Importance: Neonatal calf diarrhea is a major cause of mortality in newborn calves worldwide, posing a significant challenge in bovine herds. () are the primary contributors to severe gastroenteritis in calves under two months old.
Objectives: This study examined the prevalence and molecular characterization of in neonatal calves in Gujarat, India.
Aim/objectives: This study examines the impact of an ethanolic extract derived from seeds on the Gir bull () spermatozoa. The objective is to thoroughly assess the effects of the seed extract on the physiological parameters of bull spermatozoa, followed by evaluating its effects on X and Y-bearing spermatozoa and its impact on gene expression through transcriptome profiling.
Material Method: For this study, one Gir bull was selected, and 12 ejaculates were collected at one-week time intervals.
This study is designed to investigate for the antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) and integrons from healthy as well as diarrhoeic/diseased animals/birds' faecal samples. A total of eight samples were selected for the study; from each animal, two samples were taken, one from healthy animals/birds and one from diarrhoeic/diseased animals/birds. Antibiotic sensitivity testing (AST) and whole genome sequencing (WGS) was performed for selected isolates.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFHorn cancer is most devastating and prominent cancer in Indian zebu cattle that affects socio-economic condition of small-scale farmers who depends on their cattle for farm work. Development in the field for genomics through next generation sequencing and bioinformatics advancement have helped to identify genes which have a role in horn cancer development. Histopathological examination of cancerous tissues of horn revealed myxomatous changes, well, moderate and poorly differentiated squamous cell carcinoma.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFUnlabelled: In the course of time, scientific communities have a growing interest in understanding ethano medicines. The , a native plant of the Indian Subcontinent is described as a "Child amulet tree" in Ayurveda. Based on the fact that this herbal medicine has an indispensable component of integrative medicine, the present study was planned to assess the effect of ethanolic dried extract of seeds on the motility of X and Y-bearing bovine spermatozoa.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFRumen inhabiting Bacillus species possesses a high genetic potential for plant biomass hydrolysis and conversion to value-added products. In view of the same, five camel rumen-derived Bacillus strains, namely B. subtilis CRN 1, B.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFLignocellulosic biomass is a rich source of feed for cattle. Amongst them, coconut coir may be the potential source of feed supplements. To assess, the effect of various concentrations of coconut coir (0 %, 21 % and 40 %) as a feed supplement on the rumen microbiome of cattle (Kankrej breed), a metagenomic (16S rRNA gene amplicon and shotgun sequencing) study was performed.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFCoconut coir (a lignin-rich, organic material) is widely used for its commercial and economic benefits. In this study, crossbred (exotic) and Kankrej (indigenous) breeds of cattle were fed diets containing 7 or 14% coconut coir. Metagenomic analyses (16S rRNA gene amplicon and shotgun sequencing) were used to characterize the microbial community in the rumen and fecal samples along with their functional capabilities.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBacterial esterases are gaining the importance in pharmaceuticals and agrochemical industries due to their excellent biocatalytic properties and a wide range of applications. In the present study, a novel gene encoding an esterase (designated as Est-CR) was identified from shotgun metagenomic sequencing data of camel rumen (Camelus dromedarius) liquor. The open reading frame consisted of 1,224bp, which showed 84.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIn dromedary camels, which are pseudo-ruminants, rumen or C1 section of stomach is the main compartment involved in fiber degradation, as in true ruminants. However, as camels are adapted to the harsh and scarce grazing conditions of desert, their ruminal microbiota makes an interesting target of study. The present study was undertaken to generate the rumen microbial profile of Indian camel using 16S rRNA amplicon and shotgun metagenomics.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Squamous Cell Carcinoma of horn, also known as horn cancer, is a prevailing type of cancer in cattles especially Bos indicus. It is one of the most prevalent disease in Indian bullocks often resulting in death and huge economic losses to farmers. Here, we have reported the use of targeted exome sequencing to identify variants present in horn cancer affected horn mucosa tissue and blood of the same animal to identify some of the prevalent markers of horn cancer.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFCellulose is the most abundant natural polymer present on Earth in the form of agriculture waste. Hydrolysis of agriculture waste for simple fermentable reducing sugars is the bottleneck in the area of biofuel generation and other value-added products. The present study aims to utilize the camel rumen as a bioreactor for potent cellulolytic and hemicellulolytic bacteria by altering the feed types with varying cellulosic concentrations.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe present study describes rumen microbiota composition and their functional profiles in Indian Surti buffaloes by metagenomic (MG) and metatranscriptomic (MT) approaches. The study compares samples from buffaloes fed three different proportion of roughages; green and dry type of roughage; and different rumen liquor fractions. Irrespective of sample, Bacteroidetes and Firmicutes were the most predominant bacterial phyla, followed by Proteobacteria, Fibrobacteres and Actinobacteria while, Prevotella, Bacteroides, Ruminococcus and Clostridium were the most abundant genera.