INCIDENCE OF SOME ZOONOTIC AGENTS AND TUBERCULOSIS IN SLAUGHTERED BUFFALOES (BUBALUS BUBALIS) | ||
| Veterinary Medical Journal (Giza) | ||
| Volume 43, Issue 2, April 1995, Pages 231-239 PDF (4.62 M) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/vmjg.1995.375693 | ||
| Author | ||
| N MANSOUR* | ||
| Abstract | ||
| A total of 6000 buffaloes (Bubalus bubalis) slaughtered for meat production at Cairo abattoir were examined at post-mortem during 1991 -1992 for the presence of Cysticercus bovis, sarcosporidia, hydatid cysts, liver flukes and tuberculosis. The incidence rate was 0.32%, 0.88%, 0.60%, 8.44% and 4.96% for affections respectivley. Fascioliasis constituted nearly 80% of the parasitic affections. The lungs showed tuberculous nodules in 70.41% of the cases. Suggestive measures for control of such affections were mentioned. | ||
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