a 4-day-old holstein bull calf with considerable oedema of the belly (water belly) was referred to theveterinary teaching hospital of the school of veterinary medicine, shiraz university. the owner did notobserve any urination since birth. rupture of the urethra was suspected. perineal urethrotomy was performed. subsequently, catheterization of urethra revealed the obstruction near the external...

the enterotoxins (ets) of clostridium perfringens isolated from enterotoxemic or diarrheic alpacas, pigs, calves, dogs, and horses were obtained from sporulated cell extracts. the ets from alpaca, pig, and calf isolates were chromatographed on sephadex g-loo. monoclonal antibodies (mabs) against ets derived from alpaca, pig, and calf c. perfringens isolates were produced. the mabs were used in ...

background shiga toxin-producing escherichia coli (stec) strains are considered as one of the most important widespread food-borne pathogens, which cause diarrhea and life threatening diseases, such as hemolytic uremic syndrome, in humans. more recently, the stec strains have also been incriminated to cause diarrhea and hemorrhagic colitis in calves; enteropathogenic e. coli (epec) also causes ...

black leg has been reported in a variety of animals, but is ofthe most importance in cattle and sheep. a20 days old holsteindairy calf was examined because of anorexia and lameness from2 days ago. the calf was depressed, tachypneic, tachycardic, andhad a body temperature of 38.5ºc. both hind limbs proximal tothe tarsal joint were markedly swollen, firm and painful. nocrepitation was noted on pa...

Case Description- Umbilical hernia is occasionally seen with different levels of complexity in animals This emergency condition requires quick diagnosis and is corrected with various surgical approaches. The aim of this paper is to report the surgical correction of an eviscerated umbilical hernia with extensive adhesion in a bovine calf. Twenty days old indigenous male bovine c...

a 5-day-old female holstein calf was necropsied because of lethargy, recumbency and anorexia. at necropsy, multiple gross defects were evident in several organs, including unclosed sutures of skull bones, asymmetrical orbits, doming of the skull bones, hydrocephalus, hydranencephaly, cleft palate, brachygnathia, ventricular septal defect, mitral valve dysplasia and rudimentary lungs. on microsc...

synophthalmia is a form of cyclopia, in which some elements of two eyes are fused and form a single eye in the middle region of the forehead. the head of a holstein female calf born from a 5-year-old cow was referred to department of pathology, school of veterinary medicine, shahrekord university due to multiple congenital anomalies. the calf had been slaughtered immediately after birth due to ...

A study was conducted to determine differences in performance, carcass characteristics , and profitability of a calf-feeding and a yearling production system. Year-lings had higher daily gains compared to calf-feds; however, calf-feds were more efficient than yearlings. Yearlings produced more weight than calf-feds leading to an improvement in profitability for yearlings compared to calf-feds. ...

Duchenne muscular dystrophy is clinically characterised by progressive muscle weakness and a gradual increase in the size of some affected muscles, especially calf muscles. The extent of calf enlargement is usually determined by subjective visual assessment. The purpose of this study was to determine the extent of calf muscle enlargement in Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) patients compared wi...

Members of gram-negative bacteria family Pasteurellaceae, include a large number of important economically human and veterinary pathogens. Organisms belonging to the family can colonize in mucosal surfaces of the respiratory, alimentary, genital tracts and cause diseases in various mammals, birds, and reptiles. Hemorrhagic septicemia is an acute disease of cattle and buffaloes in tropi...