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{"title":"Evaluation of Reproductive Performance and Disorders in Holstein-Friesian and its Crossbreds with Montbeliarde under Egyptian Conditions","authors":"Mostafa Bakly, I. Mostafa, H. Mahboub","doi":"10.5455/ajvs.93260","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5455/ajvs.93260","url":null,"abstract":"The objective of this study was to assess the reproductive performance and disorders of pure Holstein-Friesian (HO) and Montbeliarde (MO) crossbred cows in a commercial dairy herd under Egyptian conditions. Analysis was done for age at first calving (AFC), number of services per conception (NSPC), days open (DOPN), gestation period (GP), and calving interval (CI). The results revealed that the AFC, NSPC, DOPN, and CI of crossbred cows (MO×HO) were significantly lower than those of pure HO cows. GP was numerically shorter in HO cows than in MO × HO crossbred cows. In both breeds, the NSPC was significantly lower in the winter than it was in the summer. During the summer season, pure HO cows had the longest DOPN. However, the shortest DOPN was recorded in MO × HO crossbred cows in the winter season. A significant difference between calving seasons was found with regard to the calving interval. MO × HO crossbred cows had a higher percentage of affected cows with retained placenta, endometritis, and repeat breeding than pure HO breeds. It was concluded that MO×HO crossbred cows had higher fertility than pure HO cows. Additionally, MO×HO crossbred cows were minimally affected during different seasons under Egyptian conditions. However, pure HO cows likely performed better than MO×HO crossbred cows in terms of reproductive disorders.","PeriodicalId":7928,"journal":{"name":"alexandria journal of veterinary sciences","volume":"10 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"77670224","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":"Phenotypic and molecular characterization of vibrio species isolated from cultured marine Dicentrarchus labrax","authors":"Nelly Mamdouh, S. Khalil, Mahmoud Naggar, Fadel A","doi":"10.5455/ajvs.122126","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5455/ajvs.122126","url":null,"abstract":"Vibrio species are the most common and serious pathogens in fish and shellfish marine aquaculture worldwide with high mortalities and morbidity, lead to great economic loss. Among all V. species infecting V.parahaemolyticus and V. alginolyticus taken the first place.The present study aimed to determine the prevalence of Vibrio species in seabass in addition detection of certain virulence genes. A total of 220 seabass seabass (Dicentrarchus labrax) had haemorrhage, erosion and ulcers in the skin ,gills,fin base and tail and were purchased from fish markets at from Alexandria, Behaira, lake Qarun and subjected to phenotypic bacteriological examination. revealed that the prevalence of 4 vibrio isolates was 1.8% (4/220) including two isolates of V. alginolyticus (one from liver and other from spleen) and two isolates of V. parahaemolyticus (one from liver and other from kidney). Molecular identification based on use of 16srRNA gene sequence confirmed 4 strains as vibrio species. Proving its pathogenicity through using primers for the virulence genes (trh, tlh, recA and categorized 2 isolates belong to vibrio alginolyticus (one with trh) and 2 isolates belong to vibrio parahaemolyticus (one with recA and tlh, the other with trh). The 4 strains of V. parahaemolyticus and V. alginolyticus were multi drug resistant (MDR),resist more than 3classes of antibiotics, which pose potential health hazards to consumers","PeriodicalId":7928,"journal":{"name":"alexandria journal of veterinary sciences","volume":"158 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"80135599","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":"Surgical Studies on Disorders of Eyes, Mouth and Nose in domestic dogs: A Retrospective Clinical Study","authors":"Asmaa Shabaan, S. Nouh, M. Kammar, H. Ahmed","doi":"10.5455/ajvs.89028","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5455/ajvs.89028","url":null,"abstract":"This study was aimed to describe the most frequently recorded disorders in dogs in Alexandria Government and provides a prevalence baseline against which to measure progress in canine health. The surgical conditions affecting the eyes, mouth and nose and its surrounding structures are numerous. These conditions affect adversely the general health condition of the animal as it is causing disruption of the important biological processes in the body. In the present study, a total number of 422 pet animals suffering from different surgical conditions were recorded. The surgical conditions of the eye and its surrounding structures represented about 25.11% of the encountered surgical conditions along this study with maximum incidence of diseases of nictating membrane. Meanwhile, the surgical conditions of the mouth and their surrounding structures were recorded in 14.21% of the encountered surgical conditions. The surgical conditions of the nose represent 0.47 %. The results of the present study revealed that the surgical conditions affecting the eyes and its related structures were recorded in 106 cases. These conditions