Pub Date : 2015-01-01DOI: 10.5455/JVA.20150709084630
Musa C
The relationship between serum lipid profile, testicular dimensions and sperm reserve in Yankasa rams was evaluated. Twenty seven (27) Yankasa rams of between 1.5 to 2 years of age were used for the study. Serum parameters evaluated include, total cholesterol, high density lipoprotein cholesterol, low density lipoprotein cholesterol and triglyceride. Testicular parameters measured include, weight, volume, length and circumference. Pearson's coefficients of correlation among various parameters were estimated using SPSS (2010). The result indicate a significantly negative correlation between total cholesterol and sperm reserve (-0.90, P<0.01). Similarly, the relationship between sperm reserve and low density lipoprotein cholesterol is negative and significant (-0.92, P<0.01). Positive but non-significant correlation was observed between sperm reserve and high density lipoprotein cholesterol. Findings of this research suggest that measures taken to decrease serum levels of low density lipoprotein cholesterol can improve reproductive performance of Yankasa rams.
{"title":"Relationship between Serum Lipid Profile, Testicular Dimensions and Sperm Reserve in Yankasa Sheep","authors":"Musa C","doi":"10.5455/JVA.20150709084630","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5455/JVA.20150709084630","url":null,"abstract":"The relationship between serum lipid profile, testicular dimensions and sperm reserve in Yankasa rams was evaluated. Twenty seven (27) Yankasa rams of between 1.5 to 2 years of age were used for the study. Serum parameters evaluated include, total cholesterol, high density lipoprotein cholesterol, low density lipoprotein cholesterol and triglyceride. Testicular parameters measured include, weight, volume, length and circumference. Pearson's coefficients of correlation among various parameters were estimated using SPSS (2010). The result indicate a significantly negative correlation between total cholesterol and sperm reserve (-0.90, P<0.01). Similarly, the relationship between sperm reserve and low density lipoprotein cholesterol is negative and significant (-0.92, P<0.01). Positive but non-significant correlation was observed between sperm reserve and high density lipoprotein cholesterol. Findings of this research suggest that measures taken to decrease serum levels of low density lipoprotein cholesterol can improve reproductive performance of Yankasa rams.","PeriodicalId":17430,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Veterinary Advances","volume":"31 1","pages":"1079-1082"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"83723492","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2015-01-01DOI: 10.5455/JVA.20150623092317
S. Danbirni, H. Ziyauhaq, L. Allam, S. Okaiyeto, A. Sackey
A total of 6, 933 cattle slaughtered at Kano old abattoir during the wet season month of July, 2014 were examined during post mortem meat inspection in order to determine the prevalence of liver condemnation in weight (kg) due to fascioliasis and its financial losses in naira (N) equivalent. Data were obtained by macroscopic examination, palpation and incision of each liver for size, consistency, dilatation of the bile ducts, sinus tract due to immature fluke migration, fibrous tissue formation, immature and matured flukes in the liver and bile duct, respectively. Liver with less or severe damage were partially or totally condemned. The condemned liver from each slaughtered cattle were collected in polythene bags and weighed individually using Camry premium® scale while the financial value was estimated in naira using the current market price of N1,200 per kilogram of liver sold in the Kano meat market. A prevalence of 1.2% from 80 (31 and 49 partially and totally condemned livers respectively) condemned livers out of 6, 933 cattle examined was obtained. The total weight of both partially and totally condemned liver tissues was 295.8 kg which translated into financial losses of N354, 960 only. The result from this study showed that, fascioliasis is one of the causes of financial losses in the livestock production sector in the study area.
