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Monitoring the prevalence of Pseudomonas fluorescens as a spoilage indicator in cow raw milk, teat surfaces, and milk tanks. 监测作为奶牛生乳、乳头表面和储奶罐中腐败指标的荧光假单胞菌的流行情况。
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Open Veterinary Journal Pub Date : 2024-08-01 Epub Date: 2024-08-31 DOI: 10.5455/OVJ.2024.v14.i8.27
Ahmed Hamdi Ahmed, Muntaha Ghazi Hassan
{"title":"Monitoring the prevalence of <i>Pseudomonas fluorescens</i> as a spoilage indicator in cow raw milk, teat surfaces, and milk tanks.","authors":"Ahmed Hamdi Ahmed, Muntaha Ghazi Hassan","doi":"10.5455/OVJ.2024.v14.i8.27","DOIUrl":"10.5455/OVJ.2024.v14.i8.27","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Milk and its products are very sensitive to spoilage if they are kept under unsuitable conditions which may provide favorable circumstances for the growth of specific spoilage organisms, <i>Pseudomonas fluorescens</i> accounted as the most dominant indicator for milk spoilage.</p><p><strong>Aim: </strong>This study highlights monitoring the prevalence of <i>P. fluorescens</i> as a spoilage indicator organism in cow raw milk and its contact surfaces represented by teat surfaces and milk tanks in Nineveh province.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A total of 150 samples from cows' raw milk, teat surfaces, and milk tank swabs were collected from different locations in Nineveh province from October 2023 till February 2024. The <i>Pseudomonas fluorescens</i> were detected by using conventional cultivation methods supported by molecular detection of the target pathogen using the polymerase chain reaction technique.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Out of 150 samples, 48 (32%) were positive for the prevalence of <i>P. fluorescens</i> by traditional methods, and 39 (26%) were positive using PCR assay according to the <i>16SPflu</i> gene yielded a band at 850 bp. The <i>P. fluorescens</i> was recovered at 19 (38%) from raw milk. Teat surfaces revealed a higher isolation rate 11 (22%) compared to milk tanks 9 (18%). The mean counts of <i>Pseudomonas</i> in cows raw milk revealed 4.38, 6.29, and 7.37 log CFU/ml for the 0, 3, and 6 days of storage at chilling temperature. Results of DNA sequencing of the <i>16SrRNA</i> gene revealed 12 strains recorded in the GenBank nucleotide sequence database.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Our results shed light on the risk of <i>P. fluorescens</i> prevalence as a spoilage indicator in raw milk and surrounding surfaces which is inevitable to apply hygienic procedures during milk collecting, processing, and preservation to increase the shelf life of the products and ensure milk safety and consumer health.</p>","PeriodicalId":19531,"journal":{"name":"Open Veterinary Journal","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2024-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11415924/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142292769","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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The adverse side effects of prenatal and postnatal rats' exposure to silver nanoparticles Induced toxicity. 大鼠产前和产后暴露于纳米银粒子诱导毒性的不良副作用。
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Open Veterinary Journal Pub Date : 2024-08-01 Epub Date: 2024-08-31 DOI: 10.5455/OVJ.2024.v14.i8.29
Sultan Al-Haid, Mahmoud Elalfy, Eman Alsyaed, Mamdouh Abouelmagd, Ahmad Al-Jazzar, Fahad A Al-Hizab, Wageh Sobhy Darwish, AbdelRahman Hereba, Mona Elhadidy
