BACKGROUND Bronchopneumonia is a population limiting disease of bighorn sheep (Ovis canadensis) that has been associated with contact with domestic Caprinae. The disease is polymicrobial but is initiated by Mycoplasma ovipneumoniae, which is commonly carried by both domestic sheep (O. aries) and goats (Capra aegagrus hircus). However, while previous bighorn sheep comingling studies with domesti...

A retrospective study was carried out in year 2003, to show the prevalence of hydatid cysts, liver flukes and lung worm among slaughtered sheep, goats, calves, cattle and buffaloes in Kirkuk slaughter house. The number of ruminants slaughtered in Kirkuk abattoir was sheep (40233), goats (9223), calves (9577), cattle (2855) and buffaloes (50). It was found that the highest rate of hydatid cysts ...

Goats in pens eat about 20% more of a low quality feed than do sheep. This higher intake is just sufficient to match the higher maintenance energy requwment of the goats, so, in reality, they are not more suited to an existence on low quality feeds There is little difference between goats and sheep in the extent to which they digest and utilise feeds. It is clear that goats will eat more browse...

background: toxoplasmosis is a zoonotic disease, caused by cosmopolitan coccidian parasite, toxoplasma gondii. one of the most important sources of human infection is feeding from raw or uncooked meat of infected animals. in this study the prevalence of toxoplasmic infection in three important meat producing animals in iran was studied. methods: using indirect immunoflourcent antibody assay (if...

introduction: toxoplasma gondii is one of the most important foodborne pathogens. toxoplasmosis causes abortion and neonatal loss in livestock and imposes significant losses to farming industry. prevalence of t. gondii in sheep and goats was investigated in three adjacent geographical areas within gilan province in north of iran. methods: serum samples were collected from 247 sheep and 155 goat...

Hulet, C.V., Anderson, D.M., Smith, J.N., Shupe, W.L,, Taylor, C.A., Jr. and Murray, L.W., 1989. Bonding of goats to sheep and cattle for protection from predators. Appl. Anita. Behav. Sci., 22: 261-267. Fourteen 5-month-old mohair goats previously confined with heifers for 60 days were randomized into two groups. Group 1 was confined with two heifers for an additional 14 days. Group 2 was conf...

Sheep scab mites, Psoroptes ovis, collected from a Merino donor sheep, were used to infest Merino and Dorper sheep, and Angora and Boer goats. Mites were placed on the sheep on 1 or 2 occasions and on 5 occasions on the goats. All the animals were examined at regular intervals for the presence of scab lesions and living mites. Both sheep breeds developed lesions, but those on the Merino sheep w...

toxoplasmosis is an important zoonotic diseases in human and animals. the disease caused by the protozoan toxoplasma gondii. to determine the infection rate of toxoplasmosis in sheep and goats in east azarbaijan province of iran a total of 186 sera, 13 fetal brains, 13 cotyledons and 34 whole blood samples were collected from sheep and goats in tabriz abattoir during the year 2010. serum sam...

BACKGROUND T.gondii is a global zoonotic disease and is considered as the most neglected tropical disease in sub-Saharan countries. The exact seroepidemiological distribution and risk factors for the infection of food animals and humans in Ethiopia was less studied although, such studies are important. The objective of the current study was to determine the seroprevalence and potential risk fac...

zoonotic helminths are often transmitted to humans through domestic animals. this retrospective study was performed to estimate the prevalence of some important zoonotic helminthic infections of the liver and lung including echinococcosis, fasciolosis and dicrocoeliasis in kazerun and shiraz abattoirs, fars, iran, during 2011-2013. a total of 12381 sheep, 6473 cattle, 22847 goats, 66 camels, an...