A. O. Alhatami, Hussam Muhsen, Furkan Alaraji, Ismaeel Raheem, Hassan Ayad
{"title":"Escherichia coli strains as Major secondary bacterial pathogen isolated from an outbreak of swollen head syndrome in layers, in Al-Diwaniyah, Iraq","authors":"A. O. Alhatami, Hussam Muhsen, Furkan Alaraji, Ismaeel Raheem, Hassan Ayad","doi":"10.29079/VOL17ISS1ART481","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.29079/VOL17ISS1ART481","url":null,"abstract":"A cross-sectional study was conducted to identify the involvement of E. coli as secondary pathogen in cases of Swollen Head infection and to detect drug susceptibility pattern of these isolates. This study was carried out on 20 chickens that were purchased from Al-Safaa Company from an outbreak of a sudden increase in mortality in layers farm and experienced clinical signs included difficult breath, coughing, rales, swollen of infraorbital and supraorbital sinuses, and conjunctivitis, as well as severe depression. The main gross lesions demonstrated among the infected chicken including gaseous exudate in trachea, nasal passages and sinuses. There was yellowish gaseous exudate on the air sacs, ovaries and the peritoneum. The samples were inoculated on different bacteriological culture media, the isolates were identified by morphological, and biochemical tests, in which the result revealed that the major pathogens associated with swollen head syndrome in layers was E.coli. The majority of isolates were resistant to ciprofloxacin (94.4%), Ampicillin (100%), Erythromycin (100%), azithromycin (100%), trimethoprim (88.9%), and levofloxacin (94.4%). Nonetheless, however majority of APEC isolates were susceptible to nitrofurantoin (72.3%). Moreover, all E.coli strains recovered in the current study showed multidrug resistant to three or more different antibacterial classes. In conclusion, the present findings showed that MDR E. coli is prevalent SHS. The MDR E. coli is alarming signal because these bacteria can transfer their MDR trait to potential human and animal pathogens. Therefore, the introduction of surveillance programs to monitor antimicrobial resistance strains is strongly recommended to protect human and animal health.","PeriodicalId":32194,"journal":{"name":"AlQadisiyah Journal of Veterinary Medicine Sciences","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-06-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44597504","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}
{"title":"Clinical and diagnostic study of sheep Pneumonic pasteurellosis in Basrah, Iraq","authors":"Zainab Shayal Nejiban, Mohammed A. Y. Al-Amery","doi":"10.29079/VOL17ISS1ART461","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.29079/VOL17ISS1ART461","url":null,"abstract":"The study included clinical investigation on pneumonia that caused by Mannheimia haemolytica (M. haemolytica) in sheep of Basrah Province, also isolation and identification were done and confirmed the diagnosis by PCR technology. The blood samples and nasal swabs were collected from 410 local sheep breeds of both sexes, and different ages. The results showed that from 410 sheep there were 25 healthy against clinical and cultural tests, which concerned as control group. The rest 385 sheep were revealed clinical pneumonia. The most important pneumonic signs included coughing, fever, abnormal lung sounds, dyspnoea, depression, mucopurulent nasal discharge as well as loss of appetite and separated from the herd. The laboratory bacterial culture and biochemical tests for samples from 385 pneumonic sheep appeared M. haemolytica in 81 (21 %) cases, which characterised by moist, round, white or grey colony with β-type haemolysis on blood agar. On MacConkey agar showed pink–red pinpoint colonies. While when stained by gram stain appeared as pink, short rods or coccobacilli and bipolar in methylene blue stain. The biochemical reactions included negative indole, urease and citrate whereas positive for oxidase and catalase tests. The PCR technique indicated that from 81 isolates there were 48 59, 2% cases had evidence by Rpt2 gen as M. haemolytica in local sheep of Basrah Province.","PeriodicalId":32194,"journal":{"name":"AlQadisiyah Journal of Veterinary Medicine Sciences","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-06-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47380682","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}
{"title":"Isolation and identification of Salmonella serotypes in poultry","authors":"B. Meteab, A. Abed","doi":"10.29079/VOL17ISS1ART480","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.29079/VOL17ISS1ART480","url":null,"abstract":"Our study was designed to investigate the prevailing serotypes of Salmonella in chickens and the rate of isolation of each serotype. Between 27 September 2014 and 15 February 2015, a total of 200 samples were collected from cloacal swabs and cecal contents from different sources and ages at Al-Diwaniyah Province. The bacterial culture was carried out by using different culture media such as Salmonella Shigella agar (SS), Xylose Lysine Deoxycholate Agar (XLD) and Chrome agar Salmonella (CAS), the serotype was determined by confirmative bio-chemical essays using the Vitek-2 system.The current study was able to identify three serotypes as following: S. enteritidis, S. Paratyphi B and S. typhimurium with isolation rate 10%, 6.5% and 4.5% respectively.","PeriodicalId":32194,"journal":{"name":"AlQadisiyah Journal of Veterinary Medicine Sciences","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-06-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45517539","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}
