The experiment was carried out at animal farm, College of Veterinary Medicine, Baghdad University from 1/July /2009 up to 28/February2010.Twenty Awssi male Lambs were equally divided into four groups and each animal fed on concentrate diets 2% of body weight with grazing for 3-5 hours a day. The first group(C) was kept as control group , the second group (N) was daily fed with same amount of concentrate diet contain 7.5% ground Nigella sativa seeds , third group (F) also fed with same amount contain 7.5% ground fenugreek seeds ,while the fourth group(NF) group fed the 2% concentrate diet supplemented with both (7.5% of Nigella sativa and 7.5% fenugreek seeds respectively ) as group feeding .
The results revealed that using Nigella sat

The presence of Bacillus species Were investigated in the intestine of 50 fish specimens common carp Cyprinus carpio weigh range between 1400-1500g in weigh were obtained from commercial farms in north of Baghdad through period of September to December 2010.The result revealed presence of gram positive, rod shape bacteria grow in the mesosphilic temperature range. The optimal temperature was 25-35C° facultative aerobes and produce catalase an enzyme. The bacterial antagonist activity was tested with fish culture pathogenic bacteria. The modified antagonistic method results showed that Bacillus subtilus could inhibit Aeromonas hydrophila after 24 hours. The highest level of antibacterial substances of this bacillus was produced in 48 hou

The laboratory studies of the cultural isolation revealed that two isolates of Lactobacillus acidophilus were isolated from five soft cheese samples that were manufactured locally according to the farmers production procedure .Colonies of E.coli O157:H7 were isolated from raw milk samples by a conventional direct plating on selective enrichment CT-SMAC agar and tested serologically for the presence of O157 and H7 antigens using the commercial available latex agglutination kits .The results revealed that E.coli O157:H7 was resist to the crude bacteriocin that was extracted from L .acidophilus isolate NO.1 due to the nature of their cell wall, while when the outer membrane of E.coli O157:H7 was injured by cooling at 4°C for 6 hours , the

This study was carried out during May-October 2010 to determine the prevalence of Cryptosporidium spp. in calves and children in rural areas around Mosul, north of Iraq. A total of 78 faecal samples were taken from calves which were no more than one year old. Information about age, consistency of faeces (as diarrheic or normal) and contact with human were recorded. At the same time, 95 stool samples were taken from children aged one month to 12 years old suffering from diarrhea and living in the same farms where the samples of calves have been collected. All samples were stained with modified Ziehl-Neelsen acid-fast stain and Auramine O techniques to detect the presence of Cryptosporidium oocysts. Results revealed that the prevalence of

The study was conducted in 4 districts regions in Wasit province during May – August 2010 to investigate the percentage of sheep and goat infestation ; out of 366 animals , 69 (18.85 %) were infested with total general tick mean 2.15 ; infested sheep were more prevalent 79.71% than goats 20.28% ; Highest no. of infestation were found in August 49.27% and June 24.63% . Two species of ticks , Rhipicephalus turanicus 94% on both sheep and goats , while Hyalomma anatolicum anatolicum only on sheep 6% were recorded. According to species of animal, sheep in azizia shows highest infestation in august (34.78%) followed by Suwara in june (14.49%) ; and for goat in azizia shows the highest infestation in may (7.24%) . There is significant differ

The aim of the present study is to determine the influence of different doses of lead acetate on the central nerves system. 25 Swiss strain white mice were used, each weighing about 30 –32 g, divided into three groups, first group (n=10) treated with 0.5 ml. contain 150 mg/kg/body weight lead acetate via stomach tube daily for 40 days, second group (n=10) treated with 0.5 ml. contain 300 mg/kg/body weight lead acetate via stomach tube daily for 40 days. While the third group (n=5) served as control and were given mammalian physiological saline. Clinical signs were reported during the course of the study, then at day 40 post treatment , all animal were sacrificed and post mortem examination was done and any gross lesions were reported,

This study aimed to investigate the histopathological changes of Indomy pasta for 30 days on lung, kidney and spleen of albino rats. fifteen adult albino rats 200-220 gm was divided into 3 groups: The first group was considered as control group. The second group was fed with Indomy every other day for 30 days; the third group was fed with Indomy every day for 30 days. The histopathogical examination of the kidney show congestion of blood vessels and infiltration with neutrophil in lumen, The histopathological examination of lung showed hyper atrophy of masculares layer of the bronchiole with sever inflammatory cell infiltration mainly neutrophil and mononuclear cell in the wall of bronchioles, and with lumen of the alveoli with fibrous c

Two isolates of Lactobacillus acidophilus were isolated from locally homemade soft cheese and identified in accordance with their main features as described by bergeys manual of determinative bacteriology .Agar well diffusion bioassay was used for the evaluation of antimicrobial activity of cell free supernatant (culture filtrates) of Lactobacillus acidophilus isolates against the sensitive strain Lactobacillus acidophilus R0052 and the diameter of the inhibition zone was proportional to the bacteriocin concentration. The antimicrobial activity of the bacteriocin was proportional to the reciprocal of the highest dilution factor producing a detectable zone of inhibition . The storage temperature of the crude bacteriocin had a significant(

