(n.) A bovine mammal (Ros Indicus) extensively domesticated in India, China, the East Indies, and East Africa. It usually has short horns, large pendulous ears, slender legs, a large dewlap, and a large, prominent hump over the shoulders; but these characters vary in different domestic breeds, which range in size from that of the common ox to that of a large mastiff.
Example Sentences:
(1) Severe pathological changes were observed in the adrenal and thyroid glands of Zebu (Bos indicus) heifers infected with Trypanosoma congolense.
(2) Serum samples from infected and non-infected Zebu cattle and samples from Friesian cattle with experimental infections were exmained for the presence of trypanosomal antibodies.
(3) Evidence at present available suggests that trypanotolerant cattle are more likely to be an economic alternative to drug-treated zebu at higher rather than lower challenge levels.
(4) Zebu bulls chronically infected with Trypanosoma vivax and T. congolense were treated at the 12th week post-infection with novidium and slaughtered at different times after treatment to determine histological evidence of healing of the genital lesions.
(5) Zebu oxen had higher pvCO2 and FFA and lower pH, pvO2 and lactate in response to exercise.
(6) 2000 males and females of Glossina palpalis gambiensis were released in the presence of a Zebu treated with flumethrin pour-on in a fly proof stable.
(7) The condition was more prevalent in zebu-Friesian crosses than the local breeds.
(8) In April, May, June, and September, the probability that A. americanum detaching from cattle would drop into a quadrat presumed to be habitable for ticks was significantly lower for Zebu cattle (4.0-29.9%) than for British (64.9-72.6%) or Zebu-British (48.1-78.7%) cattle.
(9) Brown goats originating from Zaria and areas north of it, and Friesian-zebu calves from the Shika Agricultural Research Station, were uniformly and highly susceptible to the disease.
(10) A comparative study of haematological changes subsequent to Trypanosoma vivax and Trypanosoma congolense infections was carried out using 24 Zebu bulls during a period of 12 weeks.
(11) In various respiratory areas of the mucosa of the nasal conchae of the zebu (Bos indicus) there is a quantitative variation of goblet cells.
(12) N'Dama cattle showed a significantly lower prevalence of strongyle infection, as measured by faecal egg output, than F1 (P < 0.01) and Zebu (P < 0.001) cattle.
(13) The Zebu proved to be trypanosensitive with high parasitemia, pronounced anemia and died or were drug treated in extremis.
(14) Total numbers of mature female ticks carried from either type of infestation were significantly lower (P less than 0.01) on zebu than on British calves.
(15) Blood samples were obtained from 70 healthy gobra zebu from three different farms each one with a different feed (natural pasture, concentrates and groundnut hay) to exhibit the influence of type of feeding.
(16) The morphological events occurring in the Brazilian Nelore zebu testis from 3 to 18 months of age are described.
(17) In yak, zebu and in hybrids (yak x cattle, zebu x cattle) a new AMY-1 allelic variant (AMY-1D) has been found using the same method.
(18) Boran cows weighed an average of 70.8 kg more (P less than .01) than Zebu cows.
(19) Beef fattening experiments were undertaken on the Lilonge Plain with Malawi zebu (Mz) and Friesian X Malawi zebu (F X Mz) steers.
(20) The prevalence of bovine anaplasmosis was studied in 320 Zebu cattle randomly selected from three regions of Uganda: (Central, Southwestern and Northwestern) using dot-ELISA, Western immunoblotting, rapid card agglutination test (RCAT), capillary tube agglutination test (CAT), complement fixation test (CFT), and parasitological techniques.
Zobo
Definition:
(n.) A kind of domestic cattle reared in Asia for its flesh and milk. It is supposed to be a hybrid between the zebu and the yak.