冷季补饲精料对牦牛繁殖性能和生长性能的影响

试验旨在探究冷季补饲精料对怀孕牦牛繁殖性能、生长期牦牛生长性能的影响。试验一选用6岁左右、健康无病的经产怀孕麦洼牦牛10头,随机分为2组(5头/组),即对照组(全放牧)和精料组(放牧+精料补饲料400g/d)。试验二选用2岁左右、健康无病的生长期麦洼牦牛21头,随机分为3组(7头/组),即对照组(全放牧)、玉米组(放牧+补饲玉米500 g/d)和玉米菜粕组(放牧+补饲玉米菜粕500 g/d,各50%)。结果表明:试验一,精料组犊牦牛初生重比对照组极显著提高47.48%(P<0.01);试验二,对照组生长牦牛体重下降9.25 kg,补饲玉米组和玉米菜粕组生长期牦牛分别增重12.38 kg和2.33 kg,均极显著高于对照组(P<0.01),而且玉米组生长牦牛增重极显著高于玉米菜粕组(P<0.01)。结果提示,冷季给予怀孕牦牛补饲精料可提高犊牦牛初生重;冷季生长牦牛补充精料有助于提高生长性能,同时补饲能量饲料(玉米)的效果高于蛋白饲料(菜粕)。     

冷季补饲精料对牦牛繁殖性能和生长性能的影响探讨

目的:研究探讨冷季补饲精料对牦牛繁殖性能和生长性能的影响。方法:A试验选用8头分娩期相近、7岁左右的牦牛,平均随机分为精饲组和对照组。精饲组采用放牧与精料补饲400 g/d方式,对照组采用常规全放牧。B试验选用18头健康无病、2岁左右的牦牛,随机分成玉米组、玉米菜粕组和对照组。对照组采用全放牧,玉米组采用放牧和补饲玉米500 g/d,玉米菜粕组采用放牧和补饲500 g/d玉米与菜粕(各50%)。结果:A试验精饲组初生牛犊的初生重比对照组的初生重比率增加47.48%(P0.01),具有明显优势;B试验对照组牦牛减重9.25 kg;玉米组和玉米菜粕组各自增重12.38 kg、2.33 kg。相较于对照组,玉米组与玉米菜粕组有明显的增重优势(P0.01),而且玉米组的增重还明显高于玉米菜粕组(P0.01)。结论:相较于常规全放牧的方式喂养牦牛,冷季对牦牛进行补饲精料,提高了牦牛的生长、繁殖性能,还可以使怀孕牦牛生产的犊牦牛初生重增加。而在精料中能量饲料(玉米)比高蛋白饲料(菜粕)喂养效果更佳。     

补饲,放牧,微贮秸秆对6月龄藏羊羯羔增重效果的观察

应用精料补饲、放牧、微贮秸秆三种饲喂方法 ,对 6月龄藏羊羯羔 6 0天的增重放牧进行了比较。结果 :放牧组平均增重 10 .2 kg,日增重 170 g;精料补饲组增重9.5 kg,日增重 15 8g;微贮秸秆组增重 6 .3kg,日增重 10 5 g。经方差分析 ,放牧组与精料补饲组差异不显著 ,放牧组和精料组与微贮组差异极显著。精料补饲组屠宰率比放牧组和微贮组分别高 3.37和 3.5 9个百分点     

夏季补饲对放牧条件下泌乳牦牛生产性能及血液生理、生化、抗氧化指标的影响

本试验旨在研究夏季补饲对放牧条件下泌乳牦牛生产性能及血液生理、生化、抗氧化指标的影响。试验采用2×2双因子设计,选用24头体重[(218.0±19.5) kg]相近的健康带犊泌乳牦牛,随机分为4个组(每组6头),即自然放牧组(NG组)、氨基酸补饲组[SA组,补饲15 g/(d·头)过瘤胃赖氨酸+5 g/(d·头)过瘤胃蛋氨酸]、精料补饲组[SC组,补饲1.2 kg/(d·头)精料]和氨基酸+精料补饲组[SAC组,补饲15 g/(d·头)过瘤胃赖氨酸+5 g/(d·头)过瘤胃蛋氨酸+1.2 kg/(d·头)精料]。预试期9 d,正试期23 d。结果表明:1)补饲氨基酸、精料及两者交互作用对泌乳牦牛的总产奶量和平均日产奶量无显著影响(P0.10)。与NG组相比,补饲精料显著提高了泌乳牦牛的平均日增重(P0.05),而补饲氨基酸对泌乳牦牛的平均日增重无显著影响(P0.10)。与NG组相比,补饲氨基酸具有提高犊牛的平均日增重的趋势(P=0.098),补饲精料及氨基酸和精料交互作用显著提高了犊牛的平均日增重(P 0.05)。2)与NG组相比,补饲氨基酸具有增加泌乳牦牛血液平均红细胞蛋白量(P=0.089)和降低平均血小板体积(P=0.084)的趋势。补饲氨基酸、精料及两者交互作用对泌乳牦牛其余血液生理指标无显著影响(P0.10)。3)补饲氨基酸、精料及两者交互作用对泌乳牦牛血清生化和抗氧化指标无显著影响(P0.10)。由此可见,夏季补饲精料+氨基酸能够同时促进放牧条件下泌乳母牦牛和犊牛的平均日增重。     