This study was conducted to investigate the protective role of polyphenolic compounds extracted from olive (Oleaeuropae) to contrast the damaging effects of 1% hydrogen peroxide on liver functions in male rats. Crude polyphenolic compounds were extracted from fruits of black olive by 95% methanolic extraction method. Twenty adult male rats (200-220gm.) were randomly divided into four equals groups and treated daily for 30 days. Rats in the first group received tap water (orally)and considered as control group, animals of second group received 1% H2O2 in drinking water . The rats in the third group received 1% H2O2 in drinking water plus 200mg/kgB.W. of crude polyphenolic compounds while animals in the fourth group received 200mg/kg B.W.

Garden cress (Lepidium sativum) seeds are considered extensively in the folk medicine as anantidiabetic agent in many countries. The current investigations focuses attention on theglucose and lipid lowering effect of the aqueous extract of L. sativum seeds on experimentally induced diabetes in rats. The biochemical parameters studied were plasma glucose, insulin, totalcholesterol,triglycerides,phospholipids,hemoglobin, and glycosylated hemoglobin.
In addition body weight and renal glucose reabsorption were notified. Aqueous extract of L. sativum were orally administered daily for 30 days in a dose of 20 mg / kg body weight to alloxan – diabetic rats , and a significant reduction in the parameters measured was investigated compared t

This study aimed to detect metabolites inhibition activity for three therapeutic
Lactic acid bacteria Lactobacillus acidophilus (Lb. acid.) , Lactobacillus reuteri
(Lb. reut.) and Bifidobacterium ssp. (Bif.) which were grown in whole milk and
Man Reqosa and Sharp (MRS) broth as single or double (Lb. acid. + Bif.) or
mixed (Lb. reut + Bif. + Lb. acid) culture Cell Free Extract (CFE) of these
culture which contained their metabolites of Lactic acid bacteria (exclusion Lb.
reut.) showed good inhibition against four species of pathogenic Escherichia
coli ; Salmonella typhimurium ; Proteus volgaris and Staphylococcus aureus.
inhibition activity against E. coli culture showed that 72 hours was the best
incubation tim

This study was designed to investigate the effect of vitamin C in
alleviating the changes in lipid profile and the atherosclerotic lesions induced
experimentally by (0.5%) H2O2 in drinking water. Twenty four adult males
rabbits were divided randomly into four equal (a control and 3 treated "T")
groups for 19 weeks: 1- The Control group: Which was given normal drinking
water. 2- Group (T1): was given 0.5% H 2O2 in drinking water. 3- Group
(T2): which was handled as T1, in addition to vitamin C (100 mg /kg/day) along
the experiment. 4- Group (T3): was treated as T1 till the atherosclerotic lesions
were established at the week 13, then the animals received 100 mg/kg of vitamin
C daily for 6 weeks. Blood samples we

The globule leukecytes and mast cells were detected in the respiratory tract of camel with natural

This study was carried out to investigate 87 lungs of camel slaughtered in Al-Najaf

Twenty weeks old Euribrid-Hisex Brown laying hens were used to study the effect of water po

The study included 300 unsexed broiler chicks (Hubbard) were used to evaluate (Roselle Flower) as a feed additives on the productive performance of broiler. The chicks were divided into five groups with three replicates (20 birds in each) and fed on five diets. Diet 1 (control group) dried Roselle flower powder were supplemented to the diet 2, 3, 4 and 5 as 0.25, 0.5, 0.75 and 1% respectively. The result revealed that a significant (P<0.05) increase in body weight, body weight gain, feed consumption and improvement in feed conversion ratio. Although the differences between groups for edible parts percent were not significant (Heart, Liver and Gizzard). The hematological values PCV%, RBC, WBC and H/L ratio were increased significantly

The main objective of this study was to evaluate raw milk quality. This study was designed

Canine distemper (CD) is an infectious disease that affects dogs and is extremely contagious and lethal, with a high mortality and morbidity rates. It infects a broad variety of animals, including primates, cetaceans, and carnivores causing a multi-systemic pathological condition. This study aimed to detect canine distemper virus (CDV) in blood samples of dogs clinically suspected with distemper at the Baghdad Veterinary Hospital, Baghdad, Iraq. CDV nucleoprotein gene (N) was detected in the whole blood of 46 dogs using reverse transcription-PCR (RT-PCR). The partially amplified (591 bp) fragment of the N gene was detected in 12 of 46 (26%) blood samples of dogs examined. Based on the partial sequencing data of the N gene, three local is

This trail was carried out on twelve Awassi ewes in the Animal Farm of College of Veterinary Medicine in June 2005 to study the cellular changes that occur in the vaginal epithelium after parturition, by using vaginal smear method. The post-parturient period was divided into three periods; 4th, 16th and 28th days after parturition. Each period presented different sizes of vaginal epithelial cells, some of them were predominant. Keratinization takes place in all periods. The 2nd period was characterized by cellular division, presence of vacuolated epithelial cells and WBCs mainly neutrophils cells. The conclusion, variations in the vaginal epithelium may relate to the physiological status and the hormonal activity of the animals.

