Vet World
March 2024
Leptospirosis is a zoonotic bacterial disease affecting mammalian species worldwide. Cattle are a major susceptible host; infection with pathogenic spp. represents a public health risk and results in reproductive failure and reduced milk yield, causing economic losses.
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December 2023
Background: Colistin is an antibiotic used as a last-resort to treat multidrug-resistant Gram-negative bacterial infections. Colistin had been used for a long time in veterinary medicine for disease control and as a growth promoter in food-producing animals. This excessive use of colistin in food animals causes an increase in colistin resistance.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: This short study describes the occurrence of pathogenic spp. in two major wet markets in Kota Bharu, Kelantan, Malaysia.
Materials And Methods: 30 rodents (20 rats and 10 shrews) were caught in 2 wet markets, and a postmortem was performed to extract both kidneys.
Objective: The case study describes the cause of an increase in mortality rates among 35-day-old broilers that developed respiratory distress and bloody diarrhea on a farm in Malaysia.
Materials And Methods: The organ samples were subjected to laboratory testing and postmortem inspection. (E.
Objective: This case report highlights the first detection of , a blood protozoan parasite found in an urban rat in Kota Bharu, Kelantan.
Materials And Methods: Rat trapping was carried out within the Kota Bharu vicinity near a local wet market. A total of 38 rats were captured and subjected to peripheral blood smearing using Giemsa stain.
Objective: This case report aims to discuss the veterinary approach taken to control a case of aspergillosis outbreak on a duck farm.
Materials And Methods: A broiler duck farm with a population of 900 Muscovy ducks was having a complaint of a 5% mortality rate in their 3-week-old ducklings. Upon presentation, 10% of the ducks appeared to be listless, dyspneic, ruffled feathers, and cyanotic.