{"title":"Effect of usage Iraqi camel colostrum extract on some blood parameters in albino rats","authors":"Esraa Taher Muslim","doi":"10.29079/VOL17ISS1ART489","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.29079/VOL17ISS1ART489","url":null,"abstract":"This research was conducted in the Animal House of the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine / University of Qadisiyah for the period from 1/10/2016 to 1/11/2016. The aim of this research is to find out the effect of using Camel Colostrum extract on some blood parameters in albino rats. Use of the colostrum extract from camels after delivery in the first three postpartum periods (1 hour), postpartum (6 hours) and postpartum (12 hours). In this study, 30 rats of males and females, ranging from 150-200 g, were randomly divided into five groups each group contain 6 rats, All groups were infected with E. coli except (C) group. After that, 3 animals were killed from each group after five days of infection and treated as follows: Control group(C) The standard and distilled water were given only,( zero) left untreated, (group 1) given 0.2 ml of colostrum extract was removed after 1 hour of delivery (group 6) given 0.2 mL of colostrum extracted After 6 hours of delivery, (group 12), which was given 0.2 ml of colostrum extract taken 12 hours after birth, The results of the experiment showed a significant effect (p<0.05) for the treatment with the presence of significant differences between the groups and the results showed that the superiority of the group (1) on the other groups, followed by the group(6) after 30 days of the experiment in improving the parameters of the doll due to the high proportion of antibodies in this groups.","PeriodicalId":32194,"journal":{"name":"AlQadisiyah Journal of Veterinary Medicine Sciences","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-06-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44965123","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}
{"title":"A comparison between Aloe vera and silver sulfadiazine on second-degree burns in local male rabbits: A Histological study","authors":"A. Hussien, A. K. Munahi, Rafid H. Farman","doi":"10.29079/VOL17ISS1ART468","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.29079/VOL17ISS1ART468","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":32194,"journal":{"name":"AlQadisiyah Journal of Veterinary Medicine Sciences","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-06-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47611597","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}
{"title":"The effect of some additives on histological changes of broiler chicks","authors":"N. Jasim","doi":"10.29079/VOL17ISS1ART472","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.29079/VOL17ISS1ART472","url":null,"abstract":"This study was conducted to investigate the effects of feed additives on weight and histological changes in the small intestine. A total of (350) broiler chicks one –day old (Ross 380) – unsexed were randomly divided into (7) equal dietary treatment groups, as follows: Treatment (T1): Basal diet without any addition (control group) ,Treatment (T2): Basal diet + Garlic 4cc/10L,Treatment(T3):Basal diet + Saccharomyces cervisiae 2.5gm/10L,Treatment (T4): Basal diet + Stpire 2.5cc/10 L, Treatment (T5): Basal diet +B. glucan 8gm/10 kg, Treatment (T6): Basal diet + Levamisole 1gm/kg, Treatment (T6): Basal diet + Levamisole 1gm/kg, Treatment (T7): Basal diet + Neomycin 0.5 gm/L. These additions were presented on the first day of the arrival for 5 days, and on the day of first vaccination for 5 days and at the end of the experiment for 5 days also. These chicks vaccinated with NDV on the day one of age by injection in the neck and re-vaccinated at day 10 of age with Lassota, Body weight was weekly determined the results as following: Chicks feed a diet with (T7) showed improvement in villus height and in the (T3, T4).","PeriodicalId":32194,"journal":{"name":"AlQadisiyah Journal of Veterinary Medicine Sciences","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-06-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48141567","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}
Hassanian A Al-Sharoot, E. F. AL-Baghdady, T. A. Abid
{"title":"Anatomical study of fore limb extensor and flexor tendons below the carpal joint in Iraqi goats (Capra Hircus)","authors":"Hassanian A Al-Sharoot, E. F. AL-Baghdady, T. A. Abid","doi":"10.29079/VOL17ISS1ART476","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.29079/VOL17ISS1ART476","url":null,"abstract":"The present work includes the anatomical study of forelimb below the carpal joint in Iraqi goat. It was performed on (10) forelimbs of five Iraqi healthy goats, with no history of lameness and without local swelling or joint distension. Results showed the limbs of goat comprise of extensor and flexor tendons. Extensor tendon was located on the dorsal surface of the limb and no communication between the medial and lateral extensor tendons. The common extensor tendon in a goat was divided into two branches in the distal region of the metacarpal bone, one for each digit continues and inserted in the phalanx III (PIII). The medial and lateral extensor digital tendon was inserted on the proximal extremity of phalanx II (PII). While the flexor tendons located on the palmar surface of the limb upon the suspensory ligament. Superficial digital flexor tendon inserted on the palmar surface of (PII), while deep digital flexor tendon continues on the (PII) and inserted on the flexor surface of (PIII).","PeriodicalId":32194,"journal":{"name":"AlQadisiyah Journal of Veterinary Medicine Sciences","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-06-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43403912","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}
