J. Anim. Sci. Vol. 88, E-Suppl. 2/J. Dairy Sci. Vol. 93, E-Suppl. 1/Poult. Sci. Vol. 89, E-Suppl. 1 W141 Effect of leukemia inhibitory factor on feed intake and body temperature in sheep. J. L. Sartin*1, D. L. Marks2, B. K. Whitlock3, J. A. Daniel4, and B. P. Steele1, 1Auburn University, Auburn, AL,2Oregon Health Sciences University, Portland, 3University of Tennessee, Knoxville, 4Berry College...

The objective of this study is to prospectively evaluate the seroepidemiology maedi-visna (MV) infections in intensively reared dairy sheep. A total 407 purebred Chios and Lacaune ewes from four farms were surveyed for two consecutive years serologically tested semiannually with an indirect ELISA at pre-mating pre-lambing. farms’ structure management practices similar animal traits (age, breed,...

On-field trial was conducted in dairy animals to evaluate efficacy of Styplon Vet Bolus (M/s Himalaya Drug Company, Banglore, India) as supportive therapy in management of hemorrhagic conditions (Hematuria, hemoagalectia, bleeding wounds, uterine bleeding and epistaxis) of ruminants. Styplon Vet 1-2 boli twice daily was administered to cows and buffaloes, and 1⁄2 bolus twice daily for sheep til...

Recently, some studies have proposed to model inbreeding depression through partial inbreeding coefficients associated with founder individuals (Lacy et al., 1996). This approach allows to attribute the effects of inbreeding depression to specific founders (Lacy et al., 1996) and its assumptions has been confirmed in several traits in pigs (Rodrigañez et al, 1998; Casellas et al, 2009a), sheep ...

shiga toxin producing escherichia coli have been associated with hus, hc and ttp in human. we found recto-anal mucosal sample in sheep as well in cattle is the main site for e. coli o157 localization. 1246 e. coli isolates from 872 both healthy and diarrheic animals were analyzed, by screening for the presence of shiga toxin-producing (vt 1 and vt 2) and intimin (eae) genes used multiplex pcr. ...

Article history Received:15.12.2014 Accepted: 15.01.2015 Available online:01.08.2015 A cross-sectional study was conducted between October 2012 and April 2014 to determine the sero-prevalence and the main risk factors associated with the N. caninum infection in dairy cattle and co-herded camels, sheep and goats in dairy farms from the Khartoum State. A total of 906 serum samples from 645 dairy ...

Campylobacter jejuni clone SA is the major cause of sheep abortion and contributes significantly to foodborne illnesses in the United States. Clone SA is hypervirulent because of its distinct ability to produce systemic infection and its predominant role in clinical sheep abortion. Despite the importance of clone SA, little is known about its distribution and epidemiological features in cattle....

coxiella burnetii is the causative agent of the zoonotic disease q fever, and ruminants being considered as the main source for human infection. although the main route of infection in human is inhalation of contaminated aerosols, oral transmission by contaminated raw milk or unpasteurized dairy products is also a possible route of infection. raw milk or dairy products produced from unpasteuriz...