include eyelid laceration and trauma (17 cases), eye lid abscess (1 case), eye lid neoplasia (2 cases), entropion (10 cases), neonatal defect in eyelid opening (5 cases), eye proptosis (2 cases), eye infection (1 case) and diseases of nictating membrane (68 cases). The mouth and nose disorders include dental tartar (13 cases), periodontal diseases (3 cases), persisting deciduous teeth and polydontium (3 cases), neoplastic lesion (3 cases), foreign body in mouth (22 cases), lip wound (16 cases), and epistaxis (2 cases). Most of the surgical disorders of the mouth and related structures affected the animal health and usually associated with difficult mastication. These disorders usually required immediate surgical interferences. German Shepherd, Rottweiler and Pit bull recorded highest incidence of disorders with maximum cases in young age group up to 2 years 104 cases (24.63%) of age. Sex wise incidence was higher in male 101 cases (23.91%) dogs.","PeriodicalId":7928,"journal":{"name":"alexandria journal of veterinary sciences","volume":"10 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"81992144","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":"Prevalence and Associated Risk Factors of Postpartum Anestrus in Dairy Cows of Sylhet District, Bangladesh","authors":"Amitush Dutta, M. Rahman, Amalendu Ghosh, T. Hasan, A. Uddin","doi":"10.5455/ajvs.48060","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5455/ajvs.48060","url":null,"abstract":"The objectives of current study were to assess the prevalence and risk factors associated with postpartum anestrus in lactating dairy cows in Sylhet region, Bangladesh. A total of 420 postpartum cows of different breed and age were selected randomly from different dairy farms in studied area. Structured questionnaire was used to collect data from farm owner on prevalence and risk factors for postpartum anestrus. Observed heat within 60 days after parturition was considered as normal cyclic cows and others were considered as postpartum anestrus. The prevalence of postpartum anestrus was 36.20%. The study shows that older cows take relatively more time for ovarian resumption. Cow’s having first parity shows cyclicity within 60 days of parturition, and postpartum anestrus increases significantly with the advancement of parity. Postpartum anestrus was significantly higher (P< 0.001) in cows with poor (≤1.0) and excessive (>3) body condition scores (BCS), respectively, compared to those with moderate/optimal BCS (2–3). The postpartum cyclicity in cows within 60 days with a history of normal placental expulsion was significantly higher than in the cows with RFM. Ovarian cyclicity was highest (75.92%) among the cows that were maintained in adequate hygienic conditions and lowest (43.51%) in a poor environment. The highest percentage (88.10%) of cows showed postpartum cyclicity with a history of short lactation length (0-150 days) and resumption of postpartum estrous cycle increases significantly with lactation length. Resumption of postpartum estrus cycles in cows takes more time with a history of minimal (<15 liters) daily milk production than the cow with medium (>15-25 liters) daily milk production. Cows get an adequate feed supply (both concentrate and green grass), which shows a positive effect on postpartum cyclicity. Pre and postpartum complications have a significant (p<0.001) effect on the postpartum cyclicity of cows. Endometritis (81.25%) followed by pyometra (75.76%) were recorded as major reproductive obstacles in ovarian resumption, whereas uterine prolapse (70.59%) followed by abortion (61.54%), milk fever (58.33%), stillbirth (58.33%) and dystocia (57.63%) were the major recorded complications in post-partum phase. The study also revealed that the non-restricted suckling period has a significant (p<0.001) negative effect on ovarian resumption. The risk factors including parity, BCS, placental expulsion, hygienic condition, lactation length, daily milk production and management system were significantly (P<0.01) influenced the postpartum cyclicity. Maintaining optimal BCS of cows, proper hygienic and good management practice, and farmer's training on management of cattle reproduction would improve the number of cows for breeding by 60 days postpartum.","PeriodicalId":7928,"journal":{"name":"alexandria journal of veterinary sciences","volume":"2 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"85443155","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":"Fish Bacterial Pathogen in Gills, Skin, Kidney, Intestines, and its Water at Elmahmoudia and Edfina","authors":"Olaa Yacoub, H. Torky, R. Tawfik","doi":"10.5455/ajvs.107097","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5455/ajvs.107097","url":null,"abstract":"Isolation and characterization of most important gram negative bacteria in fish as Vibrio spp, Pseudomonas spp, Aeromonas spp, Salmonella spp.","PeriodicalId":7928,"journal":{"name":"alexandria journal of veterinary sciences","volume":"12 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"78330800","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":"Pathogenicity and Virulence of Flavobacterium columnare Isolated from Farmed African Catfish, Clarias gariepinus (Burchell 