{"title":"The adverse side effects of prenatal and postnatal rats' exposure to silver nanoparticles Induced toxicity.","authors":"Sultan Al-Haid, Mahmoud Elalfy, Eman Alsyaed, Mamdouh Abouelmagd, Ahmad Al-Jazzar, Fahad A Al-Hizab, Wageh Sobhy Darwish, AbdelRahman Hereba, Mona Elhadidy","doi":"10.5455/OVJ.2024.v14.i8.29","DOIUrl":"10.5455/OVJ.2024.v14.i8.29","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Silver nanotechnology is widely applied in industry and medicine, with an increased likelihood of environmental and food contamination.</p><p><strong>Aim: </strong>This study aimed to explore the adverse effects of orally administering silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) to pregnant or lactating female rats on adults and the development of their offspring.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Forty female albino rats were used to assess the immediate impacts of AgNPs in two separate experiments. The experimental group received 1 ml of AgNPs, dissolved in deionized water, at doses of 0, 50, and 100 mg/kg of body weight from the 6th to the 15th day of gestation in pregnant albino rats. After a 20-day gestation period, euthanasia was performed on the female rats, followed by a gross examination post-dissection.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The feti were preserved in ethyl alcohol and Poin's solution for the identification of skeletal and visceral malformations. It was noticed that feti of dams that received AgNPs showed teratogenicities such as delayed ossification and deletion of bones or ribs. Notably, dams showed necrosis and satellitosis with evidence of behavioral alteration. While rats' pups showed only brain edema and no behavioral changes.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>AgNPs at a dose of 50 or 100 mg/kg induced teratogenic effect in terms of delayed ossification, abnormal limb formation, and brain edema in rat pups, however, induced necrosis and satellitosis in dam rats. Hence, greater emphasis should be placed on preventing exposure to Ag-NPs, especially among pregnant females.</p>","PeriodicalId":19531,"journal":{"name":"Open Veterinary Journal","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2024-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11415893/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142292775","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Comparison of four different protocols using levobupivacaine for spinal anaesthesia in red-footed tortoises (Chelonoidis carbonarius). 使用左旋布比卡因对红脚陆龟(Chelonoidis carbonarius)进行脊髓麻醉的四种不同方案的比较。
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Open Veterinary Journal Pub Date : 2024-08-01 Epub Date: 2024-08-31 DOI: 10.5455/OVJ.2024.v14.i8.6
Paulo Cesar Mendes Dos Santos Filho, Leticia Prata Juliano Dimatteu Telles, Elane Barboza da Silva, Dandara Franco Ferreira da Silva, Líria Queiroz Luz Hirano
{"title":"Comparison of four different protocols using levobupivacaine for spinal anaesthesia in red-footed tortoises (<i>Chelonoidis carbonarius</i>).","authors":"Paulo Cesar Mendes Dos Santos Filho, Leticia Prata Juliano Dimatteu Telles, Elane Barboza da Silva, Dandara Franco Ferreira da Silva, Líria Queiroz Luz Hirano","doi":"10.5455/OVJ.2024.v14.i8.6","DOIUrl":"10.5455/OVJ.2024.v14.i8.6","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>The popularity of tortoises kept in captivity is increasing and has caused concern regarding the necessity to establish safe and straightforward anaesthesia for those reptiles.</p><p><strong>Aim: </strong>This study aimed to compare four protocols using levobupivacaine in spinal anaesthesia for the blockade of the caudal neuraxis of red-footed tortoises (<i>Chelonoidis carbonarius</i>).</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Twenty-four tortoises were randomly assigned into four groups: G1, levobupivacaine 0.75% (1.15 mg kg<sup>-1</sup>); G2, levobupivacaine 0.37% (1.15 mg kg<sup>-1</sup>); G3, levobupivacaine 0.75% (2.3 mg kg<sup>-1</sup>); and G4, levobupivacaine 0.75% (0.1 ml 5 cm<sup>-1</sup> of straight carapace length). Tortoises were evaluated for respiratory rate, muscle relaxation, response to hindlimb or tail pinch, and cloacal reflex.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>A 1.15 mg kg<sup>-1</sup> dose of levobupivacaine 0.37% appears adequate for shorter procedures, whereas a 1.15 mg kg<sup>-1</sup> dose of levobupivacaine 0.75% should be appropriate for longer procedures in red-footed tortoises.