This study was intended to identify the prevalence of bovine Tuberculosis (TB) in Basra governorate/ Iraq. About 694 random samples were collected from cows and Mudhar A. S. Abu Tabeekh Basra Veterinary Hospital, Basra, Iraq buffaloes that reared in Basra city center, Abu Alkhasib, Shat Alarab, Al Fao, Safwan, Al Qurna, Al Mdainah, Imam Sadiq, Imam Qaim and Al Zubair / Basra...
Joudi breed were collected from Basrah, Al-Muthanna, Najaf, Babylon, and Wasit (10 samples each). As well as 15 samples of the Khawar breed from Anbar and 15 samples of the Hurra breed from DhiQar. The analysis of molecular variance (AMOVA) was employed This study aimed to investigate the genetic diversity, population structure, and demographic history of Iraq camel breeds...
A significant species differences are existed between the skins of the animals according to their lifestyle. The camel is clearly adapted for a desert, and its skin differs in the arrangement and morphology of the hair follicles from that of other domestic mammals. Differential interference Contrast microscope (DICM) is related optics give a specimen a three dimensional...
Different antibiotics have been used in the cure and control of many forms of infections in a variety of animal species. The non-prudent use of antibiotics in veterinary clinic can lead to develop of resistant forms of micro-organisms to antibiotics. This phenomenon is a natural and unavoidable and associated with routinely use of antibiotic in many species, including man. With...
Small ruminants play an important role in the nutrition and income of people around the world. They serve as source of meat, milk, skin and wool. Small ruminants contribute significantly to the economy of farmers in the Iraq. The mass production of small ruminant in the country is constrained by disease, inadequate nutrition, poor genetic resources of the local stock, marketing...
Papilloma viruses (PVs) are non-enveloped, small, double stranded DNA viruses with circular genomes that replicate intranuclearly in infected cells. Papilloma viruses have high affinity for stratified squamous epithelia of warm blooded animals including cattle and occurs in all animal species throughout the world, and are highly species-specific. However, the only reported cases...
Recently, there is an increasing in the raising of small ruminants in order to meet the high demands for ewe’s milk and milk products globally. However, gangrenous mastitis is one of the most difficult problem to be encountered. This study intends to describe the clinical and laboratory investigations of two gangrenous mastitis cases in local Iraqi ewes and to discuss the...
Background The inflammation of mammary gland tissue is called mastitis. It is an important aspects of animal health and productivity, public health and economy. Camel mastitis is relatively not well studied in camel-rearing areas all over the world especially the prevalence of subclinical mastitis. Mastitis appears in two forms: clinical mastitis, where symptoms are visible and...
MRVSA (Special issue), 2nd Iraqi colloquium on camel diseases and management/ College of Veterinary Medicine/ Al Muthanna University 28 March, (2016),7 (2), Mirror of Research in Veterinary Sciences and Animals
There are elevations in the number of stray dogs in different governorates in Iraq. Moreover, the number of people who are interested in keeping dog for life purpose has also risen. Every year, there are a number of populations contacted to animal bites throughout the country. Wounds due to dog bites are popular in different human ages, but are more common in children. A high...
Coxiella burnetii (C. burnetii) is a major cause for global outbreaks of infectious abortion in animals, in addition to its zoonotic importance. This study aimed to determine the seroprevalence of C. burnetii antibodies in sheep, goats and humans in certain districts of Diyala Governorate. Blood samples were collected from, 284 animals including 143 sheep and 141 goats of both...
Background Highly productive milk cows suffer from increasing loss in body condition at early lactation and are more prone to metabolic disorders. Recent Cowdition smartphone application can determine animal health situation, and it is called body condition scoring (BCS) system. It can apply adequately for proper farming and management the animal performance. BCS is also helping...
The present study was designed to describe the morphological and histological structures of the cecum and colon in adult local one humped camel in Iraq. Specimens of cecum and colon were collected from five healthy male camels between 4-5 years old. The samples were collected immediately after slaughtering and transferred to the laboratory of anatomy/ College of veterinary...
The aim of this study was to investigate the clinical signs related to infected camels by C. titillator larvae and to determine prevalence and incidence of C.titillator larvae in the camels. This study was conducted on 864 camels slaughtered at Al Muthanna abattoir during the period extended from 1st September 2015 to 30th August 2016. Fever, emaciation, loos of appetite loss...
Burns have estimated as one of the most destructive conditions in emergency medicine affecting the population in developed and developing countries, lead to physical and chronic disabilities due to psychological scars. Various natural and synthetic materials have used for treatment and coverage of burns wounds. Nonetheless, disadvantages associated with these materials are...
The present study aimed to evaluate the influence of plant oils pellet containing of black seed (10%), cinnamon oil (10%), olive oil (10%) and ginger oil (10%) on some oxidant – antioxidant parameters of male rats, these parameters included glucose, malondialdehyde, iron, transferrin, ceruloplasmin and albumin. Eighteen male rats divided into three groups, the first group was...
Diarrhea in lambs and goat kids is caused by various infectious agents. It may be occurred alone or in combination with each other’s. The more common viral agents are including rotavirus, coronavirus, astrovirus and calicivirus that lead to diarrhea in neonate small ruminant. This study intended to detect the viral agents of lambs and goat kids diarrhea in Al Muthanna province...
The potential to increase passive transfer of specific Rhodococcus equi (R.equi) humoral immunity to newborn by preparturient vaccination of their dams was investigated in Pregnant Guinea pigs as a pilot study. Attenuated autogenous vaccine was prepared from a Congo red negative (CR-) R.equi local isolate mixed with adjuvant (potassium alum sulphate), tested for sterility, safety...
This short communication intends to focus on brucellosis which encounter and causes economic importance in the camel production in “Iraq”.
Animal and brucellosis is still endemic in many countries of the Middle East including Iraq, in spite of high efforts conducted to control the disease in animals through vaccination campaigns. Serology is the most useful and widely used tool for the diagnosis of Brucellosis in man and animals. The study was conducted from September/ 2016 to June / 2017. A total of 163 serum...
Hundreds of the electronic and non-electronic journals have been established exponentially in the scientific community since the last two decades. The impact factor (IF) is only one of three standardized measures created by the Institute of Scientific Information (ISI) which can be used to measure the way a journal receives citations to its articles over time. The impact factor...
One hundred fifty milk samples were collected from three different markets in Basra city during a period extend of from November 2010 to March 2011. All samples were cultured in selective media to detect the presence of non-sorbitol fermenting colonies (NSF) 86 (57.34%) isolates were found non-sorbitol fermenting E. coli. Latex agglutination test was used to detect serotype O157...
Highly productive milk cows suffer from increasing loss in body condition at early lactation, and are more prone to metabolic disorders. Recent Cowdition smartphone application has the ability to determine animal health situation and it is called body condition scoring (BCS) system. It can apply adequately for proper farming and management the animal performance. BCS is also...
Burns have estimated as one of the most destructive conditions in emergency medicine affecting the population in developed and developing countries, lead to physical and chronic disabilities due to psychological scars. Various natural and synthetic materials have been used for treatment and coverage of burn wound. Nonetheless, disadvantages associated with these materials are...
A natural outbreak of pox was reported in Turkey (poult) farm for the first time in Iraq. The infected poult were 1 month age and showed generalized skin nodular lesions. More severe lesions were observed on the head and upper neck. The morbidity and mortality rates were (23 out of 23) 100% and (20 out of 23) 86.95% respectively. The diagnosis of disease was done according to...