Al-Anbar Journal of Veterinary Sciences

Abstract
The study was designed to examine the effects of both dietary vitamin E supplementation and pre-rigor injection with crude kiwifruit extract on some physico-chemical and sensory traits of Karadi sheep. Rams were divided equally into two treatments (T) groups. T1 group was fed a control diet and T2 group was supplemented with vitamin E. After exsanguination of rams and dressing carcasses, the three major muscles namely longissimusdorsi (LD), semimembranosus (SM) and biceps femoris (BF) were removed from both T1 and T2 carcasses, Then injected with crude kiwifruit extract at concentrations of 8 and 12% and distilled water at a rate of 10 % muscle weight. The other treatment is considered as control. The muscles samples were packed in polyethylene bags and stored at 4°C for 24hr, then kept frozen at -18°C, until the time analysis.The results showed that vitamin E alone or its combinations with injection with crude kiwifruit extracts (8 and 12%) were more effective in retarding lipid oxidation and of met-myoglobin formation with lower (p<0.05) cooking loss percentages and higher (p<0.05) moisture content and their reflection on improvement water holding capacity and sensory traits in LD, SM and BF muscles as compared with control and other treatments. LD muscle was more effective in maintenance the traits above than SM and BF muscles .It can be concluded that the presence of vitamin E in muscle together with crude Kiwifruit extract played a key role in retarding lipid oxidation and meat color, also improvement of sensory traits

The results of this investigation have demonstrated the isolation and diagnosis of toxigenic Aspergillus flavus with detection of the aflatoxin B1 from maize and sesame samples in the rural area around Baghdad. A hundred sample of maize and sesame were collected from Abu Ghraib, Tagi, Tarmiya, Mahmoudiyah and Alabegi. Maize and sesames seeds were collected and mixed uniformly, After being mixed, 5seeds were randomly selected and surface sterilized in a 2.5% NaOCl solution for 1 min followed by washing two times in sterile distilled water, then dried by sterilized filter paper, Five complete grains were added via sterilized forceps into a previously prepared plate, containing sabouraud dextrose agar, Incubation of all plates for (7) days at 25 Cْ with intermittent observation of the fungal growth, plug of mycelium was aseptically removed from the orange medium below each infected seed and sub-cultured on Rose Bengal Agar (RBA) and incubation at 25°C for 5 days. Aspergillus flavus was isolated from maize sample in area around Baghdad, that obtained Aspergillus flavus in 5 samples in the total of 10 samples in Abu Ghraib, 3 samples from the total of 10 samples in Tagi, 6 samples of the total of 10 samples in Al Tarmia, 5 samples from the total of 10 samples in Mahmoudiya and 4 samples from the total of 10 samples in Alabegi while Aspergillus flavus was isolated from sesame sample in area around Baghdad, that obtained Aspergillus flavus in 2 samples in the total of 10 samples in Abu Ghraib, 3 samples from the total of 10 samples in Tagi, 1sample of the total of 10 samples in Al Tarmia, 4 samples from the total of 10 samples in Mahmoudiya and 2 samples from the total of 10 samples in Alabegi.detected of aflatoxin B1in maize sample in the area around Baghdad, whereby was obtained on 5 a contaminated samples with aflatoxin B1 from the total of 10 samples in Abu Ghraib, 3 contaminated samples with aflatoxin B1from the total of 10 samples in Tagi, 6 contaminated samples with aflatoxin B1from the total of 10 samples in Al Tarmia, 5 contaminated samples with aflatoxin B1from the total of 10 samples in Mahmoudiya and 6 contaminated samples with aflatoxin B1from the total of 10 samples in Alabegi while detected of aflatoxin B1in sesame sample in the area around Baghdad, whereby was obtained on 2 a contaminated samples with aflatoxin B1 from the total of 10 samples in Abu Ghraib, 2contaminated samples with aflatoxin B1from the total of 10 samples in Tagi, 1contaminated samples with aflatoxin B1from the total of 10 samples in Al Tarmia,4 contaminated samples with aflatoxin B1from the total of 10 samples in Mahmoudiya and 2 contaminated samples with aflatoxin B1from the total of 10 samples in Alabegi.