冷季补饲对欧拉型藏羊生产性能的影响

试验旨在研究冷季精料补饲量对欧拉型藏羊生长性能的影响。选择9月龄欧拉型藏羊羯羊40只,随机分为4组,每组10只,Ⅰ组(放牧)、Ⅱ组(放牧+0.1 kg混合精料)、Ⅲ组(放牧+0.2 kg混合精料)、Ⅳ组(放牧+0.3 kg混合精料),试验期210 d(2017年10月中旬—2018年5月中旬)。每30天测定试验羊体重、体尺及其所在草场牧草营养成分。结果表明:(1)牧草干物质、中性洗涤纤维含量均随枯草期的延长呈上升趋势,代谢能、粗蛋白、粗脂肪含量随着枯草季节的延长逐月下降。(2)所有试验动物平均日增重10—12月份增加,1—4月份增重放缓(其中I组动物平均日增重为负值),4—5月份动物平均日增重缓慢回升;整个试验期平均日增重为Ⅳ组Ⅲ组Ⅱ组Ⅰ组(P0.05)。(3)至试验结束各处理组试验动物体尺(除胸围外)变化均为Ⅳ组Ⅲ组Ⅱ组Ⅰ组。(4)经济效益分析表明,随着精料补饲量的加大,枯草期羊的平均日增重、精饲料成本和利润均在增大。整个试验期,IV组每只羊利润较I组高出约1倍(77.10元);III组每只羊的利润较I组增加45.90元。结论:随枯草季节的延长,牧草营养成分明显降低,4月份牧草营养成分降至一年中最低水平;冷季补饲精饲料,可显著增加欧拉型藏羊过冬度春的能力,增加经济效益;在该试验条件下,冷季精料补饲量越高,羊的日增重越高,经济效益越好。     

补饲复合营养预混剂对灌丛放牧山羊育肥的效果观察研究

选用 6 0只罗甸本地黑山羊 ,随机分成 3组 ,在放牧条件下 ,第 1组补饲复合营养预混剂 ,第 2组补饲精饲料 ,第 3组为对照 ,进行为期 6 0d的对比试验。试验结果表明 :在 6 0d的试验期间内 ,预混剂组羊总增重 10 5.6kg ,精料组羊总增重 6 0 .0kg ,对照组羊总增重 56 .0kg。试验期间 ,预混剂组头均日增重 88g ,比精料组增重的 58.33g ,提高了 2 4 .98% (P <0 .0 5) ,比对照组增重的 4 6 .6 7g提高了88.55% (P <0 .0 5)。预混剂组比精料组和对照组平均每只山羊每日净增纯利 0 .16元和 0 .18元。表明在灌丛中放牧的山羊使用复合营养预混剂对体重的增加有明显的效果。     