{"title":"Prevalence of Liver Condemnation due to Fascioliasis in Slaughtered Cattle and it’s Financial Losses at Kano Old Abattoir, Nigeria -","authors":"S. Danbirni, H. Ziyauhaq, L. Allam, S. Okaiyeto, A. Sackey","doi":"10.5455/JVA.20150623092317","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5455/JVA.20150623092317","url":null,"abstract":"A total of 6, 933 cattle slaughtered at Kano old abattoir during the wet season month of July, 2014 were examined during post mortem meat inspection in order to determine the prevalence of liver condemnation in weight (kg) due to fascioliasis and its financial losses in naira (N) equivalent. Data were obtained by macroscopic examination, palpation and incision of each liver for size, consistency, dilatation of the bile ducts, sinus tract due to immature fluke migration, fibrous tissue formation, immature and matured flukes in the liver and bile duct, respectively. Liver with less or severe damage were partially or totally condemned. The condemned liver from each slaughtered cattle were collected in polythene bags and weighed individually using Camry premium® scale while the financial value was estimated in naira using the current market price of N1,200 per kilogram of liver sold in the Kano meat market. A prevalence of 1.2% from 80 (31 and 49 partially and totally condemned livers respectively) condemned livers out of 6, 933 cattle examined was obtained. The total weight of both partially and totally condemned liver tissues was 295.8 kg which translated into financial losses of N354, 960 only. The result from this study showed that, fascioliasis is one of the causes of financial losses in the livestock production sector in the study area.","PeriodicalId":17430,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Veterinary Advances","volume":"19 1","pages":"1004-1009"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"78596121","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2015-01-01DOI: 10.5455/JVA.20150401025957
S. A. Babalola, M. M. Suleiman, A. Hassan, D. A. Adawa
This work was undertaken as a preliminary study in Wistar rats to evaluate the methanolic crude extract of Datura metel L. seeds as a potential oral anaesthetic. Oral acute toxicity study was carried out to determine the safety of the extract in twelve (12) mice, the extract when administered at the highest dose (5,000 mg/kg) no sign of toxicity and no death was recorded. In the in vivo oral sedative and anaesthetic evaluation of the extract, the observed pharmacological effect of the extract at a dose rate of 7, 9, 11, 15, 20 and 25 g/kg to six (6) Wistar rats respectively, showed a graded dose response relationship with 25 g/kg inducing behavioural sleep in the Wistar rat. Another set of five (5) Wistar rats implanted with electrodes, administered the extract at a dose rate of 25 g/kg each and their behavioural sleep patterns (EEG) recorded. Their EEG when compared to that from a standard administered thiopental intra peritoneally was similar (synchronization). Thus the seed extract of Datura metel L. is relatively safe, induced EEG similar to thiopentone sodium anaesthesia at the oral dose rate of 25 g/kg. Datura metel L seed extract is a potential orally administered anaesthetic.
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Pub Date : 2015-01-01DOI: 10.5455/JVA.20150409013214
D. Sutariya, H. Panchasara, T. Sutaria, R. Patel
A study was conducted to assess the factors influencing the economic losses due to ketosis by gathering data from samples of eighteen ketotic Mehsana buffaloes. The study outlines the effect of ketosis in eighteen buffaloes. Three (16.67%) of 18 ketotic buffaloes showed 20-30 percent drop in milk yield, whereas 40-50 per cent drop in production was exhibited by 7 (38.89%) buffaloes. The average drop in daily milk yield was recorded to be 3.40+0.27 liters (34.24%) and the recovery after treatment could restore only 22.52 per cent (3.24+026 liters) milk per day. Decline in milk yield from 25.92 percent in 0 to 1 month of lactation to 40.72 percent at 3-4 month postpartum with an increasing trend.
{"title":"Effect of Clinical Ketosis on Milk Yield in Mehsana Buffaloes","authors":"D. Sutariya, H. Panchasara, T. Sutaria, R. Patel","doi":"10.5455/JVA.20150409013214","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5455/JVA.20150409013214","url":null,"abstract":"A study was conducted to assess the factors influencing the economic losses due to ketosis by gathering data from samples of eighteen ketotic Mehsana buffaloes. The study outlines the effect of ketosis in eighteen buffaloes. Three (16.67%) of 18 ketotic buffaloes showed 20-30 percent drop in milk yield, whereas 40-50 per cent drop in production was exhibited by 7 (38.89%) buffaloes. The average drop in daily milk yield was recorded to be 3.40+0.27 liters (34.24%) and the recovery after treatment could restore only 22.52 per cent (3.24+026 liters) milk per day. Decline in milk yield from 25.92 percent in 0 to 1 month of lactation to 40.72 percent at 3-4 month postpartum with an increasing trend.","PeriodicalId":17430,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Veterinary Advances","volume":"70 1","pages":"1010-1013"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"86227868","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2015-01-01DOI: 10.5455/JVA.20151125104035
