STUDIES ON ENTERITIS IN NEWLY BORN CALVES

HEGAZY, ALI A.; ALI, NABIHA R.; ISMAIL, IBRAHIM M.; EL-DEEN, AFAF S,; ABDEL-GHANY, FAHMY M.; EL-FARASH, LAMIA A.; ESSA, SOMIA A.

doi:10.21608/ejar.1993.456291

STUDIES ON ENTERITIS IN NEWLY BORN CALVES

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

¹ Faculty of veterinary Medicine, Cairo University, Giza, Egypt

² Animal Health Research Institute, Agricultural Research Centre, Dokki, Giza, Egypt

³ National Research Centre, Dokki, Giza, Egypt

⁴ Faculty of Medicine, Qasr El-Eini, Cairo University, Giza, Egypt

10.21608/ejar.1993.456291

Abstract

Atotal of 250 diarrhoeic calves were examined virologically, bacteriologically and serologically. Post - mortem and histopathological examination were carried out on dead animals. Virological examination revealed infectious bovine rhinotracheitis and bovine virus diarrhoea form 24%, 10.4% respectively, while bacteriological examination showed that Salmonella species were 0.8 and E. coli was 4%. Aflatoxicosis was found in ration at 2 farms . Histopathologicaf examination revealed different types of enteritis which were more or less related to the causative agent.