Publisher
Northern Territory Government, Darwin, Australia
Citation
Agnote - Northern Territory of Australia, 2016, No.K7, pp 4 pp.
Several aspects of water buffalo farming in Southern Australia are presented in this paper. A description of the Australian water buffalo is given. The suitable areas for buffalo farming and its differences from cattle are discussed. The diseases and parasites frequently encountered in buffaloes...
Publisher
Northern Territory Government, Darwin, Australia
Citation
Agnote - Northern Territory of Australia, 2006, No.J62, pp 6 pp.
The genetics of growth to 24 months, scrotal circumference (SC) at 24 months and temperament traits at 6, 12 and 18 months in 7 year groups of F2et seq., 1/2 Brahman, 1/2 Sahiwal, 3/4 Brahman and 3/4 Sahiwal bulls were investigated. Cattle tick (Boophilus microplus) and buffalo fly (Haematobia...
Author(s)
Fordyce, G.; Howitt, C. J.; Holroyd, R. G.; O'Rourke, P. K.; Entwistle, K. W.
Citation
Australian Journal of Experimental Agriculture, 1996, 36, 1, pp 9-17
Area prevalences of bovine campylobacteriosis and trichomoniasis in the Victoria River District (VRD) of the Northern Territory were determined by a survey of 1008 bulls in 41 herds in 1985-1986. 87% of herds were infected with campylobacteriosis and 65.6% were infected with trichomoniasis. The...
Author(s)
McCool, C. J.; Townsend, M. P.; Wolfe, S. G.; Simpson, M. A.; Olm, T. C.; Jayawardhana, G. A.; Carney, J. V.
Citation
Australian Veterinary Journal, 1988, 65, 5, pp 153-156
An ELISA was developed for detecting antibody to T. foetus using both whole cell antigen (WCA) and membrane protein antigen (MPA). The test was used to detect specific antibody in serum, preputial washings and seminal plasma samples from 7 adult bulls which were vaccinated s.c. on 3 occasions with...
Author(s)
Campero, C. M.; Hirst, R. G.; Ladds, P. W.; Vaughan, J. A.; Emery, D. L.; Watson, D. L.
Citation
Australian Veterinary Journal, 1990, 67, 5, pp 175-178
Mineral oil adjuvant vaccines containing either 500 µg of membrane protein of T. foetus var. brisbane or 160 µg of membrane glycoprotein per 5-ml dose were each injected into a group of four bulls infected with the organism. The dosage was three s/c injections a month apart. Three of the four bulls ...
Author(s)
Clark, B. L.; Emery, D. L.; Dufty, J. H.
Citation
Australian Veterinary Journal, 1984, 61, 2, pp 65-66
In Victoria, Australia, the mean number of calves produced by Hereford cows that were kept continuously with bulls infected with T. foetus var. brisbane for 3 years was 17.6% lower than the mean number produced by cows kept with an uninfected bull. The largest losses occurred in the first (19.6%)...
Author(s)
Clark, B. L.; Dufty, J. H.; Parsonson, I. M.
Citation
Australian Veterinary Journal, 1983, 60, 3, pp 71-74
Citation
Rural Research, Australia, 1983, No.121, pp 8-10
In 1973 in Australia, 325 Brahman bulls were introduced into a herd in Queensland infected with Tritrichomonas foetus. In 1975 when the bulls were 4 years old, 3 (4%) of a sample of 80 were found to be infected with T. foetus [see Pz 1, 2788]. In 1977, when the bulls were 6 years old, 15 (13.4%) of ...
Author(s)
Christensen, H. R.; Clark, B. L.
Citation
Australian Veterinary Journal, 1979, 55, 4, pp 205
A project that began in Queensland 20 years earlier is described in which Sahiwal bulls are crossed with Holstein-Friesian cows in order to combine the resistance to Boophilus microplus (Can.) exhibited by the Sahiwal breed of cattle with the milk-production capacity of the Holstein-Friesians in...
Citation
Queensland Agricultural Journal, 1983, 109, 3, pp 135-138