冬春季节补饲精料对BMY牛育肥性能的影响

[目的]冬春枯草季节,为研究在不同饲养水平下对6-9月龄BMY公牛增重性能的影响。[方法]以6-9月龄BMY公牛为育肥对象,5种育肥方式分别为：对照组全放牧不设补饲;试验1组采用放牧＋补饲1.0 kg精料;试验2组采用全舍饲（粗饲料自由采食,补饲1.0 kg/d精料）;试验3组采用全舍饲（粗饲料自由采食,补饲2.0 kg/d精料）;试验4组采用全舍饲（粗饲料自由采食,补饲3.0 kg/d精料）。[结果]表明：6-9月龄BMY公牛在冬季全放牧条件下育肥,体重不会增加反而会减少,平均日增重（ADG）为-178 g;在冬季放牧＋补饲1.0 kg精料的情况下,ADG为395 g;在舍饲＋1.0 kg精料、舍饲＋2.0 kg精料和舍饲＋3.0 kg精料的情况下,ADG分别达600 g7、28 g和1,023 g,补饲效果差异极显著（P〈0.01）,表明BMY牛在舍饲条件下生长更快,可获得更高的ADG。随着补饲日粮营养水平的提高,随着BMY牛日粮干物质采食量增加,说明补饲精料有利于粗饲料的摄入,从而增加ADG。[结论]冬春枯草季节补饲精料,无论放牧还是舍饲,6-9月龄BMY公牛均有较好的ADG,以舍饲加补饲精料的增重效果最为明显,可获得理想的经济收益。     

补饲非蛋白氮补充料对放牧牛群生产性能的影响

本试验旨在研究补饲非蛋白氮（NPN）补充料对放牧牛群生产性能的影响。试验在春末夏初放牧前,选择30头9~10月龄、体重150~170 kg的中国西门塔尔太行类群小公牛,分为对照组、试验1组和试验2组,进行放牧加补饲试验。试验1组日补饲玉米粉1.0 kg;试验2组在试验1组的基础上增补NPN补充料0.25 kg。进行了为期100 d的放牧补饲效果试验。结果表明,对照组、试验1组、试验2组日增重分别为0.622、0.839和1.051 kg。试验1组比对照组日增重提高217 g;试验2组比对照组和试验1组日增重分别提高429和212 g。3组间增重差异显著。因此,北方山坡草地放牧牛群补饲少量精料效果明显,同时,补喂少量NPN补充料经济效益更为显著。     

冷季补饲精料对放牧牦牛生长性能、养分消化率和血清生化指标的影响

为研究冷季补饲精料对放牧牦牛生长性能、表观消化率和血清生化指标的影响,试验选取健康麦洼牦牛132头,按年龄和体重相近的原则随机分为2组,即对照组和补饲组,每组66头牦牛,补饲组归牧后补饲精料(1 kg/d·头),对照组只放牧。试验期为60 d。结果表明:(1)与对照组相比,补饲组牦牛的总增重和平均日增重显著提高(P 0.05),掉膘降低41.42%,补饲组成年牦牛、犊牦牛的总增重和平均日增重显著高于对照组(P 0.05),成年牦牛掉膘降低55.14%,犊牦牛掉膘降低57.31%;(2)补饲组牦牛粗蛋白质、中性洗涤纤维、酸性洗涤纤维的表观消化率显著高于对照组(P 0.05),分别提高7.56%、9.86%、8.45%,补饲组成年牦牛、犊牦牛酸性洗涤纤维的表观消化率显著高于对照组(P 0.05),犊牦牛提高10.52%,成年牦牛提高10.69%;(3)补饲组与对照组放牧牦牛血清中谷丙转氨酶、谷草转氨酶活性和总蛋白、尿素、葡萄糖、胆固醇、甘油三酯及肌酸激酶含量无显著差异(P 0.05),补饲组成年牦牛血清中总蛋白含量显著高于对照组(P 0.05),提高24.41%。由此可见,冷季补饲精料有助于提高放牧牦牛生长性能和对营养物质的消化率,有利于牦牛冷季保镖,且对犊牦牛的效果优于青年牦牛。     

德国美利奴和河北细毛羊杂交四代羔羊肥育效果的研究

选用40只德国肉用美利奴和河北细毛羊杂交四代5月龄羔羊,平均分成4组,分别补饲莜麦和同一种精料的不同水平进行育肥,研究不同营养水平对羔羊生产性能的影响,并对其经济效益进行分析.试验结果表明:在放牧条件下,每天补饲0.35 kg精料可显著提高其日增重(239.17±45.50 g),并且经济效益显著;对于留作种用的公羔,补饲莜麦可显著地提高生产性能,日增重达到270.00±43.01 g;每天补饲0.25 kg精料的试验2组对能量和氮的表观消化率为最高(65.78%和73.16%).     

