ON THE ORIGIN OF INDONESIAN CATTLE.

On the origin of Indonesian cattle.

BACKGROUND: Two bovine species contribute to the Indonesian livestock, zebu (Bos indicus) and banteng (Bos javanicus), respectively.Although male hybrid offspring of these species is not fertile, Indonesian cattle breeds are supposed to be of mixed species origin.However, this has not been documented and is so far only supported by preliminary mole

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Phylogeography and sex-biased dispersal across riverine manatee populations (Trichechus inunguis and Trichechus manatus) in South America.

Phylogeographic patterns and sex-biased dispersal were studied in riverine populations of West Indian (Trichechus manatus) and Amazonian manatees (T.inunguis) in South America, using 410bp D-loop (Control Region, Mitochondrial DNA) sequences and 15 nuclear microsatellite loci.This multi-locus approach was key to disentangle complex patterns of gene

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Immune Responses in the Eye-Associated Lymphoid Tissues of Chickens after Ocular Inoculation with Vaccine and Virulent Strains of the Respiratory Infectious Laryngotracheitis Virus (ILTV)

Infectious laryngotracheitis (ILT) is an acute respiratory disease of poultry caused by infectious laryngotracheitis virus (ILTV).Control of the disease with live attenuated vaccines administered via eye drop build upon Luncheon immune responses generated by the eye-associated lymphoid tissues.The aim of this study was to assess cytokine and lympho

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