title: An abattoir survey of caprine liver diseases in the sultanate of Oman.
abstract: The examination of 675 caprine livers from a slaughterhouse in the Greater Muscat area in the Sultanate of Oman revealed that 63 (9.3%) exhibited gross pathological changes leading to condemnation of this organ. Forty of these livers (71.4%) exhibited one major abnormality, whereas the remaining 28.6% had two or more lesions. The most frequently occurring disorder was diffuse hepatic lipidosis (4.0%), followed by bacterial associated abscesses (2.4%), cysticercosis (1.9%), and eosinophilic granulomata (1%). Although the cause for the hepatic lipidosis was not determined it appeared to be a reversible condition based on the absence of degenerative nuclei within the affected hepatocytes. Conditions observed in only a single liver were subcapsular (non-parasitic) cysts, focal necrosis, micronodular cirrhosis, extensive bile duct proliferation and diffuse haemorrhage.
authors.affiliation: Department of Animal and Veterinary Sciences, Sultan Qaboos University, College of Agriculture, Al-Khod, Muscat, 123, Sultanate of Oman, Jordan.
authors.forename: E H
authors.initials: EH
authors.lastname: Johnson
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Muirhead
authors.forename: G J
authors.initials: GJ
authors.lastname: King
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ochei
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Al-Busaidy
mesh_terms: D000003:Abattoirs; D000818:Animals; D003625:Data Collection; D015511:Goat Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000473:pathology; D006041:Goats; D008107:Liver Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*; D009850:Oman / Q000453:epidemiology; D015995:Prevalence