In early December 1998, the Northern Rivers Public Health Unit (north-eastern New South Wales) was alerted to a possible cluster of leptospirosis cases by the supervising scientist of the Western Pacific Region World Health Organization/Food and Agricultural Organization Collaborating Centre for Reference and Research on Leptospirosis. Investigation revealed a cluster of eight leptospirosis cas...

The national bovine tuberculosis and brucellosis eradication pro­ gramme in Australia was developed in 1968 and officially started in July 1970 on a regional basis. The method of prophylaxis of bovine tuberculosis consis­ ted of a strict identification and systematic tuberculin testing of cattle as well as the inspection of carcasses at the abattoir in order to find the original herd of tubercu...

For this study the jejuni of 50 adult (2-4 years), apparently healthy Iranian river buffaloes were collectedfrom the abattoir for gross morphology, histomorphology, and histomorphometry. Our statistical analysisrevealed that, there are significant (P

Our success rate has been at least as good as the average reported with the use of other diverse techniques. However, this would not be sufficient recommendation for widespread adoption of the method, were it not for the additional important advantage of greatly increased comfort, particularly for acutely ill patients. The use of a sandbag, which is necessary with the patient prone, has been av...

A confirmed case of human brucellosis motivated an investigation into the potential source of infection in Namibia. Since domestic animals are principal sources of Brucella infection in humans, 1692 serum samples were screened from sheep, goats and cattle from 4 presumably at-risk farms and 900 springbok (Antidorcas marsupialis) serum samples from 29 mixed farming units for Brucella antibodies ...

The objective of the current study was to investigate characteristics of Erysipelothrix spp. from slaughter condemnations. Specimens from 70 carcasses with lesions suspect for swine erysipelas were collected at an abattoir in Iowa from October 2007 to February 2009. Erysipelothrix spp. were isolated from 59 of 70 carcasses (84.3%). Abattoir inspectors classified lesions as acute, subacute, or c...