Canine transmissible venereal tumour (CTVT) is a contagious cancer that has spread by mating among dogs worldwide. One unique feature of this cancer...

In the present study we comprehensively characterize intratesticular sex steroid production, metabolism and receptors in the domestic cat to elucidate the role of testosterone, estradiol and progesterone in testis development, steroid synthesis and spermatogenesis. There is a great demand for new...

Organic fertilizers (livestock manures and other agricultural wastes or by-products) and chemical fertilizers can be applied to aquaculture ponds to increase fish or shrimp production. Pond fertilization increases concentrations of nitrogen, phosphorus and other plant nutrients to stimulate...

25 - 26 October 2018 - Hong Kong

Forming an end of life hospice/Pawspice service.

Objective: The infection approach of Streptococcus agalactiae to GIFT tilapia and target organs were studied to provide reference for disease resistant breeding and development of S. agalactiae vaccine. Method: The GIFT tilapia was inoculated by S. agalactiae through intraperitoneal injection,...

Objective: The purpose of this study was to clone specificity protein 1 (SP1) gene of Guangxi Bama mini pig, construct its eukaryotic expression vector and lay a foundation for revealing its regulation mechanism to pig growth. Method: Gene SP1 was amplified from longissimus dorsi of Guangxi Bama...

Tenualosa ilisha, a commercially important anadromous fish has declined drastically in nature. This study was aimed to culture the species and develop a weaning method for its domestication. The fry (29.5±0.26 mm/0.28±0.01 g) were reared at 30000 nos. ha-1 in 0.1 ha freshwater pond where two...

The E. coli mediated piglet diarrhoea is the major cause of the piggery industry which causes severe economic hardship to piggery sector. E. coli binds to the brush border of the epithelial cells of the intestine on this basis of receptors and fimbrae adhesion pattern. Among the putative candidate...

A study was carried out to find out dairy animals management practices adopted by the rural dairy herds in Etawah district of Uttar Pradesh. The farm owners are mostly in the age group of 25 to 50 years and their mean in 38 years, for the medium category of dairy herds it was 30 to 50 years and...