Environmental heat stress, present during warm seasons and warm episodes, severely
impairs dairy cattle performance, particularly in warmer climates. It is widely viewed that …

The identification of candidate genes related to pigmentation and under selective sweep
provides insights into the genetic basis of pigmentation and the evolutionary forces that have …

Eighteen different biometric traits in 407 Kankrej cows from their breeding zone, ie Palanpur
district of Gujarat, India, were recorded and analyzed by factor analysis to explain body …

The primary goal of cattle genomics is the identification of genome-wide polymorphism
associated with economically important traits. The bovine genome sequencing project was …

Phenotypic characterization and body biometric in 13 traits (height at withers, body length,
chest girth, paunch girth, ear length, tail length, length of tail up to switch, face length, face …

Pakistan is endowed with many established indigenous zebu Bos indicus type (humped)
cattle breeds including Sahiwal, Red Sindhi, Bhagnari and Cholistani. Amongst these …

The objective of this study was to investigate the relationship among functional traits (age at
first calving (AFC), calving interval (CI), reproductive efficiency (RE), total milk yield (TMY) …

Data on 18 Biometric traits of 325 lactating Cholistani cows of 4-6 years age were recorded
and analyzed by principal component analysis (PCA) to explain the body conformation …

The quest for heat tolerance has gained attention with the development of dairy farming in
warmer climate regions. Heat tolerance, in its narrow sense, is defined here as the …

The challenges and potentials of application of molecular characterization of animal genetic
resources in developing countries were reveiwed; avenues that could be exploited to put to …