1822)","authors":"O. Akinola","doi":"10.5455/ajvs.118771","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5455/ajvs.118771","url":null,"abstract":"Columnaris disease caused by the multi-variant Flavobacterium columnare is known to be responsible for severe mortality in wild and cultured freshwater fish species worldwide. Incidence of conditions presenting with clinical signs typical of Columnaris disease has been reported by catfish farmers in Nigeria. There is, therefore, the need to ascertain the pathogenicity and virulence of F. columnare isolates from disease conditions, as a prelude to molecular characterization of genetic variants of the bacterium in Nigeria. Four groups of 10 African catfish, Clarias gariepinus weighing 32 – 40 g were experimentally infected with 106 CFU/L of different isolates of F. columnare, identified using diagnostic PCR. Similar number of fish in a fifth group were not infected (Control). All Experimental treatments were replicated once. Percentage morbidity and mortality were observed and compared between experimental groups using descriptive statistics, while cellular structures of normal, discoloured and necrotic skin of affected fish were also studied. All F. columnare isolates used in the experimental infection were observed to be pathogenic, causing clinical signs and mortality in infected fish. Lesions observed were external, with characteristic dermatitis typically referred to as saddle-back lesion being prominent. There is gross variation in morbidity and mortality among the different isolates, with the highest being 80% (for both) and the least, 55% and 40%, respectively. There was vacuolation in the epidermal cells and reduction in melanocytes in the discoloured skin but complete erosion of the epidermis in severe dermatitis. There is the likelihood that some of the F. columnare isolates used in this study differ genetically, indicating the need for the identification of the different genetic variants available in Nigeria.","PeriodicalId":7928,"journal":{"name":"alexandria journal of veterinary sciences","volume":"17 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"87877275","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":"Tilapia Nilotica Welfare in Relation to Economic and Managerial Culture","authors":"S. Hamid, Sara E. Shahin, A. Abouelnaga","doi":"10.5455/ajvs.124917","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5455/ajvs.124917","url":null,"abstract":"The aim of this study was to investigate the impact of different stocking populations of tilapia nilotica fish in their aquaculture on some maintenance behavior, performance, economic values and hormonal concentration levels. On this research, 300 tilapia nilotica fish were distributed into different densities (15, 20,25 and30 fish per aquaria 40*30*80cm) 3 replica for each population and distributed in 70 Litter water in aquaria. 30 fish kept as aspare. After 2 weeks from the start of the experiment and at the end of the experimental periods, blood samples were collected for serum cortisol and growth hormones assay. From the obtained results we found that, The feeding and foraging behavior time and frequency (94.00+3.55 & 144.00+9.79) were improved with stocking density (15 fish in aquaria) and the aggressive behavior was at high level with overcrowding. (26.80+1.83 & 105.00+4.68), on the other hand the surfacing, swimming and resting time were increased with higher stocking rate. The growth hormone was increased with decreased stocking density. The stress indicating hormone (cortisol) was increased with high stocking populations. The return and profit were significantly increase with decreased stocking density.","PeriodicalId":7928,"journal":{"name":"alexandria journal of veterinary sciences","volume":"45 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"80803387","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":"Genotyping of Salmonella isolates from chickens and ducks and sequence analysis of two chicken isolates of Salmonella Enterica serovar Enteritidis","authors":"E. AbdAllah, H. Sorour, A. Hussien, M. Elsayed","doi":"10.5455/ajvs.128947","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5455/ajvs.128947","url":null,"abstract":"Salmonella causes drastic losses in chicken and duck farms and is considered a major food-borne pathogen with public health concern. Out of 400 chicken and duck samples distributed as follows: (260 samples were collected from native species and 140 from imported species). Salmonella infection in local species represented 5.4% (14/260) and 3.6% (5/140) in imported poultry. A total seven Salmonella serotypes were obtained as follows: S. Enteritidis, S. Typhimurum, S. Kentuky, S. Virchow, S. Infantis, S. Remo, and S. Seremban by serotyping using the (Kauffmann–White scheme). In the same time, all the isolates were subjected to molecular identification by using five primers targeting (sefA, STM4495, ISR2-ISR3, ORF, and Hypothertical protein) which were specific for S. Enteritidis, S. Typhimurum, S. Infantis, S. Kentuky, and S. Virchow, respectively. Genotyping provided rapid, sensitive, and accurate method for Salmonella classification. Phylogenetic analysis was performed onto 2 strains of isolated Salmonella enteritidis (one isolated from imported chicks and the other