly pig population. Original genotyping data, generated on Landlly pigs, was merged in various combinations with global suid breeds that were grouped as exo...
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The present investigation was done to assess the utilization patterns of antiparasitic drugs among dairy owners and their perceptions regarding resistance development. A total of 160 dairy farmers, consisting of 80 Small Dairy Farmers (SDF) and 80 Large Dairy Farmers (LDF) were selected for the study from 8 different districts of 2 states of India...
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Balancing selection is the process of selection that preserves various alleles within a population. Studying the areas undergo�ing balancing selection is essential, because it preserves genetic diversity in a population. Finding genes that exhibit signs of balancing selection during the domestication of cattle is the goal of this study. To identif...
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Mammalian X and Y chromosomes independently evolved from various autosomes approximately 300 million years ago (MYA). To fully understand the relationship between genomic composition and phenotypic diversity arising due to the course of evolution, we have scanned regions of selection signatures on the X chromosome in different cattle breeds. In thi...
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The signature of selection is a crucial concept in evolutionary biology that refers to the pattern of genetic variation which arises in a population due to natural selection. In the context of climate adaptation, the signature of selection can reveal the genetic basis of adaptive traits that enable organisms to survive and thrive in changing enviro...
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The Sahiwal cattle breed is the best indigenous dairy cattle breed, and it plays a pivotal role in the Indian dairy industry. This is due to its exceptional milk-producing potential, adaptability to local tropical conditions, and its resilience to ticks and diseases. The study aimed to identify selective sweeps and estimate intrapopulation genetic...
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Background The dairy industry has experienced significant economic losses as a result of mastitis, an inflammatory disease of cows, including both subclinical and clinical cases. Milk exosome microRNAs have gained attention due to their stable and selective wrapping nature, offering potential for the prognosis and diagnosis of bovine mastitis, the...
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In winter season, the burning of crop residues for ease of sowing the next crop, along with industrial emissions and vehicular pollution leads to settling of a thick layer of smog in northern part of India. Therefore, to understand the opinion of farmers regarding sustainable management of organic waste, the present study was conducted in Ludhiana...
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As emerging evidence indicates that FMD vaccination causes variable degrees of pregnancy loss in the beef cow, the study was conducted at NDRI SRS in sub-tropical conditions in the year 2021 to investigate its effects on the pregnancy rate in the dairy cow when they were bred within 14 days of FMD vaccination. Retrospective data on AI done within 1...
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The host genetic makeup plays a significant role in causing the within-breed variation among individuals after vaccination. The present study was undertaken to elucidate the genetic basis of differential immune response between high and low responder Landlly (Landrace X Ghurrah) piglets vis-à-vis CSF vaccination. For the purpose, E2 antibody respon...
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Background Elucidating genome-wide structural variants including copy number variations (CNVs) have gained increased significance in recent times owing to their contribution to genetic diversity and association with important pathophysiological states. The present study aimed to elucidate the high-resolution CNV map of six different global buffalo...
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The main objective of the current research was to locate, annotate, and highlight specific areas of the bovine genome that are undergoing intense positive selection. Here, we are analyzing selection signatures in crossbred (Bos taurus X Bos indicus), taurine (Bos taurus), and indicine (Bos indicus) cattle breeds. Indicine cattle breeds found throug...
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The present study is aimed to assess the population structure of hill cattle and analyze the genomic footprints of selection and adaptation. The population structure and signatures of selection were analyzed in hill cattle in comparison to Indian milch, non-milch and exotic cattle populations, using Illumina high-density genotyping data. The presen...
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Half a century ago, a seminal article on the hitchhiking effect by Smith and Haigh inaugurated the concept of the selection signature. Selective sweeps are characterised by the rapid spread of an advantageous genetic variant through a population and hence play an important role in shaping evolution and research on genetic diversity. The process by...
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The signature of selection is a crucial concept in evolutionary biology that refers to the pattern of genetic variation that arises in a population as a result of natural selection. In the context of climate adaptation, the signature of selection can reveal the genetic basis of adaptive traits that enable organisms to survive and thrive in changing...
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The signature of selection is a crucial concept in evolutionary biology that refers to the pattern of genetic variation that arises in a population as a result of natural selection. In climate adaptation, the signature of selection can reveal the genetic basis of adaptive traits that enable organisms to survive and thrive in changing environmental...
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The identification of candidate genes related to pigmentation and under selective sweep provides insights into the genetic basis of pigmentation and the evolutionary forces that have shaped this variation. The selective sweep events in the genes responsible for normal coat color in Indian cattle groups are still unknown. To find coat color genes di...
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The study investigated the effects of FMD vaccination on acute phase response and milk composition in the HF crossbred cows (n = 12) using a cross-over experimental design. In trial 1, one group (n = 6) received inactivated trivalent oil-adjuvanted FMD vaccine [day post-vaccination, (dpv) 0], while the mock-vaccinated group received saline (n = 6)....