The study was conducted on 107 patients of cutaneous leishmaniasis, from
Dour town, Salahadeen province attending the Dermatology Department of
Saddam General Hospital, Tikrit.
Patients were divided to 4 groups for purpose of treatment and comparison,
followed up for two months duration.
Group A: treated with intralesional hypertonic sodium chloride solution (9 %
HSCS).
Group B: treated with intralesional pentostam injection, 1 cc. per day for 6
consecutive days.
Group C: treated with silver nitrate cauterization one to two doses of three days
interval.
Group D: left without treatment as a control group.
It was found that the efficacy of 9% hypertonic sodium chloride solution and
pentostam were 94%

The aim of this study was to diagnose fetal mortality and the time of
occurrence using real-time ultrasonography. 118 ewes were included in this
experiment, to synchronized estrus of 47 ewes were carried out by using
intravaginal sponges containing 40 mg progesterone for 14 days and then
injected intramuscularly with 500IU of eCG at the time of sponge withdrawal,
while 71 ewes were not treated and left to cycling normally. All ewes were
mated naturally. In order to determinate of fetal numbers and observing fetal
mortality, ewes were examined by 5MHz real- time ultrasonography at interval
20-24, 25-29, 30-34, 35-39 and after day 40 after breeding. The results showed
that embryonic mortality rate in non treated

This study was carried out to determined the effect of adding 0,150,200 ppb

of organic chromium in feed on dressing percentages and meat composition of three commercial broiler strains (Lohman ,Ross and Hubbard) .A total of 450

day old chicks (150 chicks per strain)were distributed into nine treatments and each treatment

Divided into two replicates (25 birds per replicate) .The data obtained reveald the following results:

Adding 150 and 300 ppb organic chromium increased significantly ( P<0.05) dressing percentages with or without giblets , and no significant differences appeared in edible organs percentages includes liver, heart and gizzard , also adding 150 or 300 ppb of organic chromium increased mea

This study was carried on 24 adult multipara Iraqi ewes in experimental
farm related to College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Baghdad during
2005. This study revealed the effect of prostaglandin F2 during puerperium
period through the evaluation of vaginal epithelial cells by using vaginal smear
methods. Intramuscular injection of 1 ml prostaglandin F2 (Iliren®) (tiaprosttrometamol=
0.196mg) was done in the 4th days after parturition to 12 ewes. The
vaginal smears were taken in the 4th, 16th and 28th days. Histological
examination revealed that the intermediate epithelial cells were a predominant.
Keratinized cells were takes place in all epithelial cells. Vacuolations were
present in the cytopla

Survey on distribution of hydatidosis in cattle in Anbar province have been done
during period from 1/2002-12/2002 .This survey showing that 8.9 ℅ of cattle
suffering from hydatosis also showing that the infection of cows had been
occurred in all months of the year ,meanwhile the bulls show resistance to the
infection of hydatidosis .There was direct relation between the age of cattle
(male&female)&infection of hydatidosis .About 879 of slaughtered cattle being
inspected in Abattoir of province during the year of 2002

This study concentrate on the effect of synthetic insulin in laboratory animals, 80 white mice, randomly divided into four main groups of males and females control –untreated, treated as low dose, intermediated dose and high dose, then every group also divided in two subgroups, the first subgroup was given Actrapid and second subgroup was given Monotrade , the tested material was given daily subcutaneously untreated control group .

The injection was continued until animals were killed after 24 weeks of treatment .Clinical, macroscopical and microscopical studies of experimental mice in comparison with the control group and the result were as follows :

1- Injected mice showed normal activity, with increase body weight an

In the present study , 32 white mice Balb /C (two months age ) were used ,there
were divided into four equal groups . Three groups were injected with fungal
suspention of candida albicans in doses of 1x106 ,1x108 and 3x108 cell/ml
,whereas the fourth group was regarded as control and injected with 0.5 ml
normal saline solution . All were dissected after 6 days of injection to study the
physiological effect of the yeast on blood , which include RBCand WBC count ,
Hb concentration and PCV ratio . And on biochemical content which
include the determination of protein , glycogen and cholestrol in liver ,kidney
and muscles .
The results showed that the number of RBC were decreased ,while WBC
were increased in the

To study the prevalence of brucellosis among buffalo in Baghdad, 144
serum samples were collected and tested serologically using Rose Bengal Plate
Test (RBPT) and Tube Agglutination Test (TAT), also 44 milk samples tested
by Milk Ring Test (MRT). For isolation and identification of Brucella species
and behavior, 15 buffalo aborted fetuses were used. And for evaluation of the
health hazzard caused by the consumption of the locally manufactured cream
from the milk of buffalo, 76 cream samples were used for cultivation.
The results of the RBPT, TAT and MRT revealed the prevalence of the
disease in the percentages (38.19%, 29.86% and 20.45%) respectively.
It was found that Brucella abortus was the main cause of abo