A. A. James, E. G. Echiobi, N. Chom, S. T. Fadason, A. Andrew
The aim of this study was to determine the application of transabdominal ultrasonography in estimating gestational age in Yankasa ewes through the measurement of crown-rump length (CRL), bi-parietal diameter (BPD) and femoral length (FL). Fifteen (15) ewes were first oestrus-synchronized and mated to establish pregnancy. Transabdominal ultrasonography, using a real time B-mode ultrasound scanner, was carried out on weekly basis to determine gestation and estimate gestational age by measurement of CRL, BPD and FL, using real time B-mode ultrasound scanner. The relationships between gestational age and each of the parameters were plotted as linear regression and expressed as a straight line equation. Results obtained clearly demonstrated that CRL, BPD and FL were significantly (P
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Pub Date : 2015-01-01DOI: 10.5455/JVA.20150613041535
U. Akpabio, E. Kalu, S. A. Babalola
This study was carried out to assess the physical conditions, and functional status of infrastructure as well as the process of operations of Aba abattoir in Abia State. It was observed that the design of the abattoir is not good enough to pass for a standard abattoir. There is no functional pipe borne water the butcher’s sourced water from nearby streams, the water supply from their state water board hardly gets to the abattoir and this gives room for contamination and cross contamination of the carcass because the butchers often do not use enough quantity of water to wash the carcass. The absence of electricity and portable water supply coupled with the poor status and unhygienic conditions of this abattoir raise serious public health concern, as hygiene problem are not only limited to slaughtering but are also associated with incorrect processing. Ante- mortem inspection is hardly carried out. The method of immobilizing the animals prior to slaughter is crude, as it involves physical struggle to wrestle down the animal and this affects the quality of the meat. The hides and skin are usually burnt with the use of tyres and this causes serious environmental hazards.
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Pub Date : 2015-01-01DOI: 10.5455/JVA.20150421012656
O. Yılmaz, F. Coşkun, M. Ertuğrul
Aim of this paper is to revise by considering human factor in dog fighting events. There are three types of dog fighters including street fighters, hobbyists, and professionals. Hobbyists and professionals often decry the techniques street fighters use to train their dogs. Street fighters fight dogs over insults, turf invasions, or simple taunts like "My dog can kill your dog”. Urban street fighters generally have several dogs chained in back-yards, often behind privacy fences, or in basements or garages. Hobbyists fight dogs for supplemental income and entertainment purposes. Professionals breed generations of skilled "game dogs" and take a great pride in their dogs' lineage. Professionals also tend to own a large number of dogs which are sometimes 50 dogs or more. Dogfighters often face additional charges related to drug, alcohol and weapons violations as well as probation violations.
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Pub Date : 2015-01-01DOI: 10.5455/JVA.20151019011358
Gamil S. G. Zeedan, A. Abdalhamed, N. Ghoneim, A. Ghazy
Isolation and molecular characterization of ORF virus provides high sensitivity methods for accurate and rapid diagnosis for ORF virus infection in sheep, goat and human in Egypt. Thirty five (35) skin scabs samples (15) from sheep and 15 from goat and 5 biopsy skin samples from human hands) and one hundred and sixteen (116) serum samples were collected from (48 sheep, 29 goats and 39 human) at Beni Suef Governorate, Egypt during the period from July to August 2013. All biopsy samples from human and animals were prepared and inoculated on chorio-allantoic membranes (CAM) of embryonated chicken eggs (ECE) for virus isolation, positive sample caused pock lesions in CAM. The isolated viruses were identified and characterized by Enzyme linked immunesorbent assay (ELISA), Fluorescent antibody technique (FAT), electron microscopy (E/M) and polymerase chain reaction (PCR). They gave specific green fluorescence by FAT, Micrograph showed ovoid shape particles 290-300×160 nm in diameter very closely similar to references ORF virus by using electron microscopy (E/M). Molecular characterization of isolated viruses by PCR with using (B2L gene) fragments approximately 592 bp which typical as reference ORF virus strains. Detection of ORF virus antibodies in the serum samples by protein A ELISA were (10.26%, 31.03% and 37.5%) by IFAT were (7.69%, 20.69% and 25%) and by AGPT were (2.5%, 17.24% and 14.5%) there was significant difference (p<0.05) between all tests used for F virus infection in human or animals (goat and sheep) at Beni-suef Governorate, Egypt respectively. It was concluded that the PCR and protein A ELISA proved to be more rapid simple and sensitive for detection of ORF virus infection in human and animals.
