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I SRAEL JOURNAL OF
VETERINARY MEDICINE
Formerly: Refuah Veterinarith
Published Quarterly:
Volume 70 • No. 2 • June 2015
Editor: T. Waner
Edi t or i al Boar d:
I. Aroch
G. Segev
J. Milgram
G. Dank
B. Perelman
I. Davidson
G. Kelmer
A. Steinman
J. Bojkovski
D. Elad
A. Markovitz
G. Leitner
S. Friedman
Y. Shimshoni
S. Pozzi
E. Lavi
Y. Stram
D. David
S. Perl
A. Shimshoni
Z. Trianin
G. Simon
Israel Veterinary Medical Association
P.O.Box 22, Raanana 4310001, Israel
Tel: 09
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7419929 • Fax: 09
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7431778
E-mail: ivma@zahav.net.il
I. Samina – President
D. Dagan – Secretary
A. Markovitz – Treasurer
American Veterinarians for Israel
125 Paterson Ave., Suite 1, Little
Falls, New Jersey 09424, USA
B. Bender – President
S. Altman – Vice President
G. Buchoff – Treasurer
Websi t e: www. i j vm. org. i l
Printed in Israel by E. Oren Publisher Ltd.
Email: oren.print@gmail.com
ISSN 0334
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9152
Front Cover: ZOM SHEEP
Zom sheep are an indigenous sheep breed in Turkey. It is a local type of Akkaraman breed grown in the Diyarbakir region. Te sheep are hardy
and are able to thrive on poor vegetation and adverse climatic conditions. Furthermore they have been found to be highly prolifc with high
ofspring efciency.
Tank you to Prof. Durak from the Dicle University in Turkey for providing the pictures which feature on the covers of this journal. An article
on the biochemical parameters of this strain of sheep is presented by Prof. Durak, in this edition of the journal.
Contents
Edi tor i al – Waner, T. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Revi ew Ar t i cl e
A New Look at Avian Flaviviruses
Davidson, I. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Research Ar t i cl es
Preliminary Studies on the Relevance of Antibodies and Bioassay to Experimental
Infection with Toxoplasma gondii In Ducks
Zhao, G.W., Wang, S., Hassan, I.A., Wang, W., Song, Z.H., Yang, L.W. and Yang, X.W. . . . . . . . 9
Immune Responses to a Streptococcus GapC Chimera and its Potential Use as
a Vaccine Candidate for Bovine Mastitis
Zhu, Z.B., Zhang, H., Che, C., Ma, J.Z., Song, B.F., Tong, C.Y., Yu, L.Q.,
Wu, Z.J. and Cui, Y.D. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Acute Phase Biomarkers for Infammatory Response in Dairy Cows with
Traumatic Reticuloperitonitis
Kirbas, A., Ozkanlar, Y., Aktas, M.S., Ozkanlar, S., Erturk, N. and Erol, H.S. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Te Consequence of a Single Nucleotide Substitution on the Molecular
Diagnosis of the Chicken Anemia Virus
Davidson, I., Raibshtein, I., Al Tori, A. and Elrom, K. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Te Efects of Age and Gender on Some Biochemical Serum Parameters in
Zom Sheep Raised in the Vicinity of Karacadağ
Durak, M.H., Erkan, R.E.C., Çelik, R., Yokuş, B., Kurt, D. and Gürgöze, S.
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Te First Report of Seropositivity for Neospora caninum in Sheep from Turkey
Gökçe, G., Mor, N., Kırmızıgül, A.H., Bozukluhan, K. and Erkılıç, E.E. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Case Repor ts
Confrmed Trapped Neutrophil Syndrome in a Border Collie Puppy in Israel
Gans, Z. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Acute Severe Visceral Cysticercosis in Lambs and Kids in Israel
Perl, S., Edery, N., Bouznach, A., Abdalla, H., and Markovics, A. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
What Is Your Diagnosis?
Hodik, V., Aizenberg, I. and Ranen, E. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54