Many factors determine whether animals are poisoned by plants including the quantity and rate of the plant eaten; the stage of growth of the plant; the growing conditions of the plant; and whether or not the plants have been fertilized or treated with herbicides. The species of the animal, age, sex and general body condition of the animal also determine the outcome of plant poisoning. Lastly th...

Neonatal mortality occurring within 14 days of birth was recorded in sheep and goats in Jordan during 2000−2001. Post-mortem examination of 155 lambs and kids that died in the neonatal period indicated that 120 (77.4%) of lambs’ and kids’ deaths were due to infectious causes, another seven (4.5%) died of a combination of infectious and non-infectious causes and 18 (11.6%) died because of non-in...

1 Department of Veterinary Microbiology, College of Veterinary Sciences, DUVASU, Mathura 281 001, India 2 Vaccinology & Immunotherapy Program, School of Public Health and VIDO-InterVac, University of Saskatchewan, 120 Veterinary Road, Saskatoon, SK, Canada S7N 5E3 3 Veterinary Type Culture Collection, National Research Centre on Equines, Hisar, Haryana 125 001, India 4Directorate of Information...

Occurrence of dystocia Dystocia is relatively uncommon in with a herd goal of fewer than 5 % of birthings requiring assistance. Problem birthings may be defined as failure of transition from stage I to stage II labor or when little to no progress is made for 30 minutes or more after the start of stage II labor. Stage I labor is defined as preparation for fetal expulsion and includes restlessnes...

Staphylococci are the main aetiological agents of small ruminants intramammary infections (IMI), the more frequent isolates being S. aureus in clinical cases and coagulase negative species in subclinical IMI. The clinical IMI, whose annual incidence is usually lower than 5%, mainly occur at the beginning of machine milking and during the first third of lactation. These features constitute small...

Members of the genus Clostridium are extraordinarily diverse in their natural habitats, and, when introduced to animal hosts, a few produce acute and often fatal disease. In sheep and goats, as in many other species of domestic animals, pathogenesis is often mediated by one or more of the many toxic proteins produced by these organisms. Prevention and control strategies are frequently based upo...

BACKGROUND Brucellosis is a worldwide zoonosis with significant impact on rural livelihoods and a potentially underestimated contributor to febrile illnesses. The aim of this study was to estimate the seroprevalence of brucellosis in humans and small ruminants in The Gambia. METHODS The study was carried out in rural and urban areas. In 12 rural villages in Kiang West district, sera were coll...

babesia ovis plays an important role in causing anemia and kidney dysfunction in affected animals. there are few extensive studies about hematological and biochemical findings of small ruminants' babesiosis caused by b. ovis. the aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of babesiosis on some hematological and biochemical parameters in infected small ruminants with b. ovis. a total of 280 sh...

Agalactia is an infectious and contagious disease of small ruminants caused by Mycoplasma agalactiae (M. agalactiae). Although different microorganism strains contribute to this disease,  M. agalactiae is known as the most prominent causative agent. Therefore, this study aimed to investigate the rate of M. agalactiae involvement in contagious agalactia in the southeast region of Iran. Sampling ...