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Suspected Johne's disease in a herd of dairy cattle: a case report

Four adult Friesian cross cows were experiencing intermittent diarrhea and chronic weight loss in a dairy farm in Dengkil, Negeri Sembilan. They were managed semi-intensively with pelleted diet and kept with a herd of 80 dairy cattles. One of the cattle, Kuning, experienced drop in milk yield from 1...

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Main Authors: Abdullah, Faez Firdaus Jesse, Adamu, Lawan, Yee, Jia Yin, Osman, Abdinasir Yusuf, Haron, Abd Wahid, Saharee, Abdul Aziz
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Published: International Organization of Scientific Research 2013
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spelling my.upm.eprints.298582017-07-19T09:31:33Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/29858/ Suspected Johne's disease in a herd of dairy cattle: a case report Abdullah, Faez Firdaus Jesse Adamu, Lawan Yee, Jia Yin Osman, Abdinasir Yusuf Haron, Abd Wahid Saharee, Abdul Aziz Four adult Friesian cross cows were experiencing intermittent diarrhea and chronic weight loss in a dairy farm in Dengkil, Negeri Sembilan. They were managed semi-intensively with pelleted diet and kept with a herd of 80 dairy cattles. One of the cattle, Kuning, experienced drop in milk yield from 10L/day to 2L/day. Physical examination revealed a poor body condition score of 2/5 in all 4 cattles, although they have good appetite. The differential diagnoses were Johne's disease, fascioliasis, chronic salmonellosis and coccidiosis. Laboratory diagnosis of Ziehl- Neelsen stained faecal smears from all 4 cattles revealed presence of acid fast bacteria. Haematology and serum biochemistry results of all 4 cattles shown lymphocytosis and hyperglobulinemia. Based on the compatible clinical signs, haematology and serum biochemistry results, presence of acid fast bacteria, diagnosis of suspected Johne's disease is made. A herd screening revealed 9 out of 30 cattles had acid fast stained bacteria in the faeces. International Organization of Scientific Research 2013-07 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/29858/1/Suspected%20Johne.pdf Abdullah, Faez Firdaus Jesse and Adamu, Lawan and Yee, Jia Yin and Osman, Abdinasir Yusuf and Haron, Abd Wahid and Saharee, Abdul Aziz (2013) Suspected Johne's disease in a herd of dairy cattle: a case report. IOSR Journal of Agriculture and Veterinary Science, 4 (1). pp. 58-62. ISSN 2319-2372; ESSN: 2319-2380 http://iosrjournals.org/iosr-javs/pages/v4i1.html 10.9790/2380-0415862
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description Four adult Friesian cross cows were experiencing intermittent diarrhea and chronic weight loss in a dairy farm in Dengkil, Negeri Sembilan. They were managed semi-intensively with pelleted diet and kept with a herd of 80 dairy cattles. One of the cattle, Kuning, experienced drop in milk yield from 10L/day to 2L/day. Physical examination revealed a poor body condition score of 2/5 in all 4 cattles, although they have good appetite. The differential diagnoses were Johne's disease, fascioliasis, chronic salmonellosis and coccidiosis. Laboratory diagnosis of Ziehl- Neelsen stained faecal smears from all 4 cattles revealed presence of acid fast bacteria. Haematology and serum biochemistry results of all 4 cattles shown lymphocytosis and hyperglobulinemia. Based on the compatible clinical signs, haematology and serum biochemistry results, presence of acid fast bacteria, diagnosis of suspected Johne's disease is made. A herd screening revealed 9 out of 30 cattles had acid fast stained bacteria in the faeces.
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author Abdullah, Faez Firdaus Jesse
Adamu, Lawan
Yee, Jia Yin
Osman, Abdinasir Yusuf
Haron, Abd Wahid
Saharee, Abdul Aziz
spellingShingle Abdullah, Faez Firdaus Jesse
Adamu, Lawan
Yee, Jia Yin
Osman, Abdinasir Yusuf
Haron, Abd Wahid
Saharee, Abdul Aziz
Suspected Johne's disease in a herd of dairy cattle: a case report
author_facet Abdullah, Faez Firdaus Jesse
Adamu, Lawan
Yee, Jia Yin
Osman, Abdinasir Yusuf
Haron, Abd Wahid
Saharee, Abdul Aziz
author_sort Abdullah, Faez Firdaus Jesse
title Suspected Johne's disease in a herd of dairy cattle: a case report
title_short Suspected Johne's disease in a herd of dairy cattle: a case report
title_full Suspected Johne's disease in a herd of dairy cattle: a case report
title_fullStr Suspected Johne's disease in a herd of dairy cattle: a case report
title_full_unstemmed Suspected Johne's disease in a herd of dairy cattle: a case report
title_sort suspected johne's disease in a herd of dairy cattle: a case report
publisher International Organization of Scientific Research
publishDate 2013
url http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/29858/1/Suspected%20Johne.pdf
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