Aim: To identify the prevalence of Hydatidosis in buffaloe-calves, heifers and adults slaughtered in slaughter house of Mirha Exports Pvt. Ltd. between March 2010 to Feb. 2011. Materials and Methods: 2,09,615 buffaloes slaughtered were included in this study and were categorized into three groups (A, B and C) based on their age at the time of ante-mortem examination. Group A consisted of calves...

I . The use of deuterium oxide dilution to obtain an indirect estimate of body water in pregnant ewes was examined and the value of such an estimate in predicting body fat was investigated. 2. Deuterium oxide was infused intravenously into fourteen twin-bearing Blackface ewes and blood samples were taken 6-7 h later. The animals were subsequently slaughtered. 3. Deuterium oxide concentration wa...

Eighteen Massese male lambs, fed mainly maternal milk were slaughtered at 11, 14 and 17kg. Samples of Longissimus Dorsi (LD), Triceps Brachii (TB) and Semimembranosus (Sm) muscles were collected. Milk from the lamb's dams was sampled weekly. Fatty acid composition of milk and meat was determined. TB was the fattest muscle, Sm the leanest one and LD showed an intermediate value of total lipids, ...

background: toxoplasma gondii infection is widely prevalent in many species of warm-blooded animals including human. the aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of antibodies to t. gondii from slaughtered sleep and goats by mod­ified agglutination test (mat) in kerman region , southeastern iran. methods : altogether 1340 blood samples were collected from 562 sheep and 778 goats from a...

A study was conducted in order to evaluate the contamination by Brucella spp. of meat from animals slaughtered because they had resulted positive for brucellosis at some time during their life. After slaughter and before delivery to market outlets, swab samples were taken from 307 carcasses of infected animals: 40 cattle, 60 sheep and 207 goats. The swabs were subsequently analysed by means of ...

AIM Fascioliasis is a zoonosis infection caused by the liver trematodes (Fasciola spp.) which have been considered to be an important disease in livestock. After several large outbreaks, fascioliasis remains one of the serious health concerns of Iran. This study was conducted to evaluate the prevalence and possible trends of fascioliasis in slaughtered animals in South of Iran based on abattoir...

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...