Swine kidney worm in Bangladesh: An abattoir survey

Acquired reproductive tract abnormalities of ewes in northwest of Iran: an abattoir survey

Reproductive abnormalities cause major losses of sheep production. Abattoir materials were used todetermine the extent of reproductive wastage. Reproductive tracts were collected from 524 ewes slaughtered at Urmia slaughter-house in Urmia, northwest of Iran, during a period of 12 months. Overall, 30.10% of the ewes examined were pregnant. A total of 149 (28.44%) tracts developed acquired reprod...

Abattoir survey of bovine pyelonephritis

In order to investigate the prevalence and detection of etiological agents of pyelonephritis in Shahrekordabattoir, 404 kidneys of slaughtered cattle (207 female and 197 male) were inspected. Kidney samples, whichhad gross changes were obtained for histological examination. Urine and renal tissue samples were alsocollected aseptically for microbiological examination. In histological examination...

Caprine Ovarian and Uterine Lesions: an Abattoir Survey

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Carnosinase; an enzyme of swine kidney.

Since it was shown in a previous report (1) that certain peptidases were capable of hydrolyzing peptides containing @alanine, the present investigation was undertaken to determine the possible metabolic fate of the naturally occurring peptide, carnosine. Although this substance, /3-alanyl-Lhistidine, has long been known and is one of the most abundant of the non-protein nitrogenous constituents...

An outbreak of acute swine erysipelase in a herd