ABSTRACT
One hundred and eighteen samples of uncooked pork sausages were analysed bacteriologically. The total aerobic plate count ranged from 1.8 x 10(8) to 9.2 x 10(8) CFU/g in the samples. High mean counts of Staphylococci, Enterococci, Micrococci, Bacillus cereus, Salmonella and Coliforms were observed. Staphylococcus aureus were encountered with count range 2.8 x 10(6) CFU/g to 7.4 x 10(6) CFU/g. The viable count of Escherichia coli ranged from 2.0 x 10(5) to 4.3 x 10(5) CFU/g. Clostridium perfringens were detected in 66.9% of samples with a count ranging from 3.9 x 10(2) to 1.1 x 10(7) Cl. perfringens/g. None of 118 samples contained Yersinia enterocolitica.
Subject(s)
Bacteria/isolation & purification , Food Microbiology , Meat , Animals , SwineSubject(s)
Abnormalities, Severe Teratoid/veterinary , Chick Embryo/abnormalities , Poultry Diseases/pathology , Abnormalities, Severe Teratoid/embryology , Abnormalities, Severe Teratoid/pathology , Animals , Beak/abnormalities , Brain/abnormalities , Eye Abnormalities/embryology , Eye Abnormalities/pathology , Eye Abnormalities/veterinary , Poultry Diseases/embryologyABSTRACT
One hundred and nine cases of bovine tropical theileriosis (Theileria annulata infection) in Punjab State, India, were treated with oxytetracycline (23 cases) or buparvaquone (86 cases). Ages of affected cattle ranged from 6 days to 3 years. Oxytetracycline cured only 7 animals (30.4%), all of them calves below 15 days old, while buparvaquone cured all but one (98.8%), a severely affected 10 day old calf. Cured cattle remained theileriosis-free for 12 to 18 months following recovery. Theileriosis in Punjab is predominantly a disease of young calves that cannot be protected by available cell-culture vaccines. It is suggested that the most economical way to control theileriosis in India would be to immunise calves by infection with sporozoite stabilate and simultaneous treatment with tetracycline, and to reserve buparvaquone for the treatment of clinical cases, in cattle of all ages.
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Antiprotozoal Agents/therapeutic use , Naphthoquinones/therapeutic use , Oxytetracycline/therapeutic use , Theileriasis/drug therapy , Age Factors , Animals , Cattle , India , Protozoan Vaccines , Theileria/immunology , Theileriasis/economics , Theileriasis/prevention & control , Vaccination/economics , Vaccination/veterinarySubject(s)
Actinomycosis/veterinary , Disease Outbreaks/veterinary , Foot-and-Mouth Disease/complications , Mastitis, Bovine/etiology , Actinomyces/isolation & purification , Actinomycosis/epidemiology , Actinomycosis/etiology , Animals , Cattle , Female , Foot-and-Mouth Disease/epidemiology , India/epidemiology , Lactation , Mastitis, Bovine/epidemiologyABSTRACT
In postmortem examination of carcasses of White Leghorn chickens, 3 had typical gross lesions of necrotic enteritis affecting the small intestines. The occurrence of avian necrotic enteritis was noticed after an outbreak of coccidiosis had subsided. On the basis of the gross and microscopic examination the disease was differentiated from coccidiosis and ulcerative enteritis.