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Our results are the first to show the effects of levobupivacaine on spinal anaesthesia in reptiles. Weight-based doses presented more intense and more homogeneous effects than carapace length-based doses in red-footed tortoises. Spinal anaesthesia of red-footed tortoises was safe and effective with any of the weight-based protocols.</p>","PeriodicalId":19531,"journal":{"name":"Open Veterinary Journal","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2024-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11415911/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142292732","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Effect of hCG and prostaglandin on ovarian, luteal development, and hormonal changes in embryo donor mares during the hot summer months in subtropics. hCG 和前列腺素对亚热带炎热夏季胚胎供体母马卵巢、黄体发育和激素变化的影响。
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Open Veterinary Journal Pub Date : 2024-08-01 Epub Date: 2024-08-31 DOI: 10.5455/OVJ.2024.v14.i8.35
Jamal Mohamed Hassan Alkhadrawy, Amal Mahmoud Aboelmaaty, Mostafa Mohamed Abou-Ahmed, Abdelraouf Morsy Ghallab
{"title":"Effect of hCG and prostaglandin on ovarian, luteal development, and hormonal changes in embryo donor mares during the hot summer months in subtropics.","authors":"Jamal Mohamed Hassan Alkhadrawy, Amal Mahmoud Aboelmaaty, Mostafa Mohamed Abou-Ahmed, Abdelraouf Morsy Ghallab","doi":"10.5455/OVJ.2024.v14.i8.35","DOIUrl":"10.5455/OVJ.2024.v14.i8.35","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Commercial embryo flushing of horses has required hormonal management of both the donor and recipient mares throughout the breeding season.</p><p><strong>Aim: </strong>This study aimed to find out the effect of using human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) and prostaglandin F2α (PG) on the ovarian and uterine dynamics and hemodynamics, estradiol (E2), progesterone, oxidants-antioxidants, and blood biochemicals in embryo donor mares during the hottest months of the year in a subtropical climate.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Three Control estrous cycles of native mares (10-20 years; <i>N</i> = 10) followed by two treated cycles with hCG and PGF2α were examined daily from May to August using Doppler ultrasound with blood sampling. Circulating, progesterone (P4), total cholesterol, total proteins, albumin, haptoglobin, nitric oxide (NO), catalase, alkaline phosphatase, lactate dehydrogenase (LDH), and myeloperoxidase were measured in blood serum.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Days during the control estrous cycle impacted the dominant follicle (DF) diameter ( <i>p</i> < 0.0001), antrum diameter ( <i>p</i> < 0.0001), area ( <i>p</i> < 0.0001), antral area ( <i>p</i> < 0.0001), and color area % (<i>p</i> > 0.05), and corpus luteum (CL) diameter ( <i>p</i> < 0.0001). PG tended to impact DF diameter (<i>p</i> > 0.05) but influenced its antrum diameter (<i>p</i> < 0.05), color area (<i>p</i> < 0.05), CL diameter (<i>p</i> < 0.01), and area (<i>p</i> = 0.013). Days after hCG tended to impact DF antrum diameter (<i>p</i> > 0.05) and the antrum area (<i>p</i> > 0.05), but influenced CL diameter ( <i>p</i> < 0.0001). PGF2α and hCG increased uterine horn area (<i>p</i> = 0.016) and color area (<i>p</i> = 0.023), total cholesterol ( <i>p</i> < 0.0001), and NO ( <i>p</i> < 0.0001) levels but hCG increased the levels of myeloperoxidase (<i>p</i> < 0.005), total proteins (<i>p</i> < 0.001), and albumin ( <i>p</i> < 0.0001). Globulins achieved the highest level (<i>p</i> = 0.054) but the Albumin/globulin ratio reached a minimum value on Day 0 of the control mares ( <i>p</i> < 0.0001). PGF2α increased LDH ( <i>p</i> < 0.0001) and sharply declined (<i>p</i> = 0.028) progesterone.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>In conclusion, the treatment protocols of hCG and PGF2α showed minimal effects on the produced ovulating follicles and can be used during the summer season to manage embryo donor mares.</p>","PeriodicalId":19531,"journal":{"name":"Open Veterinary Journal","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2024-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11415914/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142292737","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Mitochondrial 16S rRNA gene as a molecular marker in the phylogenetic relationships of some Rabbitfishes species (Siganidae: Perciformes). 线粒体 16S rRNA 基因作为一些兔鱼(Siganidae: Perciformes)物种系统发育关系中的分子标记。
