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EVALUATIONS OF TEAR SECRETION IN AN OUTBREAK OF ESCHERICHIA COLI IN LAMBS WITH SCHIRMER TEAR TEST

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Last updated: 05 Jan 2025

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Infectious diseases
Laboratory investigation
Veterinary surgery, Anaesthesiology, and experimental surgery

Abstract

This study aims to determinate the tear secretion in lambs with colibacillosis and healthy ones by utilizing Schirmer Tear Test. A total of 25 lambs aged between 1-6 days, among which 15 were with Escherichia coli (Group 1, n=15) and 10 were in the healthy conditions (Group 2, n=10). The lambs in the study group were diagnosed for Escherichia coli by using a sheep-specific rapid diagnosis kit before being included in the group. Lambs to be included in the control group were selected from among the lambs that did not show any signs of disease and never had diarrhea after birth. Schirmer Tear Test was performed on both eyes of healthy and Escherichia coli and results were recorded. Group 1 Mean ± SD Schirmer Tear Test values for right and left eye were 6.47±1.55 and 7.33±1.45 mm/min and Group 2 Mean ± SD Schirmer Tear Test values for right and left eye were 15.7±9.07 and 17.5±8.36 mm/min, respectively. Comparison between Schirmer Tear Test values of right eyes and left eyes revealed no significant differences in either of the groups (P=0.063, P=0.306). Both eye's Schirmer Tear Test results were combined to compare groups. The mean of Group 1 (6.9±1.54) was found to be significantly lower than the mean of Group 2 (16.6±8.54) as a result (P < 0.001). As a result of this study, the amount of tear secretion was determined with the Schirmer Tear Test and there was a statistically significant difference between healthy and lambs with Escherichia coli.

DOI

10.21608/avmj.2022.136169.1058

Keywords

Escherichia coli, Schirmer Tear Test, tear

Authors

First Name

MUSTAFA

Last Name

AKGÜL

MiddleName

BARIŞ

Affiliation

Department of Surgery, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Siirt University, Siirt, Turkey

Email

mbakgul@hotmail.com

City

Siirt

Orcid

0000-0002-9365-9925

First Name

GÜLŞAH

Last Name

AKGÜL

MiddleName

-

Affiliation

Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Siirt University, Siirt, Turkey.

Email

gulsahvet@hotmail.com

City

Siirt

Orcid

0000-0003-4804-6502

First Name

ERMAN

Last Name

GÜLENDAG

MiddleName

-

Affiliation

Department of Biostatistics, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Siirt University, Siirt, Turkey

Email

ermangulendag@yahoo.com

City

Siirt

Orcid

-

Volume

68

Article Issue

174

Related Issue

35508

Issue Date

2022-07-01

Receive Date

2022-04-27

Publish Date

2022-07-01

Page Start

10

Page End

16

Print ISSN

1012-5973

Online ISSN

2314-5226

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https://avmj.journals.ekb.eg/article_243980.html

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Research article

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1,840

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Publication Title

Assiut Veterinary Medical Journal

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https://avmj.journals.ekb.eg/

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EVALUATIONS OF TEAR SECRETION IN AN OUTBREAK OF ESCHERICHIA COLI IN LAMBS WITH SCHIRMER TEAR TEST

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Created At

23 Jan 2023