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIn addition to a wide variety of anaerobic and facultative anaerobic bacteria, camel rumen also harbors a diverse of eukaryotic organisms. In the present study, the eukaryotic communities of camel rumen were characterized using 18S rRNA amplicon sequencing. Metagenomic DNA was isolated from rumen samples of fourteen adult Bikaneri and Kachchhi breeds of camel fed different diets containing Jowar, Bajra, Maize, and Guar.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFHorn cancer is most prevalent in and poorly defined genetic landscape makes disease diagnosis and treatment difficult. In this study, RNA-Seq and data analysis using CLC Genomics Workbench was employed to identify biomarkers associated with horn cancer. As a result, a total of 149 genes were found significant differentially expressed in horn cancer samples compared to horn normal samples.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFLong non-coding RNA (lncRNA) was previously considered as a non-functional transcript, which now established as part of regulatory elements of biological events such as chromosome structure, remodeling, and regulation of gene expression. The study presented here showed the role of lncRNA through differential expression analysis on cancer-related coding genes in horn squamous cell carcinoma of Indian zebu cattle. A total of 10,360 candidate lncRNAs were identified and further analyzed for its coding potential ability using three tools (CPC, CPAT, and PLEK) that provide 8862 common lncRNAs.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBull spermatozoa contain different functional genes and many of them plays important roles in different stages of spermatogenesis, spermatozoa kinetics, fertilization as well as embryonic development. RNA deep sequencing is one of the preferred tools for absolute quantification of messenger RNA. The intention of the current study was to investigate the abundance of spermatozoal transcripts in categorized Frieswal (Holstein-Friesian X Sahiwal) crossbred bull semen through RNA deep sequencing.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFMembers of the genus Aspergillus are extensively studied ascomycetes because of their ability to synthesize high value-added compounds and enzymes of industrial interest. Precise whole genome assembly and gene annotation are significant for gene functional analyses. Here, we report the draft genome sequencing, assembly and whole genome analysis of Aspergillus terreus P14_T3, isolated from rumen sample of cattle fed with coconut-coir.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFMicrobial colonisation in the forestomach of a ruminant is one of the most crucial factors in determining many of its physiological developments and digestive capabilities. The present study attempts to identify establishment pattern of microbes in relation to food, age and rumen development in the buffalo calves at every fortnight interval from birth to 6 months of age, followed by every month till animals became 1 year of age. Diversity study based on 16S rRNA gene sequencing identified rapidly changing bacterial population during initial 60 days of life, which got assemblage as rumen became physiologically mature with increasing age of animals.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFspecies parasites can cause the enteric disease coccidiosis, most notably in chickens where the economic and welfare implications are significant. Seven species are recognized to infect chickens, although understanding of their regional occurrence, abundance, and population structure remains limited. Reports of circulating in chickens across much of the southern hemisphere with cryptic genotypes and the capacity to escape current anticoccidial vaccines have revealed unexpected levels of complexity.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: The caecal microbiota plays a key role in chicken health and performance, influencing digestion and absorption of nutrients, and contributing to defence against colonisation by invading pathogens. Measures of productivity and resistance to pathogen colonisation are directly influenced by chicken genotype, but host driven variation in microbiome structure is also likely to exert a considerable indirect influence.
Methods: Here, we define the caecal microbiome of indigenous Indian Aseel and Kadaknath chicken breeds and compare them with the global commercial broiler Cobb400 and Ross 308 lines using 16S rDNA V3-V4 hypervariable amplicon sequencing.
Infectious bronchitis virus (IBV) is one of the foremost causes of a persistent economic burden to poultry industries worldwide. IBV belongs to the genus Gammacoronavirus within the family Coronaviridae. The IBV infection leads to respiratory and nephrogenic symptoms in broiler chickens.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFZebu (Bos indicus) is a domestic cattle species originating from the Indian subcontinent and now widely domesticated on several continents. In this study, we were particularly interested in understanding the functionally active rumen microbiota of an important Zebu breed, the Gir, under different dietary regimes. Metagenomic and metatranscriptomic data were compared at various taxonomic levels to elucidate the differential microbial population and its functional dynamics in Gir cattle rumen under different roughage dietary regimes.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe incidence and severity of respiratory diseases in commercial broiler chicken flocks have increased recently in India because of intensification of the broiler industry. Viral population are predominant in respiratory tract infections and they pose continuous economic burden to poultry industry by causing severe economic losses through decreased productivity [1], [2]. To understand viral metagenome of poultry associated with respiratory infections, we performed DNA virome sequencing and data analysis of broilers from 8 districts of Gujarat State in India.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFCellulase hydrolyses the cellulose by cleaving the β-1,4-linkages to produce mono-, oligo- and shorter polysaccharide units. These enzymes have applications in various industries such as pulp and paper, laundry, food and feed, textile, brewing industry and in biofuel production. In the present study we have cloned acid-cellulase gene (Cel-1) from the fosmid library of buffalo rumen metagenomic DNA and functionally expressed it in Escherichia coli.
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