Sc immunolabeling in lymph nodes and brainstem at the obex of G/S 127 goats intracerebrally inoculated with classical caprine scrapie. PrP Sc immunolabeling (dark red) was visible in the lymphoid follicles in the retropharyngeal lymph nodes (a), ileocecal lymph nodes (b), prescapular lymph nodes (c) and dorsal motor nucleus of vagus of the brainstem at the obex (d). IHC was performed using mAb ...

this syndrome is a shock-like hyper metabolic myopathy triggered in susceptible animals by stress. capture myopathy (c.m.) is a commonly occurring condition in mammals following trapping and transportation. in this case 12 to 24 hours after transportation of red deer (cevus elaphus) and wild goats (capra ibex) clinical signs such as: muscular tremor, ataxia, recumbency, hyperthermia, tachyca...

Preference among tree fodders in four Madras red breed of sheep and four kanni breed of goats fed with four locally available tree species viz. Albizia lebbek, Gliricidia sepium, Leucaena leucocephala and Inga dulce was studied through intake studies by cafeteria method for a period of 35 days. The nutrient composition of the tree leaves was analysed. Leucaena leucocephala was mostly preferred ...

The aim of this study was to determine the hematological and serological changes in experimentally infected sheep and goats and to validate use of Real time reverse transcriptase PCR analysis in diagnosing PPRV in Kenya. In this study, five sheep and five goats aged 3-6 months and of different sexes were experimentally infected with lineage III PPR virus. Further, two goats and two sheep that w...

Method: A verbal autopsy questionnaire was used to interview close relatives of women within the reproductive age group who had died of pregnancy-related complications in the Sokoto metropolis during the preceding two years. A multistage sampling method using simple random sampling at each step was used to select areas of study within the Sokoto metropolis. Data analysis was carried out using a...