one from local chicks based on sequencing of the PCR product of the sefA gene. The sequences showed close identity of local and imported isolates with other Salmonella reference strains in different countries. On conclusion, it is important to implement strict monitoring policy of Salmonella in imported and local poultry for prevention and control of Salmonella and formulation of effective vaccines to protect the poultry industry.","PeriodicalId":7928,"journal":{"name":"alexandria journal of veterinary sciences","volume":"15 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"90469092","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":"Efficacy of Slightly Acidic Electrolyzed Water (SAEW) Comparing to Chlorine on Inactivation of Legionella Pneumophila Isolated from Drinking Water Tanks","authors":"Mohamed Elsenduony, Eman Hussein, Lamiaa Hassan","doi":"10.5455/ajvs.168961","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5455/ajvs.168961","url":null,"abstract":"Legionella is an opportunistic waterborne pathogen which is transmitted to humans via inhalation of contaminated water droplets. In addition, Legionella pneumophila is considered ubiquitous bacterium which inherently resistant to chlorine in tap water. On the other side, recent researches revealed that SAEW is considered a novel sanitizer against a broad spectrum of bacteria and possesses nonselective antimicrobial properties. A total of 300 drinking water samples were collected from water tanks (100 samples from hotels, 100 samples from plants and 100 samples from residential units) at Alexandria and Cairo governments from January till July 2023. Results revealed that the incidence of Legionella species in drinking water samples from hotels, plants and residential units water tanks were 0 % (0/100) , 3 % (3/100) and 1% (1/100), respectively. Two isolates from plants water tanks were identified as Legionella pneumophila by RT PCR. The efficacy of slightly acidic electrolyzed water (SAEW) was assessed comparing to chlorine on inactivation and biofilm adherence strength of Legionella pneumophila isolates. The obtained results showed that SAEW was more effective on inactivation of the two Legionella pneumophila isolates than chlorine within shorter treatment duration, where 100 % inactivation of Legionella pneumophila achieved after 3 hrs and 48 hrs from SAEW and chlorine treatment, respectively. In addition, SAEW showed significant effect on the biofilm adherence strength of the two Legionella pneumophila isolates. This study underlines the highly antimicrobial effect of SAEW on inactivation of Legionella within short duration without any undesirable residual agents in water which may cause further water pollution.","PeriodicalId":7928,"journal":{"name":"alexandria journal of veterinary sciences","volume":"101 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135260880","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":"Quality Assessment of Litopenaeus Vannamei Shrimp","authors":"Yousra far, Ibrahim Samaha, Mohamed Nosseir","doi":"10.5455/ajvs.150754","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5455/ajvs.150754","url":null,"abstract":"This study aimed to throw the light on the nutritional value and quality of shell fish in addition to knowing the incipient spoilage of shellfish through definition of , evaluation of chemical composition of Litopenaeus vannamei shrimp (Total protein, Total fat, Total fiber, Humidity and ash), chemical analysis of Litopenaeus vannamei shrimp to determine its quality (pH, TVN, TBA and FFA) and evaluation of Litopenaeus vannamei shrimp quality. The study was carried-out on Shrimp samples from Berkeit Ghalioun, Kafr El-Sheikh Governorate, Egypt. The samples was collected during the summer season of 2022. All samples were transported directly fresh to laboratory in ice box (at 5 – 10 oC), within 2 – 3 hours for examination. The collected 70 shrimp (30 shrimp fresh and 40 shrimp frozen) were examined for sensory and biochemical evaluation at different periods of the study. The bacteriological evaluation was made on fresh (30 samples at different densities 100 m2 and 200 m2 of breeding) and the 70 frozen samples. This study concluded that, the sensory evaluation characters that includes colour, head/chest and tail , legs, shell and tentacles , eyes, dour and meat cleared that, the shrimp during its storage period that ranged from 1 to 20 days , the shrimp in agood quality conditions where its quantitative score ranged from 10 to 1 for the storage shrimp at 1 and 20 day. While, the results of constituent evaluation that includes protein %, fat %, moisture %, ash %, and the product evaluations that includes TBA %, TVBN %, pH, decreased with increasing the period of storage from 0 to 72 hours, while, the level of bacterial count (Total viable count, enterobacteriacae, coliforms, total staphylococci and staph. aureus counts increased with increasing the period of storage. Good preservation and application of good hygiene principlrs during catching improved the quality of shrimp.","PeriodicalId":7928,"journal":{"name":"alexandria journal of veterinary sciences","volume":"28 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135261760","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}