October 2024

Distribution and viability of Mycobacterium avium subspecies paratuberculosis in ovine production units of Puebla and State of Mexico in Mexico

The purpose of this study was to determine the distribution and viability of Mycobacterium avium paratuberculosis (Map) in various areas of sheep corrals. Four sample collections were carried out every three months for a year in three ovine Livestock Production Units (LPUs). Blood samples were collected from sheep (ELISA Anti-Map), as well as fecal samples. Fecal samples were collected from the following areas in the...

Author(s): Marco Antonio Santillán-Flores, Dionicio Córdova-López, Marisela Leal-Hernández, Eugenio Villagómez-Amezcua-Manjarrez and José Vicente Velázquez-Morales  

October 2024

An outbreak of black quarter in cattle at the National Livestock Resources Research Centre, in Maruzi, Apac, Uganda

Black quarter (BQ) is an acute, endogenous, infectious bacterial disease that primarily affects the hind limb of ruminants. It is caused by Clostridium chauvoei, a small spindle, Gram-positive, anaerobic rod-shaped spore-forming organism that is motile through peritrichous flagella. It bears the name in honour of Auguste J. B. Chauveau the French veterinarian and bacteriologist (1827–1917). Severe...

Author(s): Jesca Nakayima and Solomon Emergo Kiggundu