Publications

sheep genetic diversity in bhutan using microsatellite markers.	genotype data from eight microsatellite markers were used to assess genetic diversity and relationships among five indigenous bhutanese sheep populations, sakten, jakar, sarpang, sipsu and tsirang. estimates of mean observed and expected heterozygosities, mean number of alleles per locus/population were obtained. the highest observed heterozygosities were found in jakar (0.657) and sakten (0.647), while the lowest one was found in tsirang (0.539). genetic distances, pairwise proportion of differ ...	2010	20438493
the epidemiological characteristics of the 2007 foot-and-mouth disease epidemic in sarpang and zhemgang districts of bhutan.	this study was undertaken to compare the epidemiological characteristics of the 2007 foot-and-mouth disease outbreak in two districts of sarpang and zhemgang in bhutan. zhemgang district recorded a significantly higher cumulative incidence in all species (26.9%) as well as for cattle (29.3%) compared to sarpang (6.5% and 7.4%, respectively). the case fatality for cattle in zhemgang (14.1%) was significantly higher than in sarpang (3.3%). a total of 404 cattle and 73 pigs died of fmd in zhemgang, ...	2010	21078083