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Riverine Buffaloes, especially the Murrah breed because of their adaptability to harsh climatic conditions, is farmed in many countries to convert low-quality feed into valuable dairy products and meat. Here, we investigated the copy number variations (CNVs) in 296 Murrah buffalo using the Axiom V R Buffalo Genotyping Array 90K (Affymetrix, Santa C...
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The study was conducted in Uttar Pradesh purposively keeping in view its 1st rank in milk and meat production. The sample of the study were commercial dairy, pig and poultry farmers. Total sample size was 120 (40 from each category) who were surveyed through face-to-face interview by using semi-structured interview schedule. ICAR-IVRI has developed...
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Opinion is one of the vital discernible of cognitive domain of an individual which forms the basis of expression of human behaviour. In the current investigation, opinion mining was done based on mean scores using statements pertaining to organic (agriculture, household and livestock) waste. An ex-post facto research design was used along with mult...
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Livestock and poultry wastewater poses a potent risk factor for environmental pollution accelerating disease load and premature deaths. It is characterized by high chemical oxygen demand, biological oxygen demand, suspended solids, heavy metals, pathogens, and antibiotics, among other contaminants. These contaminants have a negative impact on the q...
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Environmental heat stress in dairy cattle leads to poor health, reduced milk production and decreased reproductive efficiency. Multiple genes interact and coordinate the response to overcome the impact of heat stress. The present study identified heat shock regulated genes in the peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC). Genome-wide expression pat...
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The present study aimed at identifying the training needs of the veterinary officers serving under different state governments. Three states of the subtropical region of the country namely Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, and Jammu and Kashmir were chosen purposively for their accessibility and ease in communication. A total of 120 veterinary officers w...
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Major Histocompatibility Complex (MHC) genes are among the immune genes that have been extensively studied in vertebrates and are necessary for adaptive immunity. In the immunological response to infectious diseases, they play several significant roles. This research paper provides the selection signatures in the MHC region of the bovine genome as...
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The test was developed during in 2022 in the Bareilly district of Uttar Pradesh state to measure farmers' knowledge on management of parasitic infestation in dairy animals. A total number of 86 items were subjected to experts for relevancy testing and finally selected 69 items for the item analysis. These 69 items were pretested on 36 respondents f...
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The oral lesions associated with foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) negatively affect animal behavior, which can adversely impact animal production and welfare. Physical form of a therapeutic diet (TD) can improve the feed intake and wellbeing during the acute phase of FMD. Accordingly, we tested the effect of two physical forms of a previously developed...
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Haplotype-based association analysis promises to reveal important information regarding the effect of genetic variants on economic traits of interest. The present study aimed to evaluate the haplotype structure of Vrindavani cattle and explore the association of haplotypes with (re)production traits of economic interest. Genotyping array data of me...
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Selection of suitable antimicrobial agent is the key to the successful treatment of any infectious disease. Inappropriate choice of drug may lead to persistent clinical signs or may worsen the clinical condition. Disc diffusion assay and broth micro dilution assay are commonly performed for detecting the antibiotic susceptibility of bacterial isola...
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N6-methyladenosine (m6A) modification is a major RNA epigenetic regulatory mechanism. The dynamics of m6A levels in viral genomic RNA and their mRNAs have been shown to have either pro- or antiviral functions, and therefore, m6A modifications influence virus-host interactions. Currently, no reports are available on the effect of m6A modifications i...
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Characterization of the etiological agents is very crucial &important as it will help to formulate the treatment and preventive strategies. Conventional laboratory techniques are usually performed in laboratories because of the low cost and easy availability. Most of the conventional tests are able to identify the organisms up to the genus level an...
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Artificial neural networks (ANNs) in conjugation with genetic algorithm (GA) have been demonstrated to be an effective tool for system modelling and optimization in a variety of applications. The current communique is about assessing the capacity of ANN to predict investment on cattle till age at first calving (AFC) and milk production based on the...
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Mycology is an emerging field in the modern era as mycotic diseases are becoming a serious concern in both humans and animals. Fungal organisms, including yeast and moulds, are eukaryotic organism and can produce of spectrum of disease including superficial mycosis, subcutaneous mycosis and systemic mycosis. Superficial fungal diseases are not usua...
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Lumpy skin disease (LSD) is a notifiable re-emerging transboundary viral disease of bovines that inflicts heavy losses in affected livestock farms. Genetic variations contribute substantially to the inter-individual differences in the immune response against disease agents. The present study aimed to evaluate the genetic basis of differential immun...
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Endotoxin lipopolysaccharide (LPS) is the most powerful and effective immunostimulant and key virulence factor produced by Escherichia coli (E. coli) accountable for many of the inflammatory changes observed during bovine mastitis. In this study, whole-transcriptomic gene changes in bovine peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) stimulated with...
