The effects of single cell protein (SCP) were studied in Al-Awassi lambs in Iraq. Four groups of lambs received 0%, 5%, 10% and 15% of (SCP) as a replacer for a soybean. The influence of (SCP) on the performance and carcass data of lambs and their blood pictures were studied. The total uric acid, blood urea and the histopathological changes were also investigated. The results - showed” that ‘there were no significant (P>0.05) differences ‘among the initial, slaughtered, total weights gained and chilled carcass weights. The wholesale cuts showed. no significant (P>0.05) differences. The eye rib area, fat  thickness of. longissmus doris muscle, average percentage of organs and offal dressing percentage (calculated in live

Naturally infected large intestine of 16 mules were collected during one year period. All three species of Strongylus were identified: S.vulgaris, S.equinus and S.edentatus. Specimens were processed for standard histological examination. The effect of the parasite on the wall of the intestine ‘included the _ surface epithelium, glandular tissue, muscularis mucosa and part of the submucosa. Changes on the intestinal wall were observed at the site of the parasitic attachement, which included oedema, cellular infilteration with congestion and haemorrhages.

Cheddar cheese was made from milk which had been inoculated with psychrotrophs 48hr.. prior to pasteurization. This was compared to ‘control cheese. The cheese was stored at 7 °C and evaluated at 0, 5, 30, 60 and 180 days. ‘All cheese made with psychrotroph-treated milk had significant lower flavor score than control cheese. The predominant flavors of the 180 day-treated cheese were bitter and unclean. High performance. liquid chromatography (HPLC) analysis indicated significant increases of citric, pyruvic, lactic, formic, acetic and propionic acids with ‘aging of Cheddar cheese. Only orotic acid decreased with aging. The control cheese had lower values than the treated cheese for pyruvic, lactic and formic acids. The control che

Parathyroid gland of ten adult one-humped came] has been collected from the slaughter house. Glands have been fixed sectioned and stained by several procedures. The gland measured 1.2 cm in length, 0.4 cm in width and 0.25 cm thick. It differs in position from left to right side due to displacement of thyroid gland. The gland consisted of aggregate of cells arranged as solid masses, clusters, cords or strands. The parenchyma of the gland appeared with different cell density. Four cell type has been distinguished, viz., light as well as dark chief cells, oxyphils and syncytial cells.

A synthetic prostaglandin F2 α(PGF₂  α) analogue, luprostiol^* , was used in treatment of clinically anoestrus Arabian mares that suffered from abnormal persisting luteal function. Thirty two anoestrus mares were selected for this study after careful examination of their breeding history and a thorough genital examination which included rectal palpation of the genital tract and ovaries. The genital examination also included a vaginoscopy of the vagina and cervix. These mares were diagnosed as clinically anoestrus during the spring and summer months breeding season and received a single intramuscular injection of the prostaglandin F2 α. Twenty six mares (81%) responded to the treatment and came to oestrus with

The present study was intended to evaluate the prophylactic effects of two anticoccidial drugs (monensin and amprolium) on experiinental infection with Eimeria tenella in chickens. Twenty one day-old chicks were used, they were divided in two main groups (floor and battery brooders rearing) with 112 chicks for each group. Each group was subdivided into four subgroups represent, control, infected nontreated, treated ‘with monensin and treated with amprolium. Monensin was given at rate of 100 ppm in ration while amprolium was given at a rate of 125 ppm in drinking water. The birds were infected with 50.000 sporulated oocystes/bird at 25 days of age injected directly into the crop. The following parameters were used to evaluate the drugs;

Unilateral. thoracotomy was performed in twenty nine donkeys and twenty five horses aged 4-10 years without an ‘aid of positive ‘respirator. Surgical pneumothorax did not endanger the life of patient. Eighteen horses and twenty four donkeys became clinically “normal and the wounds were completely healed within 30 days, however, two horses .dies due to pleurisy. Five horses and five donkeys were killed and subjected to anatomical studies to find out if .there is a communication between the plural sacs or if the mediastinum is not strong enough to resist pressure. Observations indicate that there is no communication between the two plural sacs and that the mediastinum is strong enough to resist the difference in the pressure of the p

Twenty one male goats 3-4 months of age were exposed to five metacercariae per kg. of body weight of two isolates of Fasciola gigantica obtained from sheep and buffalo. Eosinophilia was mostly marked after prepatency in goats infected with sheep isolate.

