four-hundred milk samples from half udders of 20 flocks of native breed goats were asepticallycollected. the samples were examined by california mastitis test (cmt). twenty-one (5.25%) of 400 werecmt-positive. the cmt-positive samples were then cultured and the following bacteria were isolated:staphylococcus aureus in 3 (14.28%), cns (coagulase-negative staphylococci) in 14 (66.66%), streptococ...

Sheep and goat pox, peste des petits ruminants and Rift Valley fever are important diseases of small ruminant livestock. Sheep and goat pox, along with peste des petits ruminants, are endemic throughout most of Africa, Asia and the Middle East. Whereas Rift Valley fever is endemic in Africa, outbreaks in the Middle East have been reported over the past decade, including the Arabian Peninsula. S...

Erythroid colonies were generated in response to erythropoietin in plasma clot cultures of sheep and goat bone marrow cells. At low concentration erythropoietin only hemoglobin A (betaA globin) was synthesized in goat cultures, but at high concentrations 50% of the hemoglobin synthesized was hemoglobin C (betaC globin). This effect of erythropoietin on the expression of a specific beta globin g...

coxiella burnetii is the etiological agent of coxiellosis in animals and q fever (a zoonotic disease) in humans. cattle, sheep and goats are the main reservoirs of infection for humans. this serological survey was conducted to determine the seroprevalence of coxiellosis in sheep and goat populations in khorasan razavi province, iran. four hundred and sixty animals (255 sheep from 29 herds in 12...

This study was conducted to investigate the effects of feeding fresh Gliricidia sepium leaves as supplement to basal diet of dried cassava peel on the haematological parameters of West African Dwarf sheep and goats in a completely randomized design experiment. Twelve each of WAD sheep and goat were randomly divided into three groups of four animals per group for both sheep and goats. The three ...

To determine prevalence, intensity and fertility ratio of hydatid disease in sheep and goats in the district of Quetta, a survey was conducted in Army Supply Corps abattoir between August 2001 and March 2002. Overall incidence of hydatid disease in livers of sheep and goats was 46.74 and 23.28%, while in lungs these were 17.37 and 13.68%, respectively. Intensity of the metacesode was higher in ...

Dairy goat and sheep farms suffer severe economic losses due to intramammary infections, with Staphylococcus aureus representing the main cause of clinical mastitis in small ruminants. In addition, S. aureus contamination of goat and sheep milk may cause staphylococcal food poisoning, as many traditional caprine and ovine milk products are not subjected to pasteurization. Data on virulence and ...

The study was carried out from October 2013 to September 2014 in both organised and small sheep and goat farms of coastal areas viz. Cuddalore, Nagapattinam of Tamil Nadu, India. The objective of the present study is to determine the prevalence and seasonal variation of gastrointestinal parasites in small ruminants. A total of 1356 faecal samples (63 from goat and 50 from sheep per month) were ...

Goats and some sheep synthesize a juvenile hemoglobin, Hb C (alpha 2 beta C2), at birth and produce this hemoglobin exclusively during severe anemia. Sheep that synthesize this juvenile hemoglobin are of the A haplotype. Other sheep, belonging to a separate group, the B haplotype, do not synthesize hemoglobin C and during anemia continue to produce their adult hemoglobin. To understand the basi...