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Open Veterinary Journal Pub Date : 2024-08-01 Epub Date: 2024-08-31 DOI: 10.5455/OVJ.2024.v14.i8.22
Najiah M Alyamani
{"title":"Mitochondrial <i>16S rRNA</i> gene as a molecular marker in the phylogenetic relationships of some Rabbitfishes species (Siganidae: Perciformes).","authors":"Najiah M Alyamani","doi":"10.5455/OVJ.2024.v14.i8.22","DOIUrl":"10.5455/OVJ.2024.v14.i8.22","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Siganidae is a marine teleost family consisting of a single extant genus, <i>Siganus</i> Forsskål, 1775, which included 29 recognized species of rabbitfish.</p><p><strong>Aim: </strong>The main goal of this study was the use of the mitochondrial <i>16S rRNA</i> gene as a potential molecular marker in the phylogenetic relationships study of some rabbitfishes species (Siganidae: Perciformes).</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>The samples were gathered from the Red Sea. The sequences of four rabbitfishes (<i>Siganus argenteus, Siganus luridus, Siganus rivulatus,</i> and <i>Siganus stellatus</i>) were deposited into NCBI to gain the accession numbers (PP488874-PP488877) and then analyzed with their related rabbitfishes depending on available sequence data of the mitochondrial <i>16S rRNA</i> gene.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The results of <i>16S rRNA</i> sequences illustrated that the average A+T values were greater than C+G.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>The low genetic distance between <i>S. luridus</i> and <i>Siganus rivulatus</i> indicated a close linkage between them.</p>","PeriodicalId":19531,"journal":{"name":"Open Veterinary Journal","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2024-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11415915/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142292765","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Molecular identification of Staphylococcus aureus-related enterotoxin genes in cheese samples. 奶酪样本中与金黄色葡萄球菌相关的肠毒素基因的分子鉴定。
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Open Veterinary Journal Pub Date : 2024-08-01 Epub Date: 2024-08-31 DOI: 10.5455/OVJ.2024.v14.i8.36
Zahira Abdljabbar Al-Zuhairi, Esraa Taher Muslim, Orooba Meteab Faja, Ziad M Alkhozai, Basima Jasim Mohammed
{"title":"Molecular identification of <i>Staphylococcus aureus</i>-related enterotoxin genes in cheese samples.","authors":"Zahira Abdljabbar Al-Zuhairi, Esraa Taher Muslim, Orooba Meteab Faja, Ziad M Alkhozai, Basima Jasim Mohammed","doi":"10.5455/OVJ.2024.v14.i8.36","DOIUrl":"10.5455/OVJ.2024.v14.i8.36","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Dairy products are considered some important sources of various nutritional compounds; however, pathogenic bacterial growth is a critical destructive factor to these products leading to consumer health and system financial crises.</p><p><strong>Aim: </strong>The current study was carried out to identify if there is any presence of <i>Staphylococcus aureus</i>-related enterotoxin genes in cheese samples.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>The research included the collection of 35 samples. The samples passed through conventional cultivation processes and a PCR method to detect the presence of <i>icaA</i>, <i>sea</i>, <i>hla</i>, and <i>fnbA</i> enterotoxin genes in these samples.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The conventional identification revealed the growth of <i>S</i>. <i>aureus</i> from the cheese samples. The PCR findings recorded the presence of the <i>icaA</i>, <i>sea</i>, <i>hla</i>, and <i>fnbA</i> in 31 (88.5%), 27 (77%), 19 (54%), and 12 (34%), respectively, of cheese samples. The sequencing revealed close similarities with global isolates, which reached up to 98.5% of identity.