ORF病毒的分离和分子鉴定为埃及绵羊、山羊和人感染ORF病毒的准确、快速诊断提供了高灵敏度的方法。2013年7月至8月期间，在埃及Beni Suef省采集了35份(35份)皮肤痂样本(15份来自绵羊，15份来自山羊，5份来自人手的活检皮肤样本)和116份(116份)血清样本(48只绵羊，29只山羊和39名人类)。制备人和动物活检标本，接种于有胚鸡蛋(ECE)的绒毛膜-尿囊膜(CAM)上进行病毒分离，阳性标本在CAM上引起囊性病变。采用酶联免疫吸附试验(ELISA)、荧光抗体技术(FAT)、电子显微镜(E/M)和聚合酶链反应(PCR)对分离的病毒进行鉴定和鉴定。电镜观察发现，病毒颗粒呈卵形，直径290-300×160 nm，与参考ORF病毒非常相似。用PCR方法对分离的病毒进行分子鉴定，其中(B2L基因)片段约为592 bp，是典型的ORF病毒参考株。蛋白A酶联免疫吸附法(protein A ELISA)检测血清标本中ORF病毒抗体的检出率分别为10.26%、31.03%和37.5%，IFAT检测血清标本中ORF病毒抗体的检出率分别为7.69%、20.69%和25%，AGPT检测血清标本中ORF病毒抗体的检出率分别为2.5%、17.24%和14.5%，在埃及贝尼苏弗省用于人或动物(山羊和绵羊)检测F病毒感染的各检测方法之间差异有统计学意义(p<0.05)。结果表明，PCR和蛋白A酶联免疫吸附试验对人、动物感染ORF病毒的检测更为快速、简便、灵敏。
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Pub Date : 2015-01-01DOI: 10.5455/JVA.20150613041746
Moses Onyeabor
Sarcoptic mange, caused by the mite Sarcoptes scabei, is one of the most common types of Mange affecting goats in the tropics. It has been recorded to be the most difficult to treat of all the different types of mange affecting goats. It is also very contagious and can pose a serious problem in the flock if left untreated. Ivermectin is an ectoparasiticide which has been used with success in the treatment of mange in domestic animals and man. This report documents the management and treatment of a reported case of Sarcoptic mange in West African Dwarf goat breed in Umuahia, Abia State, Nigeria.
{"title":"Use of Ivermectin in the Therapy of Sarcoptic Mange in West African Dwarf Goat: A Case Report","authors":"Moses Onyeabor","doi":"10.5455/JVA.20150613041746","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5455/JVA.20150613041746","url":null,"abstract":"Sarcoptic mange, caused by the mite Sarcoptes scabei, is one of the most common types of Mange affecting goats in the tropics. It has been recorded to be the most difficult to treat of all the different types of mange affecting goats. It is also very contagious and can pose a serious problem in the flock if left untreated. Ivermectin is an ectoparasiticide which has been used with success in the treatment of mange in domestic animals and man. This report documents the management and treatment of a reported case of Sarcoptic mange in West African Dwarf goat breed in Umuahia, Abia State, Nigeria.","PeriodicalId":17430,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Veterinary Advances","volume":"468 1","pages":"1014-1016"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"76019743","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2015-01-01DOI: 10.5455/JVA.20150401025849
N. A. Bakari, J. Umoh, J. Kabir, G. R. Otolorin, P. O. Ehizibolo, Y. Jibril, R. Yahaya
A case study of Yola Modern Abattoir (YMA) Adamawa state Nigeria was conducted to assess the pattern of record keeping system, prevalence of diseases detected and to evaluate the knowledge, attitude and practice (KAP) of abattoir workers on zoonotic diseases. Retrospective, prospective and cross sectional studies were employed to generate the necessary data. It was observed that poor training of meat inspectors, fraudulent practices by butchers, inadequate ante-mortem and postmortem meat inspection and manual record keeping system were the major factors influencing efficient disease recording. Foetal wastage (9.73%) and fasciolosis (4.34%) were the most prevalent post-mortem conditions at the abattoir. Bovine tuberculosis and fasciolosis had significantly higher prevalence in the wet season than dry season (p<0.05). Only 21.1% of the abattoir workers had good knowledge on zoonotic diseases. Type of work, sex and awareness of zoonoses had statistically significant associations (p<0.001) with the use of protective clothing. It was concluded that practices in YMA fall short of the standard practices and hence there is need for proper management at the abattoir to ensure that its operation comply with international standards.
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