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The present study aims at studying the managemental practices of the newly registered Badri cattle of Uttarakhand. The study revealed that cent percent of respondents could easily detect the estrous in the cattle, majority (55.00%) of the respondents go for natural service. Majority of (75.00%) respondents don't discuss reproductive problems with v...
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The detection of selection signatures assists in understanding domestication, evolution, and the identification of genomic regions related to adaptation and production traits in buffaloes. The emergence of high-throughput technologies like Next Generation Sequencing and SNP genotyping had expanded our ability to detect these signatures of selection...
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Weaning is one of the important management practices, which is mostly followed at organized dairy farms in India and abroad. Generally breeding programme at buffalo farms focusses on milk production, however weaning can additionally boost the total milk production of the dairy farm, apart from increasing the reproductive potential of adults and pro...
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Natural fibers derived from diverse animal species have gained increased attention in recent years due to their favorable environmental effects, long‐term sustainability benefits, and remarkable physical and mechanical properties that make them valuable raw materials used for textile and non‐textile production. Domestication and selective breeding...
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A cross-sectional study covering four agro-climatic zones of West Bengal, India, was carried out to understand the risk-factors, antimicrobial resistance mechanism and clustering of the resistance characteristics of Escherichia coli isolated from healthy (170) and diarrhoeic (74) goats reared under intensive (52) and semi-intensive (192) farming pr...
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In the present study, first lactation test day and monthly milk records of 301 Murrah buffaloes were used for prediction of first lactation 305-day milk yield (FL305DMY) using artificial neural network (ANN) and was compared with multiple linear regression (MLR). Models were evaluated on the basis of coefficient of determination and root mean squar...
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The study was conducted to evaluate the effect of calving floor pen enrichment with rubber mattress on the preparturient calving behaviour of Vrindavani cow. A total 28 preparturient Vrindavani cow were taken and divided into two groups. One group was placed on the floor enriched with rubber mattress while the other group was on bare concrete floor...
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Livestock plays a central role in human livelihood in South Asia. There are numerous and distinct livestock species in South Asian countries. Several of them have experienced genetic development in recent years due to the application of genomic technologies and effective breeding programs. This paper discusses genomic studies on Cattle, Buffalo, Sh...
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Peste-des-Petits-Ruminants (PPR) or goat plague is an important viral disease of sheep and goats caused by the small ruminant morbilli virus or PPR virus (PPRV). Long non coding RNAs (lncRNA) and circular RNAs (circRNA) play a pivotal role in several biological processes including regulation of virus-host interactions. The present study explored th...
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Rabies is a zoonotic viral disease with inevitably fatal outcome. Toll-like receptor 3 (TLR3) could sense dsRNA viral infections, and implicated in pathogenesis of rabies and Negri bodies (NBs) formation. Present study was undertaken to elucidate the role of TLR3 in pathogenesis, NBs formation, and therapeutic potential of blocking TLR3/dsRNA inter...
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The present study was undertaken to characterize the distinct immune response in indigenous Ghurrah and exotic Landrace pigs by challenging monocyte-derived macrophages (MDMs) with CSF virus under in-vitro conditions and assessing the variations in the transcriptome profile at 48 h post-infection (hpi). RNA-sequencing was carried out in infected an...
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Classical swine fever (CSF) is one of the important viral diseases of pigs worldwide. Prophylactic immunization programmes are followed against classical swine fever virus in India. Due to increasing number of antibiotic resistant pathogens and high cost of prophylactic and therapeutic measure, inclusion of health traits in selection program has be...
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The study was conducted to assess the artificial insemination (AI) and related service delivery by the paravets of four states (Gujarat, Rajasthan, Telangana and Odisha). Forty paravets were selected from each state making the total sample size of 160. Questionnaire through e-mail and telephonic survey were the methods considered for collection of...
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Natural selection has been given a lot of attention because it relates to the adaptation of populations to their environments, both biotic and abiotic. An allele is selected when it is favored by natural selection. Consequently, the favored allele increases in frequency in the population and neighboring linked variation diminishes, causing so-calle...
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The present broad range of sheep phenotypic variation is the consequence of selection for various production characteristics such as wool, milk, meat, and natural adaptability to diverse situations. In the current study, the genomic data of 79 animals from three Indian sheep breeds (Changthangi, Deccani, and Garole) were explored to decipher region...
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The study aimed to evaluate the economics involved in the formulation of a therapeutic diet for Foot and Mouth Disease and its impact on the convalescence period. A total of 22 Holstein Friesian crossbred male calves (10-12 months) were considered in which 4 calves were of Control (CON) and 18 calves of treatment groups. The treatment group animals...
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The present study was undertaken to estimate the (co)variance components and genetic parameters of body weights recorded in Landlly piglets from birth to weaning at weekly intervals (w0 to w6). The data pertained to body weights of 2462 piglets, born to 91 sires and 159 dams across different generations during a 7-year period from 2014 to 2020. Fiv...