Abattoir study of the prevalence of renal lesions in slaughtered cattle

Authors

  • Farhang Sasani
  • Mohammad Haji hajikalai
  • Naser Alidadi
Abstract:

This study was carried out to determine the prevalence and type of renal lesions in cattle that were slaughtered at the Ghaem (Shahriar) and Ziaran (Ghazvin) abattoirs. A total number of 405 clinically normal cattle were randomly selected and renal samples were taken for histopathological study. The cattle were divided into two groups according to sex, and female groups were divided into two age groups (heifer and cow). Thirty-five (8.6%) out of the studied animals had renal lesions including interstitial nephritis, cysts, glomerolonephritis, acute tubular necrosis (ATN), pyelonephritis, amyloidosis, leukosis hydronephrosis and unilateral renal aplasia. Interstitial nephritis was the most common observed lesion (85.7%). The prevalence of renal lesions in female and male cattle were 8.5% and 9.4%, respectively, which was not a statistically significant difference. The prevalence of renal lesions in cows and heifers were 10% and 2.8%, respectively (p

Upgrade to premium to download articles

Sign up to access the full text

Already have an account?login

similar resources

abattoir study of the prevalence of renal lesions in slaughtered cattle

this study was carried out to determine the prevalence and type of renal lesions in cattle that were slaughtered at the ghaem (shahriar) and ziaran (ghazvin) abattoirs. a total number of 405 clinically normal cattle were randomly selected and renal samples were taken for histopathological study. the cattle were divided into two groups according to sex, and female groups were divided into two ag...

full text

The prevalence of Mycobacterium paratuberculosis infection in ileocecal valve of cattle slaughtered in Ahvaz abattoir, southern Iran

To investigate the prevalence of Mycobacterium paratuberculosis (M. avium subsp. paratuberculosis)infection among cattle slaughtered in Ahvaz abattoir, samples were taken from 250 cattle. Before slaughter,sex and age were assessed. Thereafter, samples were taken from ileocecal valve, rectum mucosa, ileocecallymph node and stool. All smears which taken from these samples were stained by Ziehl-Ne...

full text

study of cohesive devices in the textbook of english for the students of apsychology by rastegarpour

this study investigates the cohesive devices used in the textbook of english for the students of psychology. the research questions and hypotheses in the present study are based on what frequency and distribution of grammatical and lexical cohesive devices are. then, to answer the questions all grammatical and lexical cohesive devices in reading comprehension passages from 6 units of 21units th...

Major Gross Lesions of Lung in Cattle Slaughtered at Hawassa Municipal Abattoir, Southern Ethiopia

A cross-sectional study was conducted from November 2016 to April 2017, to estimate the prevalence of major gross lung lesions in cattle slaughtered at Hawassa Municipal Abattoir, southern Ethiopia. A total of 563 male cattle were examined by antemortem examination, while postmortem lung lesions were done using standard inspection procedures. Association between prevalence and the explanatory v...

full text

My Resources

Save resource for easier access later

Save to my library Already added to my library

{@ msg_add @}


Journal title

volume 4  issue 3

pages  -

publication date 2010-08-01

By following a journal you will be notified via email when a new issue of this journal is published.

Keywords

Hosted on Doprax cloud platform doprax.com

copyright © 2015-2023