白术、微米白术和白术多糖对断奶仔猪生长性能和肠道形态及微生态区系的影响

试验选用96头平均体重14.82 kg左右的杜×长×大断奶仔猪,随机分成4组,每组3栏,每栏8头(公母各半)。对照组饲喂基础日粮,试验1、2、3组分别添加1%80目白术、0.2%白术多糖和1%微米白术。试验期30 d。结果表明:在生长性能方面,与对照组相比,1%微米白术添加组可显著提高日增重(P0.05)、降低饲料增重比和腹泻率,而且效果优于1%80目白术组和0.2%白术多糖组,在肠道形态和肠道微生态区系方面,与对照组相比,日粮添加1%80目白术、0.2%白术多糖、1%微米白术均可不同程度的提高十二指肠和空肠的绒毛高度,加深十二指肠和空肠的隐窝深度,并且增加肠道微生态区系的多样性,其中以1%微米白术添加组的效果最佳。     

Prevalence and seasonal incidence of nematode parasites and fluke infections of sheep and goats in eastern Ethiopia

Sissay, M.M., Uggla, A. and Waller, P.J., XXXX. Prevalence and seasonal incidence of nematode parasites and fluke infections of sheep and goats in eastern Ethiopia. Tropical Animal Health and Production, XXXX. A 2-year abattoir survey was carried out to determine the prevalence, abundance and seasonal incidence of gastro-intestinal (GI) nematodes and trematodes (flukes) of sheep and goats in the semi-arid zone of eastern Ethiopia. During May 2003 to April 2005, viscera including liver, lungs and GI tracts were collected from 655 sheep and 632 goats slaughtered at 4 abattoirs located in the towns of Haramaya, Harar, Dire Dawa and Jijiga in eastern Ethiopia. All animals were raised in the farming areas located within the community boundaries for each town. Collected materials were transported within 24 h to the parasitology laboratory of Haramaya University for immediate processing. Thirteen species belonging to 9 genera of GI nematodes (Haemonchus contortus, Trichostrongylus axei, T. colubriformis, T. vitrinus, Nematodirus filicollis, N. spathiger, Oesophagostomum columbianum, O. venulosum, Strongyloides papillosus, Bunostomum trigonocephalum, Trichuris ovis, Cooperia curticei and Chabertia ovina), and 4 species belonging to 3 genera of trematodes (Fasciola hepatica, F. gigantica, Paramphistomum {Calicohoron} microbothrium and Dicrocoelium dendriticum) were recorded in both sheep and goats. All animals in this investigation were infected with multiple species to varying degrees. The mean burdens of adult nematodes were generally moderate in both sheep and goats and showed patterns of seasonal abundance that corresponded with the bi-modal annual rainfall pattern, with highest burdens around the middle of the rainy season. In both sheep and goats there were significant differences in the mean worm burdens and abundance of the different nematode species between the four geographic locations, with worm burdens in the Haramaya and Harar areas greater than those observed in the Dire Dawa and Jijiga locations. Similar seasonal variations were also observed in the prevalence of flukes. But there were no significant differences in the prevalence of each fluke species between the four locations. Overall, the results showed that Haemonchus, Trichostrongylus, Nematodirus, Oesophagostomum, Fasciola and Paramphistomum species were the most abundant helminth parasites of sheep and goats in eastern Ethiopia.     

Y‐chromosomal variation of local goat breeds of Turkey close to the domestication centre

Genetic variations in chromosome Y are enabling researchers to identify paternal lineages, which are informative for introgressions and migrations. In this study, the male‐specific region markers, sex‐determining region‐Y (SRY), amelogenin (AMELY) and zinc finger (ZFY) were analysed in seven Turkish native goat breeds, Angora, Kilis, Hair, Honaml?, Norduz, Gürcü and Abaza. A SNP in the ZFY gene defined a new haplotype Y2C. All domestic haplogroups originate from Capra aegagrus, while the finding of Y1A, Y1B, Y2A and Y2C in 32, 4, 126 and 2 Turkish domestic goats, respectively, appears to indicate a predomestic origin of the major haplotypes. The occurrence of four haplotypes in the Hair goat and, in contrast, a frequency of 96% of Y1A in the Kilis breed illustrate that Y‐chromosomal variants have a more breed‐dependent distribution than mitochondrial or autosomal DNA. This probably reflects male founder effects, but a role in adaptation cannot be excluded.     

