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Concentration Of Products Of Nitric Oxide Oxidation And Some Vitamins In Sheep With Naturally Acquired Babesiosis, Handan Mert, İbrahi̇m Yörük, Yeter Değer, Ni̇hat Mert, Semi̇ha Dede, Fatmagül Yur
Concentration Of Products Of Nitric Oxide Oxidation And Some Vitamins In Sheep With Naturally Acquired Babesiosis, Handan Mert, İbrahi̇m Yörük, Yeter Değer, Ni̇hat Mert, Semi̇ha Dede, Fatmagül Yur
Turkish Journal of Veterinary & Animal Sciences
The aim of the present study was to determine serum concentrations of the products of nitric oxide oxidation (nitrate and nitrite) and some vitamins (retinol acetate, \alpha- and \delta-tocopherol, and vitamin D_3) in sheep naturally infected with Babesia ovis. The investigation included 30 infected and 10 control sheep. Serum \alpha -tocopherol levels were significantly lower (P < 0.05), and nitrate and nitrite concentrations were significantly higher (P < 0.05) in infected animals than in controls. It is thought that the elevated nitrate and nitrite levels of the sheep infected with babesiosis were due to the result of damage caused by Babesia. On the other hand, a significant decrease was observed in \alpha -tocopherol levels in sheep with babesiosis because of damage and pathophysiological changes to erythrocytes.
Isolation And Biotyping Of Brucella Melitensis From Aborted Sheep And Goat Fetuses, Esra Büyükcangaz, Ayşi̇n Şen, Serpi̇l Kahya
Isolation And Biotyping Of Brucella Melitensis From Aborted Sheep And Goat Fetuses, Esra Büyükcangaz, Ayşi̇n Şen, Serpi̇l Kahya
Turkish Journal of Veterinary & Animal Sciences
The possible role of Brucella spp. in 65 abortion cases, 55 from sheep and 10 from goats, occurring in the birth seasons of 2004 and 2005 in northwestern Turkey was investigated. Colony morphology, agglutination by acriflavin, H2S production, CO2 requirement, dye sensitivity in thionin, basic fuchsin, growth characteristics in streptomycin, lysis with Tbilisi phage, and agglutination with monospecific A- and M antisera were examined for identification and biotyping. The isolates from 21 of 55 sheep and 1 of 10 goat abortion cases were identified as Brucella melitensis. Biotyping revealed that 14, 6, and 1 of 22 Brucella spp. were B. …
Acute Encephalopathy And Clinical Pathology Findings In A Sheep With Chronic Copper Poisoning, Nektarios D. Giadinis, Nikolaos Papaioannoy, Maria Kritsepi-Konstantinou, Nikolaos Roubies, Nikolaos Raikos, Harilaos Karatzias
Acute Encephalopathy And Clinical Pathology Findings In A Sheep With Chronic Copper Poisoning, Nektarios D. Giadinis, Nikolaos Papaioannoy, Maria Kritsepi-Konstantinou, Nikolaos Roubies, Nikolaos Raikos, Harilaos Karatzias
Turkish Journal of Veterinary & Animal Sciences
A 3-year-old East Friesian sheep from a sheep flock that suffered from chronic copper poisoning was forwarded to the Clinic of Farm Animals in the Aristotle University. The animal had signs of a hemolytic disease indicative of chronic copper poisoning and also nervous signs. Laboratory examinations were consistent with chronic copper poisoning. This was confirmed after necropsy and liver toxicological analysis. By blood smear examination, metarubricytosis, basophilic stippling, anisocytosis, and polychromasia were found. Also, brain histopathological examination revealed focal areas of gliosis in the cerebral cortex and white matter areas. Satellitosis, neuronal degeneration (chromatolysis) and neuronophagia were also observed. These …