{"title":"Sheep coenurosis in Thi-Qar Province, Iraq","authors":"Jalel Abed Gatie","doi":"10.29079/vol17iss1art485","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.29079/vol17iss1art485","url":null,"abstract":"Coenurus cerebralis, the metacestode or larval form of the dog tapeworm Taenia multiceps, causes coenurosis, otherwise known as gid or stagger. C. cerebralis causes a serious problem in sheep production. Prevalence of Coenurus cerebralis in sheep herds in different times (2004-2017) and locations and causes in characteristic clinical signs and an important percent of deaths. The diseased sheep were used for clinical examination and anatomy in five herds (1610 heads) of sheep at different times and from different areas in ThiQar province south of Iraq. All sheep were examined clinically in the herds during the study .Total infestations by T. multiceps percentage where 13.29% in this study. The brain examination showed the presence of cysts of T. multiceps larvae in three places on the brain in the right and left hemispheres and at the bottom of the brain. The cysts were identified as being partially outside of the brain tissue and were buried in the brain tissue and were strongly attached and after separation leave a gap of size and a large number of the visible scolices (120-170 Scolices) in the form of white pieces, 1-2 mm long, similar to the lipid tissue. Microscopic examination of the scolices showed the presence of scolex of the Taenia multiceps and the movement of the larvae. The number of larval stage bags in the infected animal reached 1-8 cases. The infestations included lambs, which can be infected with the age of 4 months and adult sheep of both sexes. Our study showed prevalence of coenurosis among sheep in Thi-Qar province and confirmed its diagnosis by used clinical signs, case history, brain anatomy and microscopic examination of C. cerebrals cysts.","PeriodicalId":32194,"journal":{"name":"AlQadisiyah Journal of Veterinary Medicine Sciences","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-06-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49109421","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}
{"title":"Clinical, microbial, histopathological and molecular investigation of interstitial pneumonia in camels in Iraq","authors":"M. H. Hussain, F. Habasha, K. A. Mansour","doi":"10.29079/VOL17ISS1ART488","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.29079/VOL17ISS1ART488","url":null,"abstract":"In this study, twenty-four camels in abattoirs of Al-Najaf and Al-Qadisiyah provinces were suspected to have interstitial bronchopneumonia. Clinical signs revealed protracted neck, misery, in appetence, heart rate was elevated (44±0.29bpm) and breathing was irregular and rapid (23±0.27bpm) and fever (39.2±0.1). Moist crackles heard at auscultation. Transtracheal wash (TTW) were sampled for cytology and bacteriology to make the diagnosis; white blood cells count (WBCc) was (1420±5.95cells/μl) with neutrophilia (48%), total protein (TP) records (355±4.29 mg/dl). Bacterial culture of the TTW revealed pure colonies on blood agar; which were recognized by the VITEK 2 compact device and confirmed using the conventional polymerase chain reaction (PCR) as Klebsiella pneumonia ssp pneumonia. Postmortem specimen gave three kinds of colonies: the same one in TTW, which was the causative pathogen, two others; Staphylococcus lentus and St. vitulinus; diagnosed biochemically by VITEK 2 compact. Histopathological dissections on postmortem samples found in the lungs of camels ranged only in 4-8 years old, discovered the presence of interstitial bronchopneumonia.","PeriodicalId":32194,"journal":{"name":"AlQadisiyah Journal of Veterinary Medicine Sciences","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-06-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49377574","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}
{"title":"Pathological effects of mercury chloride on reproductive system in white rats","authors":"A. Rhyaf, K. G. Chelab, H. Naji","doi":"10.29079/VOL17ISS1ART483","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.29079/VOL17ISS1ART483","url":null,"abstract":"The present study was undertaken to know the reproductive toxicity of mercury chloride in male and females of white rats. This study was used twelve (6 male and 6 females) white rats of approximately of the same body weight (200-220 g) divided equally in to 3 groups; the first group (T1) was received mercury chloride (1mg/kg B.W intraperitoneally once daily for 30 days). While the second group (T2) was received, mercury chloride (1.5mg/kg B.W intraperitoneally once daily for 30 days).Third group was received only0.2ml of Distilled water considered as control group. At the end of experiment, the animals were sacrificed and small pieces of (2cm3) were taken from ovary, uterus and testis of all animals to histopathology. Histopathological sections of these organs of (T2) group was showed severe pathological changes characterized by vaculation in epithelial cells of uterus, cystic dilatation of uterine glands with degeneration of epithelial lining of its ,hemorrhage and decrease in number of growing follicles in ovary also there were sever pathological changes in the testes. While (T1) group was showed less pathological changes characterized by hyperplasia of epithelial lining with few and small uterine gland in uterus, presence of large secondary follicles in ovary and there were less pathological changes in testes. Keyword: Mercury Chloride, Pathological effects, White rats.","PeriodicalId":32194,"journal":{"name":"AlQadisiyah Journal of Veterinary Medicine Sciences","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-06-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"69682661","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}