Eleven cases of human brucellosis occurred among livestock workers and a veterinarian who lived and worked in a rural area around Jeongeup City, Jeollabuk-Do, Korea from February 2003 to August 2003. Eight of the patients had taken care of Korean native cattle that were infected with bovine brucellosis and had already been slaughtered. Two of the patients had taken care of dairy cattle, and one...

Problem statement: Q fever is a ubiquitous zoonosis caused by Coxiella burnetii, an obligate intracellular rickettsial organism that caused abortion and stillbirth in ruminants. Approach: The prevalence of Coxiella burnetii in Iran is essentially unknown. Its traditional diagnosis is based on culture, serology and conventional PCR. In this present study, for more sensitive and accurate detectio...

isolation of bohv-1 was attempted from nasal swabs as well as aborted foetuses and vaginal swabs in madin darby bovine kidney (mdbk) cell line to find out the prevalent strain in the state of west bengal, india. the virus was isolated from only one case out of 65 nasal swabs whereas no virus was isolated from aborted foetuses and vaginal swabs. the isolate was typed as bohv-1.2 (strain india 3).

a 40-day-old male holstein breed calf with a complaint of inability of moving the tongue in and out aswell as difficulties with breastfeeding was referred to the veterinary clinic. a notch in the middle of thetongue tip was evident during oral examination. in addition, a thin tissue band between the ventral surface of the tongue and floor of the oral cavity was seen in the calf. a diagnosis of ...

T he Emergency Medical Service (EMS) crew was asked to attend to a 40 year old man, after he suddenly lost consciousness in the midst of a family get together at his home. On arrival, the EMS crew found him to be unresponsive and pulseless. The initial ‘‘paddles on’’ electrocardiogram (ECG) showed ventricular fibrillation and patient was successfully cardioverted. (two direct current shocks: 20...

background:neonatal calf diarrhea (ncd), also known ascalf scours, is caused by viruses, bacteria, and parasites.coronavirus is one of the important causes of ncd syndrome.electron microcopy has been used for demonstration of virusesin fecal samples of diarrheic calves since 1969. objectives:the aim of this study was to determine the prevalence ofcoronavirus in fecal samples of neonatal calf di...

Despite the availability of various alkaline phosphatase (ALP) isoenzymes, the calf enzyme is being used in current enzyme assays as the detector enzyme. The glycosylation pattern of this enzyme makes it a suitable ligand for binding to wheat germ agglutinin lectin (WGA). As a result of this property, the enzyme can not be used as a conjugate with this lectin, and the calf enzyme conjugates can...

The enterotoxins (ETs) of Clostridium perfringens isolated from enterotoxemic or diarrheic alpacas, pigs, calves, dogs, and horses were obtained from sporulated cell extracts. The ETs from alpaca, pig, and calf isolates were chromatographed on Sephadex G-lOO. Monoclonal antibodies (MAbs) against ETs derived from alpaca, pig, and calf C. perfringens isolates were produced. The MAbs were used...