AIM The aim of this study was to explore the prevalence of gastrointestinal parasitism in small ruminants in relation to various risk factors in the western zone of Punjab. MATERIALS AND METHODS During the study, 603 fecal samples (391 of sheep and 212 of goats) were examined qualitatively by floatation and sedimentation techniques, and quantitatively by McMaster technique. RESULTS Out of t...

A detailed review is presented of the history, geographical distribution, cause, epidemiology, clinical features, pathogenesis, pathology, diagnosis, prevention, control and economic effects of scrapie in sheep. Brief mention is made of the disease in goats and moufflon. The nature of the agent causing scrapie, the genetic control of the incubation period in sheep and the natural transmission o...

Parabronema skrjabini is a spirurid nematode of the family Habronematidae that lives in the abomasum of ruminants such as sheep and goats. The purpose of this study was to investigate the molecular and morphological aspects of Parabronema skrjabini in sheep and goats in Iran. The worms were collected from these animal species from three different regions. An internal transcribed spacer 2 riboso...

This study investigated the influence of alpine grazing on vitamin D (vitD) and bone metabolism in sheep and goats. Two groups of five adult lactating East Friesian milk sheep and Saanen dairy goats were kept on pastures at 2,000 to 2,600 m a.s.l. (SA: sheep alpine; GA: goats alpine) and 400 m a.s.l. (SL: sheep lowland; GL: goats lowland). The animals were milked twice daily and the milk yield ...

coxiella burnetii is the etiological agent of coxiellosis in animals and q fever (a zoonotic disease) in humans. cattle, sheep and goats are the main reservoirs of infection for humans. this serological survey was conducted to determine the seroprevalence of coxiellosis in sheep and goat populations in khorasan razavi province, iran. four hundred and sixty animals (255 sheep from 29 herds in 12...

This study investigated the influence of alpine grazing on vitamin D (vitD) and bone metabolism in sheep and goats. Two groups of five adult lactating East Friesian milk sheep and Saanen dairy goats were kept on pastures at 2,000 to 2,600 m a.s.l. (SA: sheep alpine; GA: goats alpine) and 400 m a.s.l. (SL: sheep lowland; GL: goats lowland). The animals were milked twice daily and the milk yield ...

BACKGROUND AND AIM Animal chlamydiosis, caused by different chlamydial species, is characterized by clinical or subclinical disease manifestations in cattle, buffalo, ovine, caprine and wild animal species. Animal chlamydiosis often remains underdiagnosed or undiagnosed, and its status in many parts of India is still unknown. Hence, the present study was conducted to determine the seroprevalenc...

An infection rate of 8.4% with cystic echinococcosis (Hydatidosis) was recovered among 1,050 sheep, goats, cattle and camels in Shahat abattoir in Al-Jabal, Libya. Of 554 sheep, 48 (8.7%) sheep were infected. Of 338 goats, 18 (5.4%) goats were infected. Of 124 cattle, 8 (6.4) cattle were infected and of 40 camels, 14 (35.0%) camels were infected. The animals were of both sexes and of various ag...

Epizootiological aspects of peste des petits ruminants (PPR) and rinderpest in sheep and goats in Saudi Arabia are examined. The presence of PPR has been suspected on occasions, but virus isolation has been successful only once. Information regarding PPR and rinderpest in sheep and goats in Saudi Arabia is scarce. The only survey conducted indicated that neither disease is endemic in the country.

These proceedings summarize the results of research on dwarf sheep and goat production in humid West Africa. Among the topics discussed are disease profiles of village sheep and goats; feed intake, growth and reproduction rates of West African Dwarf goats; integration of the small ruminant enterprise into the wider farming system of the zone; and the economics of the improved production systems...