Volume 8, Issue 3 (2013) | American Journal of Animal and Veterinary Sciences

Clinical and Reproductive Pathological Changes Associated with Brucella melitensis and its Lipopolysaccharides in Female Mice Via Oral Inoculation

Faez Firdaus Jesse Abdullah — 2013-08-30

American Journal of Animal and Veterinary Sciences, Published online: 30 August 2013; doi:10.3844/ajavsp.2013.104.111

Brucella melitensis (B. melitensis) are Gram-negative, aerobic, facultative intracellular bacteria that cause brucellosis that usually leads to abortion in sheep and goats. Three groups of equal numbe...

Biochemical Alterations in Zinc Deficient Sheep Associated by Hyperlactatemia

Ali Hafez El-Far — 2013-08-30

American Journal of Animal and Veterinary Sciences, Published online: 30 August 2013; doi:10.3844/ajavsp.2013.112.116

Blood samples from diseased and clinically healthy Balady sheep of both sexes were collected and subjected for biochemical analysis of serum glucose, fructosamine, lactate, growth hormone, insulin, cr...

Prevalence of Cystic Echinococcosis in Slaughtered Ruminants in Different Abattoirs, Upper Egypt

Mosaab Omar — 2013-08-30

American Journal of Animal and Veterinary Sciences, Published online: 30 August 2013; doi:10.3844/ajavsp.2013.117.121

Hydatid disease is a re-emerging disease that infects human and animals world-wide. Cystic Echinococcosis (CE) is the most common form of the disease. In Egypt, CE is an endemic disease and several re...

Pathomorphological Findings of White Line Disease with Digital and Inner Organ Infections in Culling Dairy Cows

Mohsen Nouri — 2013-08-30

American Journal of Animal and Veterinary Sciences, Published online: 30 August 2013; doi:10.3844/ajavsp.2013.122.127

The aim of this study was to investigate pathomorphological findings of white line disease in culling lame cows, with special reference to the lesions and their distribution. The most prominent pathom...

Effect of Therapeutic and Double Therapeutic Doses of Ivermectin on Oxidative Status and Reproductive Hormones in Male Rabbits

Ali Hafez El-Far — 2013-08-30

American Journal of Animal and Veterinary Sciences, Published online: 30 August 2013; doi:10.3844/ajavsp.2013.128.133

To investigate the biochemical alterations of oxidative status and male sexual hormones, thyroid hormones, cortisol, liver function and kidney function; sixty male New Zealand White rabbits were equal...

Assessment of Immunogenicity of CP8, CLFA-FnBPB and CP8-CLFA-FnBPB Antigens

Xiuli Liu — 2013-08-30

American Journal of Animal and Veterinary Sciences, Published online: 30 August 2013; doi:10.3844/ajavsp.2013.134.141

To assess the effects of conjugating Capsular Polysaccharide (CP) with Clumping factor A (ClfA) and Fibronectin-Binding Proteins B (FnBPB) on the immunogenicity of the antigen, CP was isolated and pur...

Prevalence of Abomasal Nematodes in Sheep Slaughtered at Baneh Town

Garedaghi Yagoob — 2013-09-09

American Journal of Animal and Veterinary Sciences, Published online: 9 September 2013; doi:10.3844/ajavsp.2013.142.145

Livestock production covers up to 40% of the gross value of agricultural production globally. Gastrointestinal nematodes of small ruminants are one of the major causes of productivity loss. This study...

Polymerase Chain Reaction Detection of Pasteurella multocida Type B: 2 in Mice Infected with Contaminated River Water

Faez Firdaus Jesse Abdullah — 2013-09-17

American Journal of Animal and Veterinary Sciences, Published online: 17 September 2013; doi:10.3844/ajavsp.2013.146.151

Hemorrhagic septicemia is an acute, deadly disease of cattle and buffaloes associated with colossal economic loss in the livestock industry in the Asian regions particularly Malaysia. Therefore, this ...

Biochemical and Hematological Alterations in Mice Inoculated with Outer Membrane Protein, Lipopolysaccharides and Whole Cells of Pasteurella multocida Type B: 2

Faez Firdaus Jesse Abdullah — 2013-09-17

American Journal of Animal and Veterinary Sciences, Published online: 17 September 2013; doi:10.3844/ajavsp.2013.152.158

Haemorrhagic septicaemia in cattle and buffaloes is an economically important livestock disease in Asia including Malaysia. Therefore, the aim of this study was to investigate the biochemical and hema...

Acute Phase Protein Responses in Mice Infected with River Water Contaminated by Pasteurella multocida Type B: 2

Mohammed Muqdad Khaleel — 2013-09-17

American Journal of Animal and Veterinary Sciences, Published online: 17 September 2013; doi:10.3844/ajavsp.2013.159.164

Animals are predisposed to infections through varieties of ways which activate the innate immune systems at the initial phase of acute infections. Hemorrhagic Septicemia (HS) is a devastating septicem...