J. Anim. Sci. Vol. 88, E-Suppl. 2/J. Dairy Sci. Vol. 93, E-Suppl. 1/Poult. Sci. Vol. 89, E-Suppl. 1 751 Live and carcass leg characteristics in terminally sired lambs. M. R. Mousel*1, T. D. Leeds2, D. R. Notter3, H. N. Zerby4, S. J. Moeller4, and G. S. Lewis1, 1USDA, ARS, U.S. Sheep Experiment Station, Dubois, ID, 2USDA, ARS, National Center for Cool and Cold Water Aquaculture, Leetown, WV, 3Vi...

BACKGROUND Toxoplasmosis is a zoonotic disease that affects a wide range of animals, including small ruminants. Sheep and goats are considered as biological indicators for the contamination of the environment with Toxoplasma gondii oocysts. In addition, in countries such as Egypt, where sheep and goat meat is frequently consumed, T. gondii infection in small ruminants may also pose a public hea...

Toxoplasmosis is a disease of zoonotic nature; being reported to be widespread in animals and humans. Serological diagnosis represents the first and the most widely used approach to define the stage of toxoplasmosis and diagnosis of primary and late infection in pregnancy can be improved by determination of Toxoplasma DNA. Eighty-eight and 88 coagulated and non coagulated blood samples were col...

AIM The aim of the present study was to carry out antigenic detection of bluetongue virus (BTV) among the small ruminant population of two different geographical regions of Odisha (coastal and central) using recombinant VP7 (r-VP-7) based sandwich enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (s-ELISA). MATERIALS AND METHODS Blood samples (n=274) were collected from two different geographical pockets of ...

AIM To isolate, identify, and differentiate Capripoxviruses (CaPV) (sheep pox virus and goat pox virus) infections by egg inoculation, transmission electron microscopy (TEM), and 30 kDa RNA polymerase subunit gene-based polymerase chain reaction (PCR) (RPO30) in clinically affected animals in Hawamdia township of Giza Governorate, Egypt. MATERIALS AND METHODS A total of 37 scab samples were c...

Haematological studies of ruminant vertebrates (cow, sheep and goat) present one acceptable method of understanding the ecological biochemical and physiological relationship between lower and higher vertebrate animals like man. Haematological/Biochemical studies were carried out on blood from the vertebrate ruminants: Goat (Capra hircus-L), sheep (Ovis Aries dolrchra), cattle (Bos Taurus) and h...