EPIDEMIOLOGICAL, CLINICAL AND THERAPEUTICAL STUDIES ON CASEOUS LYMPHADINITIS IN SHEEP AND GOAT | ||||
| Mansoura Veterinary Medical Journal | ||||
| Article 8, Volume 11, Issue 1, June 2009, Page 1-7 | ||||
| Document Type: Original Articles | ||||
| DOI: 10.21608/mvmj.2009.159542 | ||||
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| Out of 800 sheep examined 150 animals proved to were contract a disease representing a morbidity rate of 18.75% on other hand out of 50 examined goats 10 proved to be infected with disease representitig a morbidity rate 20% concerning the clinical signs observed the disease occurred in two forms the first is the external abscessation which appeared in different site in sheep whil mainly located in head and neck in goats. The second form was internal abscesses in liver and medistinal lymphnodes. It was found that the disease is more prevalant in adult animal where 95.3% of infected sheep aged from 1-4 years while only 1.3% of lambs were infected. Also all infected goats were aged from 1-3 years and no cases recorded in kids under one year. Bacteriological examination revealed corynebacterium pseudotuberclosis isolation 62.5% as single infection. The most effective antimicrobial. drugs were amoxocyllin 85% followed by gentamycin 80% then enrofloxacin 65%. | ||||
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