| epidemiology of foot-and-mouth disease in landhi dairy colony, pakistan, the world largest buffalo colony. | foot-and-mouth disease (fmd) is endemic in pakistan and causes huge economic losses. this work focus on the landhi dairy colony (ldc), located in the suburbs of karachi. ldc is the largest buffalo colony in the world, with more than 300,000 animals (around 95% buffaloes and 5% cattle, as well as an unknown number of sheep and goats). each month from april 2006 to april 2007 we collected mouth-swabs from apparently healthy buffaloes and cattle, applying a convenient sampling based on a two-stage ... | 2008 | 18445264 |
| a survey of mosquitoes in karachi area, pakistan. | | 1986 | 2876112 |
| zoophilic feeding behaviour of phlebotomine sand flies in the endemic areas of cutaneous leishmaniasis of sindh province, pakistan. | leishmania (leishmania) major has been identified as the major causative agent of cutaneous leishmaniasis in sindh province of southern pakistan. to make a rational approach for understanding the pathogen transmission cycles, the sand fly species and their natural blood meals in the endemic areas were examined. total dna was individually extracted from sand flies collected in four villages in sindh province. pcr-rflp (restriction fragment length polymorphism) and sequence analysis of the 18s rib ... | 2012 | 22246369 |
| dna typing of pakistani cattle breeds tharparkar and red sindhi by microsatellite markers. | microsatellite markers are used for any individual identity and breed characterization in animals that is an efficient and successful way of investigation. they are used for multiple purposes as genetic detectors including, rapid mutation rate, high level of polymorphism, and range of variety of microsatellite markers available. a panel of 19 microsatellite markers was developed for breed characterization in tharparkar and red sindhi breeds of cattle in pakistan. forty four blood samples of catt ... | 2011 | 21598113 |
| epidemiologic association between antibody titres against bovine virus diarrhoea virus, rinderpest disease virus and infectious bovine rhinotracheitis virus in a buffalo herd. | the association between antibody titres against bovine virus diarrhoea virus (bvdv), infectious bovine rhinotracheitis virus (ibrv) and rinderpest disease virus (rpdv) in buffaloes was investigated in a cross-sectional study. thirty-six lactating buffaloes from a herd in landhi cattle colony, karachi were bled and serum samples subjected to a micro-neutralisation test at the plum island animal disease center, usa, to categorise each buffalo either as positive or negative against each of 3 viral ... | 1996 | 8888525 |
| effects of age and breed on the prevalence of neospora caninum in commercial dairy cattle from pakistan. | neospora caninum is a major cause of bovine abortion worldwide. a serological survey was carried out to determine the seroprevalence of exposure to n. caninum in dairy cattle based on age and breed from punjab and sindh provinces, pakistan. serum samples from 641 animals from 12 herds from punjab (n = 7) and sindh (n = 5) provinces were tested for antibodies against n. caninum using a commercially available competitive enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. positive reactions to n. caninum were seen ... | 2013 | 22924907 |