Some biochemical, haematological, virological and immunological studies on buffaloes infected with foot and mouth disease virus [electronic resource].

Includes references.

From the FMD outbreak in January (2006) in Kaleubia Governnorate (Egypt), twenty-five. dairy buffaloes were randomly chosen from buffaloes of private farms showed the symptoms of FMD, the animals were divided into five equally groups. The I" group of buffaloes not FMD infected, not vaccinated, and served as the normal (negative) control group. The 2nd, 3'd, 4th and 5th groups were showed clinical signs of FMD, and previously vaccinated with FMD-vaccine (serotype-O), where the 2nd group not drug treated and served as the positive control group, the 3'd group was VM. injected with 3mg/kg.b.wt. of oxytetracycline antibiotic, the 41h group was VM. injected with lOmg/kg.b.wt. of enrofloxacin antibacterial and 5th group was VM. injected with 2.5 mg/kg.b.wt. of levamisol anthelmentic. All drugs injected once a day, for 5-consecutive days, directly before sampling. At the 6th day post drug treatments, samples from pharynx, vesicles, ulcers and saliva from oropharyngeal cavity were taken for virological examination. Blood samples were taken for haematological investigation, serum samples were taken for serological, immunoelectrophoretical and biochemical investigations.

Summary in Arabic.

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