A brief history of the prevention of infectious diseases by immunisations

Infectious diseases have always been a terrible scourge for humans. The appearance of these plagues, as they were called without distinction, was generally connected to various conditions: asters, climatic changes or religious reasons. The concept of contagious, and then infectious, diseases came slowly. Variolation, i.e. transmission of ‘virulent’ matter to induce a natural disease and the immunity against it, was brought from Constantinople to England by Lady Montague, in 1721. This ‘variolation’ technique was also often performed in veterinary medicine against diseases like sheep-pox or pleuropneumonia. As ‘vaccination’ is the term generally accepted for ‘immunisation’, variolation can be the word designating such a technique. The second period of the history of immunisation began, in 1880, with the studies of Pasteur and his collaborators. A great number of bacterial vaccines were developed: dead, live but attenuated or only parts of pathogens. The viruses were produced in animals, then in eggs and at last, in tissue cultures. Second generation vaccines appeared with genetic engineering: recombinant vaccines, vector vaccines, nucleic acids vaccines, and markers vaccines, among others. These novel technologies can permit the development of new ones and improve the quality of the vaccines already existing.     

Micronutrient Content of Certain Tropical Conventional and Unconventional Feed Resources of Southern India

The ash, silica and certain important micronutrients were estimated in conventional and unconventional feed and fodder resources available in Southern India. Commonly used dry roughages, such as paddy straw, ragi straw, maize kadbi/stalk, jowar kadbi/stalk, bajra stalk and wheat straw, were high in ash (9.9% +/- 0.77%) and silica (6.4% +/- 0.65%) and low in most of the other micronutrients, except iron, with paddy straw containing most silica (>9%). Cultivated non-leguminous (maize, jowar) and improved green crops (hybrid napier, guinea, green panic, NB-21, CO-1) were also high in ash (10.5% +/- 0.60% and 12.5% +/- 0.51%) but were moderate sources of P, Mg and Cu and good sources of Zn (98 +/- 13.8 ppm and 55 +/- 6.7 ppm). Leguminous green fodders (stylosanthus, lucerne, cow pea, soyabean) were excellent sources of Ca (1.9% +/- 0.16%), Mg (0.40% +/- 0.05%), Cu (30 +/- 5.2 ppm), Zn (121 +/- 14.7 ppm) and Fe (1234 +/- 166 ppm) and moderate sources of P. Mixed local grasses and weeds were high in silica (6.9% +/- 1.00%) but were good sources of Cu, Zn and Fe. Cereal grains (maize, wheat, rice, ragi) were low in ash (2.9% +/- 0.33%) and were relatively poor sources of Ca (0.22% +/- 0.03%), Mg (0.19% +/- 0.03%) and Cu (13 +/- 3.1 ppm). Pulses were low to medium sources of most minerals and good sources of Fe (1230 +/- 293 ppm). Oil seed cake/extractions (groundnut cake, cotton seed cake, soyabean meal, sunflower cake, safflower cake) and cereal by-products (rice polish, rice bran, wheat bran) were excellent sources of P (1.1% +/- 0.47% and 2.3% +/- 0.19%) and good sources of Zn (65 +/- 3.9 ppm and 66 +/- 10.7 ppm) and Fe (938 +/- 130 ppm and 662 +/- 126 ppm). Among the unconventional feeds screened, orange peel, sunflower heads, meat meal, rubber seed cake, spirulina algae and sea weeds contained plentiful Ca, Zn and Fe: tree leaves/top feeds (mulberry, erythrina, glyricidia, banana, subabul, groundnut haulms) were excellent sources of Ca (1.5% +/- 0.13%), Zn (120 +/- 22.9 ppm) and Fe (1033 +/- 133 ppm) but relatively poor sources of P. Soyabean husk, cocoa seed husk, rubber seed cake and meat meal were moderate to good sources of P (1.0% and 0.33%). The high Zn and Fe values of most feeds/fodders were probably due to soil contamination. This account of the micronutrient content of feed/fodder resources should help in strategic supplementation intended to alleviate local deficiencies.     

Feline intracranial neoplasia: retrospective review of 160 cases (1985-2001)

