Immunofluorescence on incoulated cell cultures, latex agglutination test and enzyme-linked immunosorbant assay (ELISA) were compared

This study was conducted to extract and titrate the leukotoxin of Fusobacterium necrophorum isolates recovered from 75abscesses found in 24 livers of slaughtered cattle in Sulaimaniyah region. The culture supernatants of these isolates were subjected to the tetrazolium dye reduction test which revealed that the leukotoxin titer values of 34 F. necrophorum subsp. necrophorum isolates ranged from 128 to 1024 (with a leukotoxin titer mean of 516±46), whereas the leukotoxin titer values of the 11 F. necrophorum subsp. funduliforme isolates ranged from 0 to 128 (with a leukotoxin titer mean of 73±12).

In this study (35) cows suffering from bovine papilloma were subjected for three different
types of treatments; The First group involved 15 animals treated with autogenous vaccine.
The Second group involved 10 animals treated with prepared cell culture vaccine .While the
third group involved 10 cows treated with virulent local Newcastle disease virus. In the First
two groups the warts were surgically removed from cows showing lump lesions on skin of
abdomen, neck and udder, and transferred aseptically to laboratory by using transport media.
Treatment of cows in the first group involved preparation of autogenous formalin (0.5%)
in activated vaccine. Vaccination of these animals result in regression of the warts starte

Blood serum samples were obtained from ten normal nonpregnant ewes at mid January and mid August. The level of acetylcholine estrease (ChE). enzyme activity was estimated colorimetrically while the values of glutamete-oxaloacetate transaminase (COT), glutamate-pyruvate transaminase (GPT) and alkaline Phosphatease (A Ph) were estimated by an autoanalyzer. The results indicated significant depression in the normal values of ChE, GOT and GPT in summer season.

The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of different doses for grape seeds
extract in internal organs of mice. Histopathological, cytogentical and haematological
studies were done to evaluate this effect. The study was done on (24) mice divided into four
groups (6/group) for one month. Group one treated with PBS considered as control
Negative, Group two treated with (100mg/kg B.W.) of grape seed extract, Group three
treated with (200mg/kg B.W.) of grape seed extract, Group four treated with (300mg/kg
B.W.) of grape seed extract. The results showed that (200, 300mg/kg B.W.) cause
significant decrease in hematological, cytogentical parameters and severe histopathological
changes while at dose (100mg/kg B.W.

The aim of this study was design to investigate the pathological changes for one month after therapeutic and toxic doses of subcutaneous injection of estrogen and progesterone combination hormones in mice, on the target organs testis and epidydimus in males and uterus and ovary in females. As well as the effects on non-target organ of Brain, liver spleen, intestine, stomach, kidney and lung in both sexes. The results showed sever pathological changes in male's testis and epidydimus and in females, uterus and the ovary. It is characterized by some pathological changes in toxic group less severity than in the therapeutic group.
Also, in non-target organs brain and spleen of toxic group of males and females showed some pathological chang

The present study was aimed to evaluate neurotoxic effects of oseltamivir phosphate in lactating pups of orally dosed mice mothers during lactation. Twelve recently parturited female albino mice were divided equally into three groups, one control and two treated groups, each group consists of 4 dosed dams and 8 chosen pups .The nursing dams of T1 and T2 dosed daily orally with 1mg/kg and 5mg/kg,oseltamivir phosphate respectively representing the therapeutic dose and 5 fold dose of drug while control group dosed with distilled water. Lactating mice pups of all groups examined for the following parameters: First parameter was body weight changes and gain: In which T1group showed significant increase in mice pups body weight gain after 14 d

This study was conducted to compare pseudomonas aeruginosa strains which obtained from the soil of
AL-Qadisiya governorate with the strains of cows infected by metritis in the vet hospital AL-Qadisiya
for (9) antibiotics ; Ciprofloxacin Erythromycin, Streptomycin, Gentamycin, Tetracyclin,
Chloramphenical , Rifampicin, Nalidixic acid, Lincomycin, and ability of these strains to produce
siderphores compounds. The results of the strains which loslated from pathological cases showed high
ratio of resistanace to most of antibiotics which used in the study except ciprofloxacin .where the
strains which loslated from the soil was resistance to tetracyclin and Lincomycin and showed
differential degrees of sensitivity to other

