Title of the project

“Studies on early diagnosis of different abdominal disorders with special reference to the surgical interference for treatment in cattle and buffaloes”.

  Principal investigator:

Professor Doctor Nabil Ahmed Ali Misk Professor of surgery, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Assiut University.

  Financial support

[Ministry of International Cooperation Through Section 4166 (B)]

  Objectives

1-    Registration of different abdominal disorders in cattle and buffaloes.

2-    Assessment of methods and techniques used for early diagnosis and differential diagnosis of different abdominal disorders.

3-    Application of all different methods of medical and surgical treatment of all affected animal.

4-    Post graduate courses for veterinarians and genereal practitioners.

5-    Publication of several handouts and manuscripts depending on the results obtained from the project.

Results of the project

1-    Diagnosis and treatment of 457 cattle and buffaloes during the first turn of the project.

2-    Diagnosis and treatment of 362 cattle and buffaloes during the first and second years of the second turn of the project.

3-    Several field  visits to  some villages  of Assiut,  Sohag and El-Menia provinces for treatment of affected animal.

4-    Publication of two handouts for farmers and veterinary practitioners.

5-    Publication of the following papers in international congresses and journals.

1)      Misk, N.A.; Semieka M.A. & El-Sebiae A.H. (1997) “Diaphragmatic Hernia in Buffaloes”.

 5^th World Buffalo Congress, Royal palace, Caserta-Italy.

2)      El-Sebaie, A.H.; Misk N.A. and Semieka M.A. (1997)

“Vagus indigestion in buffaloes”.

5^th World Buffalo Congress, Royal palace, Caserta-Italy.

3)      A.A. El-Sebaie; N.A. Misk; M.A. Semicka and W. Hofmann (1999)

“Vagus – indigestion (Functional gastric stenosis, Hoflund syndrome) in the water buffalo”.

Der Praklisher Tierarzt 80,  4, 336-344.

4)      N.A. Misk and M.A. Semieka (2000)

“Studies on some thoracic affections in buffaloes and cattle.

Assiut Vet. Me. J. Vol. 44 No. 87.

5)      Misk, N.A. and M.A. Semieka (2001)

“The radiographic appearance of reticular diaphragmatic herniation and traumatic pericarditis in buffaloes and cattle”.

Accepted For Publication in Veterinary Radiology and Ultrasound Journal.

6)      Misk, N.A.; Semeika, M.A. and Ali, S. El-M.

“Varieties and sequellae of ingested foreign bodies in buffaloes and cattle.

9In press).