Parasitic disease is one of the major causes of mortality and morbidity in small ruminants. The direct causes of economic loss due to parasitic infestations are acute illness, death and premature slaughter. In addition, another cause of economic loss to small animal ruminant farmers is rejection of edible parts of infested animals during meat inspection. The indirect losses are due to decrease ...

The current animal health situation in Bosnia and Herzegovina requires the prioritization of diseases for the application of control measures. One of the diseases requiring high priority is brucellosis of ruminants. Brucellosis is a zoonotic infectious disease and one of the most important zoonoses in the world. Brucellosis has been recognized during the past five decades as an important infect...

Eleven-year retrospective study was carried out on small ruminants submitted for necropsy in the Department of Veterinary Pathology, University of Ibadan between 1999 and 2010 to determine the disease pattern, incidence and type of pneumonia in small ruminants from urban and peri-urban area of Ibadan, Nigeria. Approximately 92.4% of the carcasses had their diagnosis made through post-mortem exa...

Plant extracts rich in polyphenols (PERP) could represent interesting alternative antioxidants but their use in ruminants needs further investigation since the antioxidant capacity of PERP could be altered by digestive processes. The aim of the study was to investigate the bioavailability and the antioxidant capacity of four PERP (rosemary; grape; citrus; marigold) in ruminants made highly susc...

Scrapie and bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) are both prion diseases affecting ruminants, and these diseases do not share the same public health concerns. Surveillance of the BSE agent in small ruminants has been a great challenge, and the recent identification of diverse prion diseases in ruminants has led to the development of new methods for strain typing. In our study, using immunohis...

ABSTRACT. Brucellosis is a significant zoonotic disease and endemic in several regions of the world. This study aimed to determine nationwide spatial distribution, seroprevalence, risk factors for Brucella infections Jordan. Serum samples 938 individuals from 11 governorates were tested spp. antibodies using Rose Bengal Brucellacapt ® tests. A validated questionnaire was used collect demographi...

The use of agriculture by-products is highly demanded for livestock nutrition. However, the employment certain non-degradable materials could potentially induce concretions and lesions in ruminants’ forestomach. Thus, aim this study was to determine morphological showed rumen containing indigestible foreign objects, named bodies, small ruminants. Twenty-two animals (12 goats 10 ewes) presenting...