Diagnosis of caprine pneumonia: impact of vitamin D deficiency and other risk factors in its incidence | ||||
| Benha Veterinary Medical Journal | ||||
| Article 13, Volume 42, Issue 1, April 2022, Page 73-79 PDF (1.2 MB) | ||||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||||
| DOI: 10.21608/bvmj.2022.115157.1493 | ||||
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| Authors | ||||
Noura Attia  1; Yasmin Bayoumi2; Eslam Eisa3; Nader Maher4; Noura El seddawy5
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| 1Department of Animal Medicine, Zagazig University | ||||
| 2Department of Animal Medicine (Internal Medicine), Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Zagazig University | ||||
| 3Department of Surgery, Anesthesiology and Radiology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Zagazig University | ||||
| 4Department of Animal Medicine (Infectious diseases), Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Zagazig University, Zagazig, Sharkia, Egypt. | ||||
| 5Department of Pathology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Zagazig University, Egypt | ||||
| Abstract | ||||
| The objectives of this study were to apply different methodsfor diagnosis of caprinepneumonia and to study the correlation between vitamin D concentration and the immunoglobulins (IgG, IgM, IgA) in goats up to one year in response to pneumonia. From October 2018 to February 2021, a total of 107 baladi goats were includedexamined; 20 apparently healthy goats used as control group (group I, n=20) and 87 pneumonic baladi Baladi goats were diagnosed on the basis of clinical symptoms, ultrasonographic, chest x-ray findings. Serum vitamin D, IgG, IgM and IgA levels were also measured. Pneumonic goats (group II, n= 87) were subdivided into two groups according to their vitamin D levels; pneumonic goat with normal vitamin D level (groupII a, n= 38) and pneumonic goat with decreased vitamin D levels (groupIIb, n= 49). Pneumonic goats were presented with fever, dullness, tachypnoea, bilateral mucoid or mucopurulent/purulent nasal discharge, cough, dyspnea and abnormal lung auscultation. Ultrasonography, the pneumonic consolidation exhibits a liver like echotexture. Abnormality in the chest x-ray revealed increased opacity that may be more gray or white and cotton wool like appearance. Pneumonic goats with reduced vitamin D concentration (group IIb)were also found to havealso revealed significantly lower IgG and IgM concentrations in comparison to both group I and group II a. Vitamin D was positively correlated with IgG. Histopathologically, the pneumonic lesions include interstitial pneumonia, acute suppurative bronchopneumonia and acute fibrinous bronchopneumonia. | ||||
| Keywords | ||||
| Goat; Immunoglobulins; Pneumonia; Radiography; Vitamin D | ||||
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