Three handed stool samples of an a apparently normal adults individuals
comprising hospital personnel , buffalo owners and employers processing chicken were
collected and examined during period from January 2008 to January 2009 to
investigate the presences of Salmonella in Babylon province. Out of the total 300
samples examined by stool cultures on different media confirmed by biochemical tests
and the isolated was serotypes on central lab. Result showed that 17 samples gave
positive results for salmonella which comprise 5.66% of total percentage and Buffalo
owners revealed the highest carrier rate 8 %

This study included evaluation of inhibition activity of watery and oily extracts of Rosmerinus
officinalis plant on some pathogenic microorganisms like Salmonella typhi، Escheichia coli ، Staphylococcus
aureus ، Klebsiella pneumoniae، Aeromonas hydrophila ، Candida albicans. The results of oily extract showed
more activity at concentration (40mg/ml) of microorganisms growth inhibition (26, 24,22,18,18)mm
respectively, compared with aqueous extract which recorded (12,12,10,9,8)mm respectively at concentration
(200mg/ml). And procedure the qualitative chemical test of some active ingredients in Rosmerinus officinalis
plant. The results showed that the plant contan glycosides, alkaloids, flavonoides , phenols, tannin

We noticed that the histological changes in the crop wall was in the lining epithelia only , also we
found that the pigeon milk production in the 12 day of broodness is enough to feed the young , in which
the thickness of stratified squamous epithelium was 432 micrometer . There was an important statical
different in the weight of crop epithelium thickness in the 12-16 day of incubation in compare with 1 – 6)
day of incubation . There were no histological changes in the structure of crop glands.

Out of 225 specimences taken from nasal, Vaginal, eye swabs, milk synovial fluid and from internal organsof horses. Twelve isolates were recovered as follows 9 isolates from nasal swabs, 3 isolates from vaginal swabs. No mycoplasma isolates were recovered from milk and internal orgxuns. All isolates have been tested for thier reversion to bacterial form. These isolates were purified and biochemical characterized. Six isolates “were fermented glucose, two isolates were diaminted arginine and non of these isolates did reduced tetrazolium. Six of these isolates were resistant to digitonin while the rest were sensitive.

This study was conducted at the turkey farm of the college of Agriculrure? Salahaddin University, by using (7) black and (10) red local turkey toms to study the effect of strain and environmental temperature on semen volume, time needed for semen collection, frequency of massage and percetage of successful trail, and to study the relation beteen pairs of characters under study.

Analysis of variance showed that aenadnie had a significant effect (P<0.05) on both percent of successful trails and the time needed for semen collection, and highly significant (P<0.01) on frequency of massage while it was not significant on the volume of semen.

Effect of environmental temperature showed a significant effect (P<0.05) on t

The study was conducted to investigate the effect of Fenugreek and Ginger Powder. The additives
were added to diets of broiler chicken for 6 weeks (along the period of experiments). The Production
performance, the Physiology and the Microbial balance in the intestine were studied.
150 day-old Hubbard Chicks were divided randomly into 5 groups were as follow:
1- Group one: Basal diet (control group).
2- Group Two: Basal diet to 0.5 % Fenugreek.
3- Group Three: Basal diet to 1 % Fenugreek.
4- Group Four: Basal diet to 0.5 % Ginger.
5- Group Five: Basal diet to 1 % Ginger.
The results showed:
1- The groups which treated by Fenugreek seeds powder (0.5 %) and by Ginger (0.5 %)
and (1%) showed insignificant inc

The susceptibility of all Salmonella typhimurium isolates to the first line antimicrobial agents were
studied and the results obtained showed a variable sensitivity and resistivity since it shows e.g
resistivity for human isolated were Ampicillin 100% ,Chloramphenicol 96% , Co-Trimoxazol 85%,
Tetracycline 85%, Nalidixic acid 77% and Cefotaxime 33%, While in animal isolates they were
ampicillin 57%, Co-Trimoxazol 14%, Chloramphenicol 26%, Tetracycline 42%, Nalidixic acid 85%
and there was no resistant isolate to cefotaxime (0)%.
Results obtained after the extration of the DNA plasmids revealed that acommon genetical bands
has been seen in addition to smaller ones that may differs in their appearance from astrain to an

