| growth performance and nutrient utilization in male and female mithun calves on green forage-based diet. | a comparative study of growth rate and feed intake and its utilization in male and female mithun calves was carried out in hilly tracts of nagaland. the animals of both sexes were fed fresh jungle grasses ad libitum and 2.0 kg of rice bran fortified with 1% mineral mixture and 1% salt daily. growth rates of 369.50 and 305.67 g/day were observed in male and female calves, respectively. sex-related differences in feed and nutrient intakes were statistically significant, whereas no significant diff ... | 2004 | 15563026 |
| seroprevalence of infectious bovine rhinotracheitis in mithun (bos frontalis) in india. | a preliminary study on the seroprevalence of infectious bovine rhinotracheitis (ibr) in different strains of mithun maintained atthe national research centre on mithun, nagaland, india, revealed that the overall prevalence of ibr in these mithun was 19%. this paper examines the results of that preliminary study. to the knowledge of the authors, this is the first report on the seroprevalence of ibr in mithun in india. the highest prevalence of ibr was observed in mithun found in arunachal pradesh ... | 2004 | 15861877 |
| seroprevalence of brucellosis in mithuns (bos frontalis) in india. | studies conducted on the seroprevalence of brucellosis in 98 mithuns maintained at the national research centre on mithun, nagaland, india revealed that the number of animals found positive for brucellosis in avidin-biotin enzyme-linked-immunosorbent assay, standard tube-agglutination test and rose-bengal plate test were 34, 20 and 11%, respectively. highest prevalence of brucellosis was observed in the mizoram mithun strain. the relative sensitivity and specificity of the standard tube-agglutin ... | 2005 | 15899302 |
| prevalence of cryptosporidium parvum in mithuns (bos frontalis) from india. | systematic examination of faecal samples from mithuns maintained at the national research centre on mithun, indian council of agricultural research (icar), nagaland, india and mithuns found in free-ranging condition of nagaland, by using a commercially available enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay kit, revealed that the overall prevalence of cryptosporidium parvum in mithun was 56% (95% ci=48-64). highest (prevalence rate=81, 95% ci=67-95) prevalence was found in mithuns of 1-6 months of age and l ... | 2006 | 16876325 |
| serological evidence of neospora caninum infection in mithun (bos frontalis) from india. | studies conducted on mithuns maintained at national research centre on mithun, indian council of agricultural research (icar), nagaland, india and mithuns found in free-ranging condition of nagaland revealed that the overall prevalence of antibodies to neospora caninum in mithun was 10% (95% ci=5-15) when detected by a commercially available competitive enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay test. highest (prevalence rate=16, 95% ci=8-24) seroprevalence was found in mithuns above 3 years of age and l ... | 2008 | 17590395 |
| serological evidence of coronavirus infection in mithuns (bos frontalis) from india. | studies conducted on mithuns at the national research centre on mithun, and mithuns found in free-ranging conditions in nagaland, india, revealed that the overall prevalence of antibodies to coronavirus was 80% (95% confidence interval [ci] 77-83) when detected by a commercially available enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. the highest seroprevalence (92%; 95% ci 89-95) was found in mithuns above three years of age, and the lowest (53%; 95% ci 36-70) in mithuns of 7 to 12 months old (p = 0.00005) ... | 2007 | 18293623 |
| seroprevalence of toxoplasma gondii antibodies in free-ranging mithuns (bos frontalis) from india. | studies conducted on free-ranging mithuns of nagaland, india revealed that the overall seroprevalence of antibodies to toxoplasma gondii in mithun was 42% (95% ci = 33-51) when detected by modified direct agglutination test. highest (prevalence = 57%, 95% ci = 43-71) seroprevalence was found in mithuns above 3 years of age and the lowest (prevalence = 18%, 95% ci =4-32) in mithuns of 1-2 years old. no statistically significant difference was observed between male (prevalence = 40%, 95% ci = 26-5 ... | 2008 | 18638182 |
| bluetongue infection rate in mithun (bos frontalis) in the north-eastern upland region of india. | studies conducted on 106 mithun at the national research centre on mithun and 66 free-ranging mithun in nagaland, india, revealed an infection rate with bluetongue virus of 86%, using a commercially available competitive enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. animals were grouped according to their age: 36 of 1 to 2 years of age, 50 of 2 to 4 years of age and 86 aged 4 years and over. the highest infection rate (98%) was found in mithun > 4 years old and the lowest (58%) in those 1 to 2 years old. n ... | 2008 | 19284059 |
| comparative nutrient utilization, growth, and rumen enzyme profile of mithun (bos frontalis) and tho-tho cattle (bos indicus) fed on tree-leaves-based ration. | a study was conducted to compare the nutrient utilization, growth, and rumen enzyme profile of mithun (bos frontalis) and tho-tho cattle (bos indicus) reared in the same feeding and managemental conditions. for the purpose, male mithun (n = 8) and male tho-tho cattle (n = 8) of 1.5 years age, selected from the farm of national research centre on mithun, nagaland, india, were fed on mixed-tree-leaves-based ration as per the requirement of nrc (2001) for cattle for 12 months. average daily gain (a ... | 2011 | 20706785 |
| molecular characterization of setaria digitata from mithun (bos frontalis). | mithun is a strongly built hill animal of southeast asia and plays an important role in the socio-economic and cultural life of the tribal population. setaria digitata isolated from peritoneal cavity of mithun both from arunachal pradesh and nagaland were characterized based on conserved region of 12srdna, 28srdna and its-2 and mitochondrial gene coxi. based on sequence analysis, it was found to be 99% similarity with srilankan isolate of s. digitata. | 2015 | 26204175 |
| first report on serological evidence of bovine viral diarrhea virus (bvdv) infection in farmed and free ranging mithuns (bos frontalis). | despite reports of bvdv infection in several domestic and wild ruminants, no information exists for mithun (bos frontalis) species. hence, this study was undertaken to determine prevalence of bvdv infection in mithuns, which contribute significantly to local economy in the north eastern region of india. blood and serum samples were collected between 2013 and 2016 from mithuns (n = 466) belonging to the states of nagaland, mizoram, and arunachal pradesh. serum samples were tested for bvdv antibod ... | 2017 | 28504301 |
| isolation, identification and retrospective study of foot-and-mouth disease virus from affected mithun (bos frontalis) in north-eastern india. | foot-and-mouth disease (fmd) is a contagious disease of cloven-hoofed animals that causes substantial and perpetual economic loss. apart from the contagious nature of the disease, the fmd virus can establish in a "carrier state" among all cloven-hoofed animals. the mithun (bos frontalis), popularly called the "cattle of mountain," is found in the geographically isolated, hilly region of north-east india: arunachal pradesh, nagaland, manipur and mizoram. despite the geographical inaccessibility, ... | 2017 | 28707820 |