Essays about: "buffalo"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 27 essays containing the word buffalo.

  1. 1. Activity patterns of African buffalo (Syncerus caffer) and the transmission of East Coast Fever (ECF) to domestic cattle in Laikipia County, Kenya

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Clinical Sciences

    Author : Alva Sellgren Molander; [2022]
    Keywords : Buffalo; Syncerus caffer; East coast fever; ECF; Theileria parva; Corridor disease; CD; Kenya; Laikipia;

    Abstract : In this study we examined the potential connection between East Coast Fever (ECF) and the local activity pattern of African buffalo in the Ol Pejeta Conservancy (OPC), in Laikipia county, Kenya. Buffalo activity was examined at OPC’s wildlife corridors, which work as the only gates for the animals to pass in and out of the area, by looking at approximately 32 000 pictures taken by infra-red cameras during the year 2019. READ MORE

  3. 2. Smittspridning och förebyggande åtgärder för East Coast Fever : påverkande faktorer i boskapens miljö

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Animal Environment and Health

    Author : Johanna Börs; [2022]
    Keywords : East Coast Fever; ECF; Theileria parva; Rhipicephalus appendiculatus; Bos indicus; Bos taurus; nötkreatur; Syncerus caffer; afrikansk buffel;

    Abstract : East Coast Fever orsakas av den encelliga parasiten Theileria parva och är en av de viktigaste sjukdomarna hos nötkreatur i Afrika då många djur smittas och dör genom kliniska symptom. Utöver att sjukdomen är plågsam påverkas även djurvälfärden negativt. READ MORE

  4. 3. Milk from minor dairy species : Composition, processing and microbial aspects

    University essay from SLU/Department of Molecular Sciences

    Author : Simon Tobias Höxter; [2021]
    Keywords : minor dairy species; equine milk; horse milk; mare milk; donkey milk; ; red deer milk; camel milk; reindeer milk; moose milk; dairy products;

    Abstract : Milk plays an important part of the diet all around the world and 99 % of the milk consumed by humans comes from bovine, buffalo, sheep, and goat. In addition, some other species are used for milk production, so called minor dairy species. This literature review focused on six minor dairy species, i.e. READ MORE

  5. 4. Subclinical mastitis in water buffalo (Bubalus bubalis) in Bangladesh

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Clinical Sciences

    Author : David Ericsson; [2021]
    Keywords : Staphylococcus spp.; Micrococcus luteus; Non-aureus staphylococci; antimicrobial resistance; mastitis pathogens; occurrence; prevalence;

    Abstract : Globally, subclinical mastitis (SCM) is an important production disease in the dairy industry, for both dairy cattle and buffaloes, and has a great economic impact due to reduced milk yield, milk quality deterioration, treatment costs, culling and risk for antimicrobial resistance (AMR). A cross sectional study was conducted on 17 randomly selected buffalo farms in coastal areas of Bangladesh during Sep and Oct 2019 to investigate SCM in terms of occurrence, predisposing factors, causing pathogens and AMR. READ MORE

  6. 5. Förekomst och kontroll av Toxocara vitulorum med ivermektin hos svenska bisonkalvar

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Biomedical Sciences and Veterinary Public Health

    Author : Victoria Vesterholm; [2021]
    Keywords : Bison; Toxocara vitulorum;

    Abstract : För 20 år sedan importerades de första bisonoxarna till Sverige och sedan dess har bisonnäringen vuxit till att finnas på ett tiotal gårdar i landet 2020. År 2007 hittades det första fallet av spolmasken Toxocara vitulorum hos en svensk bisonkalv. Sedan dess har sporadiska fall setts i flera besättningar där kalvar plötsligt dött. READ MORE