Issue · 2016
Vol.2, Iss. 3
5 articles · pp. 60-88 · All issues →
Research ArticleSourcing Eco-Epidemiological Field Parameters to Describe a Slum Household-Based Pathogenic Leptospira Population Dynamics Simulation Model in Kenya: A Pseudo-Longitudinal Study Protocol
John Gachohi, Simon Karanja, Salome Wanyoike, Nduhiu Gitahi, Salome Bukachi, Kenneth Ngure
Leptospirosis is a neglected zoonosis and an emerging urban slum health problem. There is a scarcity of population-based information on the distribution of the infection and transmission determinants for urban Leptospirosis in developing countries. This study…
16 Jan 2017
Research ArticleConcurrent Infections of Chicken Infectious Anemia and Infectious Bursal Disease in 5 Weeks Old Pullets in Jos, Plateau State, Nigeria
Adedeji A.J, Sati N.M, Pewan S.B, Ogbu K.I, Adole J.A, Lazarus D.D et al.
In the field it is very difficult to differentiate between chicken infectious anemia (CIA) and infectious bursal disease (IBD) and co-infection of CIA and IBD. Infectious bursal disease was tentatively diagnosed in 5,000, 5 weeks old Hy-Line and ISA Brown pull…
14 Jan 2017
Short CommunicationHistochemical Characterization of Convict Cichlid (Amatitlania nigrofasciata) Intestinal Goblet Cells
Sezgi Arman, Sema Isisag Ucuncu
In the present study, some histochemical features of goblet cells of the intestine of convict cichlid (A. nigrofasciata) were described. In order to reveal the main histological construction, transverse sections of different parts of intestine were firstly sta…
30 Jan 2017
Short CommunicationSerological Detection of Peste des Petits Ruminants Virus (PPRV) in Sheep and Goats of Muzaffargarh District in South Punjab, Pakistan
Aziz-ul-Rahman, Farooq Yousaf, Naveed Anwar, Muhammad Abubakar
Peste des petits ruminants virus (PPRV) causes an economically important disease of small ruminants that causes extensive livestock losses across areas where it is endemic. A serological survey on the prevalence of antibodies to PPRV was carried out in sheep a…
15 Feb 2017- Short Communication
Clinical Investigation of Foot and Mouth Disease of Cattle in Batiaghata Upazilla Veterinary Hospital, Bangladesh
KM Fakhrul-Islam, Mohammad Shah Jalal, Sonnet Poddr, Md Nurul Quader, Md Sahidur-Rahman, Avijit Dutta et al.
Foot and mouth disease (FMD) is an epitheliotropic and transboundary viral disease affecting cattle, buffalo, sheep, goats, and wild animals around the globe. This highly contagious disease causes severe economic loss due to reduced productivity of the affecte…
30 Jan 2017