Volume 8, Issue 1 (2013) | American Journal of Animal and Veterinary Sciences

Comparison of Isoflurane and Sevoflurane Anesthesia in Holstein Calves for Placement of Portal and Jugular Vein Cannulas

Glen Sellers — 2013-01-02

American Journal of Animal and Veterinary Sciences, Published online: 2 January 2013; doi:10.3844/ajavsp.2013.1.7

Isoflurane and sevoflurane are the two most commonly used inhalation anesthetics in veterinary medicine today. This study compared the anesthetic effects between isoflurane and sevoflurane in 17 calve...

Butyrate-Mediated Genomic Changes Involved in Non-Specific Host Defenses, Matrix Remodeling and the Immune Response in the Rumen Epithelium of Cows Afflicted with Subacute Ruminal Acidosis

Louis Dionissopoulos — 2013-01-10

American Journal of Animal and Veterinary Sciences, Published online: 10 January 2013; doi:10.3844/ajavsp.2013.8.27

Subacute Ruminal Acidosis (SARA) is a disorder in cattle which can lead to chronic inflammation in the rumen epithelium, known as rumenitis. Butyrate has been shown to attenuate some of the detriment...

Parasitological Prevalence of Bovine Trypanosomosis in Kubo Division of Kwale County of Coastal: Baseline Survey

N. Mbahin — 2013-01-25

American Journal of Animal and Veterinary Sciences, Published online: 25 January 2013; doi:10.3844/ajavsp.2013.28.36

Prior to field trials of large scale tsetse repellent technology validation in July 2011, a cross-sectional survey of bovine trypanosomosis and its vectors was carried out to know the disease level in...

Residues Depletion Study and Withdrawal Period Determination of Sulphadiazine and Trimethoprim Premix in Pigs

Panagiotis Dimitrios Katsoulos — 2013-02-12

American Journal of Animal and Veterinary Sciences, Published online: 12 February 2013; doi:10.3844/ajavsp.2013.37.44

The emergence and spread of antibiotic resistant human pathogens have been directly linked to the use of antibiotics in livestock production. The purpose of this study was to detect and quantify the c...

Molecular Characterization of Goats Using Random Amplified Polymorphic Dna

Nandani Kumari — 2013-02-20

American Journal of Animal and Veterinary Sciences, Published online: 20 February 2013; doi:10.3844/ajavsp.2013.45.49

Black Bengal goat is a very valuable goat breed in India. The present investigation was proposed to be undertaken to evaluate gene flow, phylogeographic history, genetic structure and differentiation ...

Effect of Leptospirosis on the Concentrations of Streptomycin in Liver and Kidneys of Pigs

Labrini V. Athanasiou — 2013-03-28

American Journal of Animal and Veterinary Sciences, Published online: 28 March 2013; doi:10.3844/ajavsp.2013.50.54

Leptospirosis is a re-emerging infectious disease with zoonotic potential. Pigs are reservoir hosts of the pathogen and streptomycin is among the antibiotics proposed to eliminate leptospiral infectio...