Peste des petits ruminants (PPR) diagnosis from suspected samples from sheep and goats was carried out. Buffy coat, tissues, and oculo-nasal swabs were analyzed using nucleoprotein (NP3/NP4) and fusion protein (F1/F2) gene primers, respectively. Analysis of the sample types and primer set revealed that buffy coat are the best type of samples for PPR diagnosis and the use of two set of primers w...

The present report describes a Brazilian Negro sibship with six males affected by a presumptive new variant of Norrie's disease, an X-linked congenital oculo-acoustical-cerebral degeneration. In addition to the typical stigmata of the disease, all the patients were microcephalic and two of them had cryptorchidism. Possible non-genetic aetiology was investigated with negative results. Xg blood g...

The promising results obtained with certain organic phosphorus compounds such as Dow-ET-14 and Dow-ET-57 against Hypoderma sp. (McGregor, Radeleff & Bushland, 1954; McGregor & Bushland, 1957; Adkins, 1957; Roth & Gaines, 1957), indicated the possible use of these systemic insecticides for the treatment of specific oculo-vascular myiasis (Basson, 1962). The heavy losses sustained by the farmers ...

We report the case of a 7-month-old girl with atypical oculo-facio-cardio-dental syndrome (OFCD). A novel de novo pathogenic mutation in the BCL6 interacting co-repressor gene (BCOR) (c.4540C>T; p.Arg1514*), was identified on the X chromosome. This case expands the phenotype of OFCD as it is the first report of a case presenting with craniosynostois, temporal hypertrichosis, supraorbital groovi...

BACKGROUND Sturge-Weber syndrome is a rare congenital neuro- oculo- cutaneous disorder. OBJECTIVE To report a very rare unusual case of bilateral manifestation of Sturge Weber syndrome. CASE We report an unusual case of a 17-year-old female with advanced stage of bilateral glaucoma associated with facial nevus extending to the other half of the face as well and bilateral intracranial calcif...

Abstract Cat ( Felis silvestris catus ) shelter practices may have important implications for cats’ health and well-being. This study explored the relationship between husbandry cat in Hong Kong's shelters which are unregulated. was measured via body condition score (BCS), coat signs of oculo-nasal discharge. A total 314 cats 24 were assessed. satisfactory BCS associated with regular veterinary...

The triad of the Klippel-Feil anomaly, Duane's retraction syndrome, and deaf-mutism was described by Wildervanck (1960) as the cervico-oculoacusticus syndrome. The Klippel-Feil anomaly essentially comprises a variety of bony deformities of the cervical spine, usually involving fusion, which appear clinically as a short neck with a limited range of movements of the head and neck and a low poster...