General inhalation anaesthesia has been evaluated in twelve local sheep, which were divided in two equal groups. First group anaesthtized by

The classical method of aquaculture in Iraq employed Cyprinus carpio L. (Common carp)

The structural – functional changes in the adrenal glands associated with experimental infection with Trypanosoma e

This work was done to investigate Nocardiosis in cattle in order to evaluate the incidence

This study was designed to investigate the effects of ciprofloxacin on-serum alkaline phosphates level in normal mice , the dosage used is treatment and double dose (5 

10 mg / kg ) orally for 5 days . The result showed that ciprofloxacin caused a marked increase in serum alkaline phosphates with the increase of dose, and this may be releated to the damage of cell in liver , kidney and bone

This study was aimed to prepare ready food from some meat proteins

Ninety seven Iraqi ewes representing the three major Iraqi breeds (Karadi, Awassi, and

The study was carried out to investigate the effect of cryopreservation in liquid nitrogen (-
196ºC) on sperm quality (concentration, motility, morphology) and in vitro fertilization rate (IVF),
24 hours post insemination in mice. The sperms were obtained from caudal epididymis of 20 mature
male mice and prepared by Direct Activation Technique after cryopreservation followed by
insemination the oocyte of 20 female mice using in vitro fertilization procedure. Results showed
that there were significant (P > 0.05) decrease in sperms concentration, motility and morphology post
cryopreservation. In addition, the results demonstrated that cryopreservation significantly decreased
(P > 0.05) fertilization rate in tr

This study was conducted to elucidate the morphological changes of the testis of the domestic
rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus) during the postnatal life. The animals were divided in to seven age
groups, eight animals for each group. The age of these groups were (1, 15, 30, 60, 90, 120, and 150
days). The mean weights, volume, length, width, and thickness of both left and right testes were
recorded. The positions of testes in all ages were described. The results showed the testes were found
at sub lumber region at one day postnatally, moved and start ingress the inguinal canal at 15 days of
age, and mostly located moving in the inguinal canals and near to the developing scrotum between
30 and 60 days. This become

       The aim of the present study was to identify the effect of corn replacement by sorghum and supplementation of methionine during growing and laying periods in productive performance and egg quality of two strains of quail (brown and black). Four hundred and eighty quails (240 of each strain) were used in this study. Birds reared on floor letter in semi opened house distributed into four treatments each with three replicates (20 birds in replicate). Experimental treatments were as follows: T1: fed on yellow corn ration (Control), T2: fed on ration in which  50% of corn replaced by sorghum , T3: fed on ration in which  50% of corn replaced by sorghum and supplemented with 0.2% methionine and T4

     The aims of the current study were to determine the percentages of E.coli O157:H7 in the urinary tract infections (UTIs) of humans and in the urine of apparently healthy sheep, in addition to determine the genotype of the isolates by PCR assay. Two hundred and twenty eight urine samples were collected from young children and adult patients both sexes suffering from UTIs during a period December 2012 to the end of March 2013. And randomly collected 75 urine sample from apparent healthy sheep both sexes that were slaughtered in AL Shoela, AL Rahmanea Slaughterhouse and College of Veterinary Medicine field in Baghdad the end of February to half of April 2013.   All urine samples were incubated aer

The objectives of this research were to determine the serum cortisol profiles and their temporal interrelationship during progesterone treatment, induced estrous, laproscopical insemination and pregnancy (antepartum) period in goat, with histological fetal adrenal cortex development.Thefirst part of the experiment included studying Hundred and sixty goat fetuses of different Crown Rump Length (CRL) were collected from slaughter house. The adrenal glands in the goat fetus displayed signs of cytological differentiation around the second half of intrauterine life, 20cm/CRL about 90 days old until full term. From histological observation and physical measurements the present study recorded that the adrenal cortex grow faster from 25 cm/CRL(1

The current study dealt with the isolation and identification of 19 isolates (14.07%) for the period (October 2013 to January 2014) from different samples (135 samples) number of isolates belonging to Pseudomonas aeruginosa were 8 isolated from urine samples, their percentage were 33.33 % and 5 isolates from nasal swabs, (11.11%) and 4 isolated from milk samples (9.30%), 2 isolated from wound swabs (24%) and isolates from eye infection (9.09%). These isolates were identified by morphological examination and biochemical tests and API-20 NE system. The second part was the study of the antibiotic susceptibility that was carried out on 19 isolates of P. aeruginosa for 12 types of antibiotic. The results showed that isolates were resistant to