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>The current results indicate the presence of enterotoxin genes of <i>S. aureus</i> in high rates in the dairy products examined, which reveals critical problems of food safety due to the possible presence of enterotoxins in consumer dairy products.</p>","PeriodicalId":19531,"journal":{"name":"Open Veterinary Journal","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2024-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11415922/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142292766","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Campylobacteriosis: A rising threat in foodborne illnesses. 弯曲杆菌病:食源性疾病中不断上升的威胁。
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Open Veterinary Journal Pub Date : 2024-08-01 Epub Date: 2024-08-31 DOI: 10.5455/OVJ.2024.v14.i8.1
Aswin Rafif Khairullah, Sheila Marty Yanestria, Mustofa Helmi Effendi, Ikechukwu Benjamin Moses, Muhammad Khaliim Jati Kusala, Kartika Afrida Fauzia, Siti Rani Ayuti, Ima Fauziah, Otto Sahat Martua Silaen, Katty Hendriana Priscilia Riwu, Suhita Aryaloka, Fidi Nur Aini Eka Puji Dameanti, Ricadonna Raissa, Abdullah Hasib, Abdul Hadi Furqoni
{"title":"Campylobacteriosis: A rising threat in foodborne illnesses.","authors":"Aswin Rafif Khairullah, Sheila Marty Yanestria, Mustofa Helmi Effendi, Ikechukwu Benjamin Moses, Muhammad Khaliim Jati Kusala, Kartika Afrida Fauzia, Siti Rani Ayuti, Ima Fauziah, Otto Sahat Martua Silaen, Katty Hendriana Priscilia Riwu, Suhita Aryaloka, Fidi Nur Aini Eka Puji Dameanti, Ricadonna Raissa, Abdullah Hasib, Abdul Hadi Furqoni","doi":"10.5455/OVJ.2024.v14.i8.1","DOIUrl":"10.5455/OVJ.2024.v14.i8.1","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Campylobacteriosis is a foodborne illness that is contracted by eating contaminated food, particularly animal products like meat from diseased animals or corpses tainted with harmful germs. The epidemiology of campylobacteriosis varies significantly between low-, middle-, and high-income countries. Campylobacter has a complicated and poorly known survival strategy for getting past host barriers and causing sickness in humans. The adaptability of <i>Campylobacter</i> to unfavorable environments and the host's immune system seems to be one of the most crucial elements of intestinal colonization. A <i>Campylobacter</i> infection may result in fever, nausea, vomiting, and mild to severe bloody diarrhea in humans. Effective and rapid diagnosis of <i>Campylobacter</i> species infections in animal hosts is essential for both individual treatment and disease management at the farm level. According to the most recent meta-analysis research, the main risk factor for campylobacteriosis is travel, which is followed by eating undercooked chicken, being exposed to the environment, and coming into close contact with livestock. <i>Campylobacter jejuni</i>, and occasionally <i>Campylobacter coli</i>, are the primary causes of <i>Campylobacter</i> gastroenteritis, the most significant <i>Campylobacter</i> infection in humans for public health. The best antibiotic medications for eradicating and decreasing <i>Campylobacter</i> in feces are erythromycin, clarithromycin, or azithromycin. The best strategy to reduce the number of human infections caused by <i>Campylobacter</i> is to restrict the amount of contamination of the poultry flock and its products, even if the majority of infections are contracted through handling or ingestion of chicken.</p>","PeriodicalId":19531,"journal":{"name":"Open Veterinary Journal","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2024-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11415892/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142292703","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Circulation of influenza viruses in the dog population in Kazakhstan (2023-2024). 哈萨克斯坦狗群中流感病毒的流行情况(2023-2024 年)。
