Vol. 10, Issue 2, Part B (2025)

Author(s): Muna A Al-Khafaji

Abstract: This study achieved assessing clinical manifestation with salivary gland, liver, heart, gallbladder histopathological changes in buffalo infected with Foot and mouth disease. Out of 50 buffalo herd in Al-Qasim district, Babil/Iraq, the positive cases previously detected with FMD screening kit (VDRG® FMDV 3Diff/PAN Ag Rapid kit) examined clinically, compared with 10 clinically healthy animal used as control, furthermore Gross lesions in mouth dental pads, gums and hoofs and histopathological study done on salivary gland, gall bladder, liver and heart. Clinical examination revealed recumbency, rope salivation, fever, polypnea, tachycardia, depression, anorexia and lameness, tow calves with primary lactation failure died within 1-3 days. Gross pathology exhibit vesicles, erosion and ulceration in its early stages by vesicles in the plamim nasale, in the oral cavity, tongue and hoof. Histopathological examination of infected calves revealed extensive necrotic myocarditis, necrotic hepatitis with ulcerative cholecystitis although no pathological lesion in salivary glands. this study emphasise the exceeding mortality and morbidity rate of young buffalo calves infected with FMD due to sever myocardial necrosis with outlining the associated pathological lesions in non-traditional organs as salivary glands, gall bladder and human consuming organs liver along with heart.

DOI: 10.22271/veterinary.2025.v10.i2b.2062