     The ameliorative effects of probiotics (Lactobacillus acidophilus) on liver functions in experimentally induced colitis in adult male rats were studied. Thirty six male rats divided randomly into 4 groups, 9 animals per group. First   group considered as control (C^-), 2^nd group (T1) and 3^rd group (T2)   received (5 × 10⁸ CFU) of Lactobacillus acidophilus as probiotics for 2 weeks by oral gavages needle, 4^th group considered as colitis group (T3). Experimentally acetic acid colitis induced   for rat of groups T2 and T3. After 7 days of colitis, at the end of the experiment. Blood sample, 4-5 ml, was collected via cardiac

     The present study was undertaken to evaluate the effect of aqueous extract of Date Palm Pollen DPP on the testicular function and serum testosterone, FSH and LH hormones value. Thirty five male rats were divided randomly into five equal groups. Group 1: received 0.5 ml of distilled water (control group), group 2: was treated orally 0.250 p.p.m of sodium florid (NaF) (with volume of 0.5 ml / rat), Group 3: was treated with 0.250 p.p.m of NaF and 50 mg/kg. B.W. of DPP extract (0.5ml D.W \rat), Group 4: was treated with 0.250 p.p.m of NaF and 100 mg/kg. B.W. of DPP extract and Group 5: was treated with 0.250 p.p.m of NaF and 150 mg/kg. B.W. of DPP extract. The results showed  significant (P< 0.05) decrease i

       Thirty sheep in a flock suffering from fascioliasis were selected for the trial . Clinical findings, hematological, biochemical and fecal investigations were conducted. These animals were equally divided into two groups, the 1^st group was given the flukecide triclabendazole alone, at a rate of 12mg/kg body weight orally and the 2^nd group was given the same dose orally together with dexamethasone at a rate 0.5 mg / kg body weight I/M. Results showed that the 2^nd group gave the quickest and the best response in the treatment. This could be explained that the use of corticosteroid assisted the triclabendazole in preventing immune damage and fibroplasias inflicted by the l

The objects of this study were to determine the effect of Saccharomyces
cerevisiae cell wall (SCCW) to induce immunological response of Broiler chicks that
infected with Listeria monocytogenes . SCCW was administrated to chicks by adding
30 gm / 100 kg feed. A 30 broiler chicks were distributed into 3 treatments ( 10
chicks/ treatment) which were:
T1 : control group for both experiment fed on (SCCW). T2 : chicks fed 30 gm / 100 kg
feed (SCCW) and experimentally infected orally by Listeria monocytogenes 0.1 ml
of 1 × 109 CFU /ml. T3 : chicks were experimentally infected orally by Listeria
monocytogenes 0.1 ml of 1 × 109 CFU /ml. and study some immunological parameter
includes the concentration of  - globuli

Aspartame (ASP) is a sugar substitute. Its use rose because it has been demonstrated to have deleterious effects after being metabolized. In the presence of antioxidant vitamins C or E, the effects of ASP on reproductive hormones of adult male and female Albino Wister rats were investigated. A total of eighty male and female rats were used in this study. The rats were divided into four groups: group 1, received no treatment; group 2, received ASP at 40 mg/kg BW; group 3, received ASP at 40 mg/kg BW with vitamin C at 150 mg/kg BW; and group 4, received ASP at 40 mg/kg BW and vitamin E at 100 mg/kg BW. All treatments were given orally by gavage needle once daily for consecutive 90 days. The levels of estradiol (E2), follicle-stimulating ho

     Yersiniosis is a zoonotic disease which infects many animal species. A preliminary study was done to detect the incidence of Yersinia enterocolitica in sheep. One thousand and two hundred fecal samples were collected randomly from sheep in four governorates in the southern region of Iraq: Thi-Qar, Al-Muthana, Messan and Basrah, in the period from July 2016 to June-2017. Enrichment Yersinia broth at 4°C for 48 hours was used for isolation of Yersinia enterocolitica. Selective Cefsulodin Irgasan Novobiocin and non selective media were used for bacterial culture. The identification of Yersinia enterocolitica was based on colony morphology and biochemical characters, API 20E and V

Immune responses to rinderpest virus vaccine were studied in 25 calves (3-months old) natur

This study was designated to evaluate the prevalence of hepatic parasitic lesions in goats and to characterize