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Open Veterinary Journal Pub Date : 2024-08-01 Epub Date: 2024-08-31 DOI: 10.5455/OVJ.2024.v14.i8.17
Tatyana I Glebova, Nailya G Klivleyeva, Nurbol T Saktaganov, Mira G Shamenova, Galina V Lukmanova, Assem M Baimukhametova, Sagadat B Baiseiit, Nuray S Ongarbayeva, Kanat A Orynkhanov, Anna V Ametova, Aitolkyn K Ilicheva
{"title":"Circulation of influenza viruses in the dog population in Kazakhstan (2023-2024).","authors":"Tatyana I Glebova, Nailya G Klivleyeva, Nurbol T Saktaganov, Mira G Shamenova, Galina V Lukmanova, Assem M Baimukhametova, Sagadat B Baiseiit, Nuray S Ongarbayeva, Kanat A Orynkhanov, Anna V Ametova, Aitolkyn K Ilicheva","doi":"10.5455/OVJ.2024.v14.i8.17","DOIUrl":"10.5455/OVJ.2024.v14.i8.17","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Dogs in close contact with humans can serve as a source of potentially dangerous reassortant influenza viruses (IVs) with zoonotic potential. The dog's body can serve as a vessel for the emergence of new IVs. These new viruses can become a source of infection for other animals and humans. The potential for zoonotic transmission of IVs from dogs to humans poses a public health risk.</p><p><strong>Aim: </strong>Study of the circulation of IVs in the dog population in Almaty, Kazakhstan.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Biosamples (oropharyngeal swabs and blood serum) from dogs were collected from veterinary clinics in Almaty in 2023-2024. Samples were screened using RT-PCR, HI assay, and ELISA.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>RT-PCR analysis of 355 nasopharyngeal swabs showed the presence of influenza A virus (IAV) in 32 samples (9.01% of the total number of samples analyzed). When subtyping IAV H1N1 RNA was detected in 19 swabs (5.35%). IAV subtype could not be determined in 13 PCR-positive samples (3.66%). The genetic material of IAV H3N2, H5, H7, and H9, as well as coronavirus, bocavirus, and adenovirus has not been identified. In a serological analysis of 180 blood sera using ELISA, antibodies to IAV were detected in 5.56% (<i>n</i> = 10). The results of the HI assay showed the presence of antihemagglutinins to A/H1N1pdm in 6.11% (11 samples), to A/H3N2 in 9.44% (17 samples), and no antibodies to IAV H5, H7, and type B were detected.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>There is no information about human infection with any canine influenza virus. However, many cases of infection in dogs with human IAVs H1N1, H1N1pdm09, and H3N2 have been described. When dogs are co-infected with different IAVs, new recombinant IAVs may emerge that can infect humans and other animals. Therefore, ongoing global surveillance of animal populations is necessary to monitor the evolution and circulation of viruses dangerous to public health. This is also important for timely preparation for the emergence of a new zoonotic influenza virus that has pandemic potential for humans.</p>","PeriodicalId":19531,"journal":{"name":"Open Veterinary Journal","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2024-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11415905/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142292705","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Pathological and immunohistochemical studies of lymphoid leukosis in pigeons in Egypt. 埃及鸽子淋巴白血病的病理和免疫组织化学研究。
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Open Veterinary Journal Pub Date : 2024-08-01 Epub Date: 2024-08-31 DOI: 10.5455/OVJ.2024.v14.i8.24
Abdelmenem Ahmed Elmeligy, Ali A Ghania, Ahmed Fotouh
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In vivo assessment of the anti-benign prostatic hyperplasia effect of hot ethanolic extract of flax seeds in male rats. 亚麻籽乙醇热提取物对雄性大鼠抗良性前列腺增生作用的体内评估
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Open Veterinary Journal Pub Date : 2024-08-01 Epub Date: 2024-08-31 DOI: 10.5455/OVJ.2024.v14.i8.21
Jamela K Abd-Alhussen, Masar J Al-Kurdy, Suha A Hussein
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