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Ocular and oral lesions caused by Tacinga inamoena in sheep and goats in Northeast Brazil

Pesqui. vet. bras; 41 (), 2021
Two outbreaks of traumatic injuries in goats and sheep associated with grazing and ingestion of the cactus Tacinga inamoena have recently been reported in the state of Paraíba, Brazil. In the first of these, which was detected in 2019 during a preliminary inspection of a herd of 70 animals, it was found...

Caracterização das lesões parasitárias de ovinos observadas na linha de abate

Pesqui. vet. bras; 38 (8), 2018
Considerando a possibilidade de erros na identificação das lesões e a necessidade de melhorar o diagnóstico, o objetivo desse trabalho foi caracterizar macroscopicamente e microscopicamente as principais lesões parasitárias observadas em ovinos na linha de abate. Os materiais foram colhidos durante...

Healing of brain lesions in sheep recovered from amprolium-induced polioencephalomalacia

Pesqui. vet. bras; 38 (5), 2018
To evaluate the outcome of acute lesions in the brains of sheep that completely clinically recover from acute polioencephalomalacia (PEM), ten sheep were used in this experiment. Eight of those sheep received varying doses of amprolium to induce PEM. Four sheep were treated intramuscularly with 40mg/kg/b...