The College of Veterinary Medicine discusses the isolation and molecular identification of (NON-O157 STEC) and the evaluation of the therapeutic effect of KAPROFIX

 

A master’s thesis in the public health branch of the student (Buraq Jaafar Abdullah) was discussed in the College of Veterinary Medicine, Kerbala University, and it was titled:
((Isolation and molecular identification of (NON-O157 STEC) and evaluation of the therapeutic effect of KAPROFIX®))
And that was on Monday, corresponding to 5/6/2023, in the discussion hall in the college, in the presence of a number of researchers, and supervision committee consisted of
a.m.d. Atheer Saleh Mahdi / Chairman
Prof. Dr. Muhammad Asaad Saleh / member
a.m.d. Ali Reda Abed / member
a.m.d. Kazem Saleh Kazem / member and supervisor
a.m.d. Ihab Ghazi Mahdi / member and supervisor

The aim of the thesis was to study the isolation and identification of the non-O157 STEC type isolated from humans and calves in Kerbala Governorate. And the diagnosis of infection by conventional methods and PCR and the study of biochemical and histological changes of mice infected with non-O157 STEC.
A sensitivity test was also done to detect the resistance of bacteria to antibiotics and to find the best antibiotic. In addition to comparing the best antibiotic with alternative antibiotics (keprofix®) for treatment.
Thesis showed the findings of the researcher on the discovery of a new type of E.coli. It was called the first Iraq isolate (IQ1) and this isolate was treated with antibiotics and (Keprofix®).
The thesis was approved with excellence, so congratulations to the student, and we wish all postgraduate students success.

 

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