SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH WORKS ARE CONTINUING IN THE "MEGA PROJECT".
An independent researcher of the Department of “Internal Non-Communicable Diseases” of the Faculty of Veterinary Prevention and Treatment, Askarov Salokhiddin Saitazim oglu, is conducting research on the topic “Etiopathogenesis of dyspepsia in lambs, improvement of treatment and prevention methods” under the scientific supervision of Professor Kh.B. Yunusov and Associate Professor N.B. Roʻzikulov in the specialty 16.00.01-Diagnosis, therapy and surgery of animal diseases. On January 20 of this year at 1200, the results of the 7-month experiment were analyzed with the participation of members of the Approval Commission. The approval took place in the university vivarium as part of the MEGA PROJECT implemented at SamDVMCHBU.
The purpose of the study: To conduct research aimed at developing diagnostic methods, treatment and preventive measures based on the identification of the causes of lamb dyspepsia in different geoecological regions of Uzbekistan, as well as clinical signs and changes in the blood observed during dyspepsia.
Object and methods of the study. This stage of the study was focused only on identifying the antenatal (causes affecting lambs before birth) causes of lamb dyspepsia. In this regard, scientific research was carried out in 2021-2023 on KARAKUL and HISSOR breeds of sheep and lambs in the conditions of "Olga" LLC specializing in Karakul breeding in Nurabad district of Samarkand region, the sheep farm belonging to "Bobir Murodalievich KK" in Kamashi district of Kashkadarya region, and the "Kum kamar" farm in Boysun district of Surkhandarya region. The incidence of dyspepsia in lambs born from clinically healthy lambs, as well as lambs with ketonuria, alimentary osteodystrophy, alimentary dystrophy and liver dystrophy was analyzed.
The results of the study showed that lambs with dyspepsia had frequent defecation (8–12 times a day) on the 1–2nd day of the disease, and constant diarrhea in the following days. The feces were liquid, yellowish in color, with a strong odor, containing a large amount of mucus, and in some cases, blood.
On the 3rd (7th) day of the disease, the lambs showed severe weakness, loss of response to external stimuli, signs of dehydration (dryness of the nasal cavity and skin, sunken eyes, rapid heartbeat, reaching 180–200 beats per minute, shortness of breath and reaching 46–60 beats per minute, loss of appetite and adynamia, and body temperature initially rising to 41–42°C and then decreasing. Pain was observed when palpating the abdominal wall, involuntary defecation, paralysis of the anal sphincter, fecal odor, and contamination of the tail and anus with feces. Cyanosis of the external mucous membranes occurred in some lambs. Infected lambs often lie down, in some of them stagger, and paralysis of the hindquarters of the body was recorded.