The aim of this study is to determine the effect of Hymenolepis nana infection in some blood
parameters of some final host ( rats & mice ) by experimental infection of 15 rats and 48 mice . The
results showed that the prepatant period between 12-14 days and the shape of eggs spherical & slightly
ellipsoid in mean 40.92 X 35.96 microne & the numbers of eggs in feaces increased with the severity
of the infection .
The infection which effected on the blood parameters by decreasing the means of packed cell volume ,
total white blood count , lymphocytes , while increased the means of neutrophils , monocytes ,
eosinophils & basohpils in infected group

The study was undertaken to investigate the relationship between serum calcium, magnesium and inorganic phosphorus in the u

Out of 111 cervical swabs from Arabian mares, during the period between April 1984 to Feb. 1985, eighty nine

Four hundred and two faecal samples from lambs up to four months pld from the center of Baghdad area, were examined

Both rapid serum plate agglutination test (RSPT) and Haemagglutination Inhibition test (HIT)

The current research aimed at obtaining principal data on the morphological developmental changes that could occur during the post hatching periods in the female genital system of the  Indigenous Mallard ducks and  to conduct that twenty (immature and mature) ducks were used. Gross findings have revealed that the left ovary in 4 weeks sold ducklings appeared small triangular in shape, located at the dorsal part of coelom in contact caudally with the cranial division of the left kidney and cranially with left lung. In 8 and 12 weeks the left ovary has enlarged showed prominent granular surface. The left oviduct appeared as thin, translucent straighten tube with unapparent regions fixed by a thin doubled folds of oviductal ligame

Objectives of this study were to evaluate hematological and biochemical parameters in rats ingested toxic doses of CuSO4.5H2O. Thirty six rats divided into 3 equal groups. First group ingested orally distilled water / day for 3 months and considered as control group , second group was drenched 8 mg /kg B.W /day of CuSO4.5H2O for 3 months and considered as Treated group1 (T1). Third group was drenched 40 mg /kg B.W /day of CuSO4.5H2O for 3 months and considered as Treated group2 (T2). Blood collection was done by direct cardiac puncture every month for hematological and biochemical examinations. Hematological parameters showed that anemia caused by CuSO4.5H2O toxicity was of microcytic hypochromic type with significant increase of neutrop

The objective of the current study was to determine the anatomical features of the tympanic cavity in cattle and buffalo and to be recognize all parts of the tympanic cavity for its clinical purposes. There are general anatomical explanation about the middle ear in anatomy text book, however there are no studies in the literature on the morphology of the tympanic cavity in the buffalo, the region is important clinically as a frequent point of attachment for prostheses. As a recent studies have focused on the reconstruction of defects occurring in these tympanic cavity to aid in the development of new surgical technique. Twelve temporal bones from six heads of adult cattle and buffalo were used, the cavity had been investigated on both si

In order to investigate the presence of methicillin or multidrug resistant Staphylococcus aureus
in food-chain especially Cows raw milk and white raw soft cheese and its whey, a total of 30 samples
were collected randomly from different markets in Baghdad Province during December 2012 till
February 2013, in which samples were analyzed by a standard isolation protocols of food
microbiology with some modification processing by new, modern and rapid technology tools such as
chromogenic medium Baird-Parker agar, Electronic RapIDTM Staph Plus Code Compendium Panel
System (ERIC®) Dryspot Staphytect Plus and Penicillin Binding Protein (PBP2') Plus assays; as well
as, studying the susceptibility of isolates to differe

This study was conducted to evaluate the effect of feed restricted (off-feeding intervals) on feed intake, water intake, body weight gain, growth rate, feed conversion ratio, mortality, and dressing percentage of broilers. Two hundred fourty, one day old unsexed, (Ross 308) broiler chicks were randomly distributed into four treatment groups. Each group included three replicates each one had 20 birds. Those assigned as; Control group (T1): birds were fed ad libtium, T2 group feed removed from 8 Am. to 4 Pm., T3 group feed removed from 4 Pm. to 8 Am., T4 group feed removed 8 Am. to 8Am. (skip-a day) all birds were allowed to access feed for above intervals for 8-21 days of age, and re-full fed for the remaining of experiment period 42 days