Bovine brucellosis is an endemic disease in Sri Lanka, caused by Brucella abortus and had been reported all part of the country for last six decades.Since available biovar is still unknown, the objective of the study was to identify the Counter Height Table biovar of B.abortus from sporadically aborted cattle and buffaloes.Samples were collected fr
A 3- to 4-mo-old male ocelot (Leopardus pardalis) and a 6- to 8-mo-old female margay (Leopardus weidii) were brought in from the wild, held in captivity, and rehabilitated for 906 and 709 days, respectively, at the Rescate Wildlife Rescue Center in Costa Rica.During captivity, both cats were kept as isolated as possible from humans and fed appropri
The Danish feral mink (Neogale vison) population can be divided into wild-born and captive-born mink newly escaped from a farm.The impact of the captive-born mink on the population of feral population is unknown.Captive-born mink has lately been estimated to make up 25-30% of the feral mink population.In December 2020 Danish mink farms were decommi
We assayed the fatty acid composition of muscles of the northern pike Esox lucius Linnaeus, 1758 inhabiting the Gyda River, Siberia, Russia using gas-liquid chromatography.Of 43 fatty acids identified in the pike samples, 23 fatty acids accounted for 99.3% of the total content.The most abundant saturated fatty acids (SFA, 31.6%) were palmitic (C16:
In a remote region of western Alaska where tuberculosis (TB) incidence remains relatively high, a rapid molecular detection assay (Xpert MTB/RIF) was introduced four years ago with goal of improving the ability to diagnose active pulmonary tuberculosis (TB).Our aggressive testing programme was intended for all patients acutely evaluated for pulmona