Journal of Bacteriology & Parasitology

Javad Javanbakht

Publications

• Research Article
  The First Report of Clinical and Pathological Studies of Polycystic Kidney Disease in a Herrik Lamb in the Middle East
  Author(s): Hamid Akbari, Javad Javanbakht, Rahim Hobbenaghi, Bahram Dalir-Naghadeh, Abbas Tavassoli, Zahra Kamyabi-moghaddam, Meysam Jani, Sayyad Golami and Mojtaba RajabianHamid Akbari, Javad Javanbakht, Rahim Hobbenaghi, Bahram Dalir-Naghadeh, Abbas Tavassoli, Zahra Kamyabi-moghaddam, Meysam Jani, Sayyad Golami and Mojtaba Rajabian
  
  In April 2012, a 1-week-old female lamb was presented for evaluation to the field service at the Teaching Hospital Center, University of Urmia School of Veterinary Medicine with a history of progressive bilateral abdominal distention since birth. Two days after birth, the animal had mental dullness, a poor growth rate comparable to a twin, and progressive bilateral abdominal distension. On physical examination, the animal was in poor body condition and had a mass palpable in the cranial ventral abdomen (The abdomen was tight, round, and painful on palpation) and also lamb was bright, low awareness and responsive. Temperature (37°C), pulse (154 beats per minute), and respiration (55 breaths per minute) and weighing 3.5 kg were elevated. Histopathological examinations revealed that bilaterally enlarged kidneys were characterized by renal tubules at all levels of the nephron unit and.. View More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2155-9597.1000139

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