August 2014

Mastitis in camels (Camelus dromedarius): Past and recent research in pastoral production system of both East Africa and Middle East

Udder infection was considered as one of the main constraints for camel rearing. During the last decades the disease has been reported from a number of camels-rearing countries in Africa and Asia such as Egypt, Somalia, Sudan, Kenya, Saudi Arabia, Iraq and United Arab Emirate. An attempt was made in this paper in order to review the status of camel mastitis (Camelus dromedarius) research in pastoral production system of...

Author(s): Atif E. Abdelgadir

August 2014

Postmortem incidence and trends of Newcastle disease lesions among chicken presented for diagnosis at Makerere University Central Veterinary Laboratory: A retrospective study

In Uganda, endemic poultry diseases especially Newcastle disease (ND) presents an important limiting factor in the development of commercial poultry production and establishment of trade links. However, there was limited information about its incidence and trends. A retrospective study was conducted to determine incidence and trends of ND among chicken presented for post mortem diagnosis at Makerere University Central...

Author(s): Ndidde, Y., Akullo, J., Zirintunda, G. and Ekou, J.

August 2014

Risk management of importation of day old chicks in Khartoum State, Sudan

The present study was carried out in Khartoum state comprising three towns namely Khartoum, Omdurman and Khartoum North and was aimed of identifing, analyzing and dealing with risks related to importation of day old chicks in order to minimize risk impact and to develop systemic approach for approving or rejecting imported day old chicks according to processes of import policy and procedures. Data was obtained from...

Author(s): Marwa ElTayeb Abdel Rahman, Atif Elamin Abdelgadir and Mahmoud Musa Mahmoud