This study aimed to find out the effect of feeding Cinnamomum camphora on some productive and biochemical traits. Ten ram lambs aged 3.0- 4.0 months, with body weight 18-22.0 Kg. Awassi ram lambs were randomly and equally distributed into two groups, 1st (c) group was daily fed on a concentrate pellets diet (2%) of body weight and kept as control group. 2nd group (T) was daily fed on the same concentrate pellets diet and level containing 25 mg/kg of cinnamomum camphora, both groups are grazing for 3-4 hours a day. The results revealed that body weight was progressively increased in all groups, but the treated groups showed significantly (p< 0.05) better values than the control group. PCV percentage, hemoglobin concentration and WBCs count numerically increased with time progress in all groups. While Serum glucose levels reduced with time progress in all groups, but the treated groups showed significantly (P<0.05) lower values than the control group in late experimental periods. With time progress, serum cholesterol and triglyceride percentages were decreased in the treated group contrasted with the control group. The total protein concentration and albumin concentration increased significantly (P<0.05) from the 4th period to the end of the study while the globulin concentration were increased significantly (P<0.05) compared with the treated group in the 5th and 6th period of the experiment. It was concluded that adding Cinnamomum camphora in the feed had positive effect on body weight and some of the traits in this experiment

This study was conducted to examine the effect of using vitamin C and/ or vitamin B complex on some productive traits on the local male rabbits. Twenty eight local male rabbits aged between 2-3 months were divided randomly into four equal groups(7 rabbits each) housed in experimental cages. all animals were fed 100 g of concentrate pellets diet/ animal and green alfalfa and tap water offered. The first group (G1) was offered drinking water free of vitamins as control group, second group (G2) was supplied with water containing vitamin C (0.25 g/ l), third group (G3) was supplied with water containing vitamin B complex (5 ml/ l) and fourth group (G4) was water supplied containing ascorbic acid (0.25 g /l) and (5 ml /l) vitamin B complex. Body weight and blood samples were recorded biweekly for the change in the body weight and blood glucose and cholesterol, also digestibility were measured. The results showed that, body weight increased in all animals of all groups with time and age progress, all treated groups G2, G3 and G4 showed significantly (p< 0.05) higher body weight compared with control group. Digestibility percentages of dry matter, crude protein and crude fiber were significantly (p<0.05) higher in all treated groups compared with the control group. Blood glucose and cholesterol concentration showed significant reduction in all treated groups compared with the control group

The objective of this study was to determine the protective effect of β-glucan against the impact of copper (Cu) toxicity on histopathological changes in common carp Cyprinus carpio L. which exposed to different level of Cu for 96h and also to assess the effect of addition β-glucan to the fish diet against Cu toxicity. Fish (150 ± 2g) were divided randomly into eight groups as follows: C1 were fed commercial diet; C2 were fed commercial diet with 1%β-glucan; T1 were fed diet without β-glucan and exposed to 5 mg l-1 to CuSO4; T2 were fed diet with 1% β-glucan and exposed to 5 mg l-1 to CuSO4; T3 were fed diet without β-glucan and exposed to 7 mgl-1 to CuSO4; T4 were fed diet with1%t β-glucan and exposed to 7mg l-1 to CuSO4; T5 were fed diet without β-glucan and exposed to 9 mg l-1 to CuSO4; T6 were fed diet with1% β-glucan and exposed to 9 mg l-1 to CuSO4 for 96 h. The main histopathological changes including: hepatic vacoulation, necrosis, accompanied with hemorrhage, congestion of blood vessels and sinusoids. While the gills lesions revealed ulceration of rakers mucosal epithelia, lifting of lamellar epithelia and aneurysms (telangiectasia) of secondary lamella and lamellar fusion caused by the filament epithelium proliferation together with mononuclear infiltration. The result of this study suggested that the addition of β-glucan in fish diet reduced Cu toxicity. Also, the result indicated that the supplementation of β-glucan provided protection against the degenerative action of Cu and increased the chance of tissue regeneration

Dermatophytosis (ringworm) is a zoonotic skin infection of keratinized tissues caused by a specialized group of fungi called dermatophytes. It is a major public and veterinary health problem reported in different parts of the world including Iraq and causes major economic loss through skin injuries and body weight loss. This study was carried out on 100 clinically infected cattle in different locations at Diyala Governorate were subjected for clinical examination during the period from December 2015 to June 2016. Case history for each animal was reported as sex, breed and age groups which classified into (2- 6) months, (7-12) months, (1-3) years and more than 3 years. The total infected animals was 94 (94%), in age (2- 6) month was 100%, in age (7-12) month was 96.77%, in age (1-3) year was 85.71% and more of 3 years was 70%. The number of infected animals according to the sex was 56 male 96.55% and 38 female was 90.47%. The percentage of clinically diagnosed cattle with ring worm was 97.91% at Al Maqdadia, AlKalis 95.45%, Bahqubah 90% and Baladruse 80%. Also the result reported no effect of breed on ring worm infection, In microscopic examination the Ectothrix was 40 (42.55%) and the Endothrix 54 (57.44%).

This study was investigated the virulence of mycobacterium spp and brucella spp and production of catalase enzyme Mycobacterium and Brucella spp. direct and indirect methods of catalase test were done. The result indicate the tightly relation between the virulent strains and actively production catalase enzyme showed a more potent (P≤0.05) in comparison with the a virulent strains which gave weak or negative reaction.