Amoeba parasitica, a new protozoan infesting sheep

On a Cystic Parasite Infesting Sheep

an excellent description of these by Dr. T. R. Lewis. Sheep and goats are however, in this country, very frequently infested by a parasitic animal of the same description; but, not knowing this, people who carefully eschew pork, and even avoid beef, eat their mutton without suspicion. This parasite is to be found in a large proportion of the sheep of the Punjab, and doubtless, also, in those of...

A new Approach to active Immunization of Sheep by a combined Sheep pox and Anthrax Vaccine

A new approach to develop a vaccine against capripox infection in sheep and goats using a new strain of sheep pox virus in Iran

This report describes the preparation of a safe and immunogenic single vaccine against capripox disease in sheep and goats using two different types of cells (primary lamb kidney and vero, a bovine turbinate cell line). This used the 0240 pox strain isolated from sheep during an outbreak. The prepared vaccine was administered subcutaneously and induced complete protection against an experimenta...

Some observations on ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) infesting sheep in River Nile Province of Northern Sudan.

Five species of ixodid ticks were found in a cross-sectional survey in which 200 sheep were examined for ticks in River Nile Province, Sudan. Hyalomma anatolicum anatolicum was the predominant species (73.6%), whereas ticks belonging to the Rhipicephalus sanguineus group (14.7%), Rhipicephalus evertsi evertsi (9.1%), Rhipicephalus simus (2%) and Hyalomma dromedarii (0.5%) were also found. The m...

Distribution and population dynamics of ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) infesting sheep in Sennar State, Sudan.

A cross-sectional survey of ticks infesting sheep was conducted in Sennar State, Sudan. A total body collection of ticks was carried out at five localities Sennar town, Singa, Dinder, Abu Naama and Um Banein on two types of Desert sheep (Watish and Ashgar) on two farms at each locality at two monthly intervals for one year starting July 2002 to May 2003. Four tick genera and eight species were ...