The purpose of this study was to determine the frequency of different tumor types within a large cohort of cats with intracranial neoplasia and to attempt to correlate signalment, tumor size and location, and survival time for each tumor. Medical records of 160 cats with confirmed intracranial neoplasia evaluated between 1985 and 2001 were reviewed. Parameters evaluated included age, sex, breed, FeLV/FIV status, clinical signs, duration of signs, number of tumors, tumor location(s), imaging results, treatment, survival times, and histopathologic diagnosis. Most of the cats were older (11.3 +/- 3.8 years). Primary tumors accounted for 70.6% of cases. Metastasis and direct extension of secondary tumors accounted for only 5.6 and 3.8% of cases, respectively. Twelve cats (7.5%) had 2 or more discrete tumors of the same type, whereas 16 cats (10.0%) had 2 different types of intracranial tumors. The most common tumor types were meningioma (n = 93, 58.1%), lymphoma (n = 23, 14.4%), pituitary tumors (n = 14, 8.8%), and gliomas (n = 12, 7.5%). The most common neurological signs were altered consciousness (n = 42, 26.2%), circling (n = 36, 22.5%), and seizures (n = 36, 22.5%). Cats without specific neurological signs were common (n = 34, 21.2%). The tumor was considered an incidental finding in 30 (18.8%) cats. In addition to expected relationships (eg, meninges and meningioma, pituitary and pituitary tumors), we found that lesion location was predictive of tumor type with diffuse cerebral or brainstem involvement predictive of lymphoma and third ventricle involvement predictive of meningioma.     

Bovine Mastitis in Selected Areas of Southern Ethiopia

A study on bovine mastitis, designed to determine the causal agents, prevalence of infection and impact of risk factors in three cattle breeds, was conducted in selected areas of southern Ethiopia. A total of 307 lactating and non-lactating cows, of which 162 were indigenous Zebu, 85 Jersey and 60 Holstein-Friesian, were examined by clinical examination and the California mastitis (CMT) test. Of these, 40.4% were positive by CMT and bacteriology for clinical or subclinical mastitis, with prevalence rates of 37.1% and 62.9%, respectively. Out of 1133 quarters examined, 212 (18.7%) were found to be infected, 83 (39.2%) clinically and 129 (60.8%) subclinically. The prevalence of mastitis was significantly higher in Holstein-Friesian than in indigenous Zebu, in non-lactating cows than in lactating cows, in the early lactation stage than in the mid-lactation stage, in cows with lesions and/or tick infestation on skin of udder and/or teats than in cows without this factor, and in the wet season than in the dry season. Mastitis increased with parity number (R = 0.9). Of 248 CMT and clinically positive udder quarter samples analysed microbiologically, 212 were culturally positive for known mastitis pathogens and 36 were negative. Of the 199 positive samples, Staphylococcus accounted for 39.2%, Streptococcus for 23.6%, coliforms for 14.1%, Micrococcus and Bacillus species for 8.0% each and Actinomyces or Arcanobacterium (Corynebacterium) for 7.0%. It was concluded that there was a high prevalence of clinical and subclinical mastitis, mainly caused by Staphylococcus aureus, Streptococcus agalactiae and Escherichia coli, in this study area.     

不同日粮氮水平对山羊氮代谢和微生物蛋白质合成的影响

本试验旨在探讨不同日粮氮水平对内蒙古白绒山羊氮代谢和微生物蛋白质合成(MCP)的影响,以达到提高氮利用率,减少环境污染和饲料资源的浪费。试验选用9只体况良好、体重为(43.83±2.95)kg,装有瘤胃瘘管的内蒙古白绒山羊,按体重随机分为3组,每组3只。日粮分为低氮7.5%、中氮10.5%、高氮13.5%3个氮水平。试验使用常规试验方法分析测定粪尿血液等生化指标,通过全收尿法和尿嘌呤衍生物法估测MCP。结果表明:随着氮水平增加,氨氮(NH3-N)浓度、氮摄入量、尿氮排出、尿中尿素氮(UUN)和MCP显著增加(P0.05),干物质采食量(DMI)显著降低(P0.01);沉积氮占总摄入氮的比例在中氮组最高,MCP在高氮组最高。综上所述,适当降低日粮氮水平可减少粪尿氮排放,提高反刍动物氮利用率。     

Microsporidial keratopathy in two dogs

A microsporidial keratopathy is described in two dogs. Both dogs presented with a unilateral stromal keratopathy characterized by multifocal coalescing opacities, and the diagnosis was made on histopathologic examination of keratectomy specimens. Transmission electron microscopy (TEM) on formalin‐fixed, paraffin‐embedded corneal tissue was performed in one dog, and the morphologic features were consistent with Nosema species infection. Both dogs were initially diagnosed and treated by superficial keratectomy. One dog received additional antifungal medication and underwent a penetrating keratoplasty following local recurrence two years later. No other systemic lesions attributable to the microsporidial infection were identified clinically. The clinical and diagnostic pathology findings, treatment, and follow‐up are discussed.