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Bovine Tuberculosis in young heifer

Omran Hamdan Alameri

A rare case of bovine tuberculosis in young heifer is reported. Miss diagnosed in several occasions due to lack of diagnostic tools. However; post-mortem lesion diagnosis is paramount. This case may pose public health concern to the farmer and his family.

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Flock level seroprevalence of and risk factors for parainfluenza type 3 virus in small ruminants in northern Jordan

Waleed Al-Momani , Mahmoud N. Abo-Shehada

Background. Infectious diseases of the respiratory tract of farm animals are caused by a combination of infectious agents and predisposing factors. Parainfluenza virus type 3 is usually nominated as one of the causes. Seroprevalence and animal risk factors for PI3 infections were investigated in northern ...

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Seroprevalence and risk factors of Mycoplasma capricolum subsp. capricolum among small ruminants in northern Jordan

Waleed Al-Momani , Robin R.A.J. Nicholas , Mahmoud N. Abo-Shehada

During 2002-2003 the seroprevalence of Mycoplasma capricolum subsp. capricolum was studied among 104 small ruminant’s flocks (18 sheep, 27 goat and 59 mixed flocks) in northern Jordan. At least 5 serum samples/flock were tested using iELISA test. The true flock-level seroprevalences of Mycoplasma ...

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Zoonotic Pathogens in Frozen Red and Poultry Meat imports to Jordan in the period 2015¬-2019: Salmonella Typhimurium, Salmonella Enteritidis, Listeria monocytogenes and E. coli O157:H7

Tariq Hantash , Ofosuhene O. Apenteng , Ahmad Alhawajreh , Manal Nofal , Mohammad Atyyah , Reem Zaghal , Håkan Vigre

Jordan's Food and Drug Administration Laboratories are responsible for the surveillance of zoonoses in frozen meat imports. Results from the surveillance are stored in Laboratory Food Examination System (LFES) portal. In the period from 2015 to 2019, there was an apparent decrease in the occurrence of ...

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