Pasteurellosis in a herd of Spotted Deer (Axis axis)
| Autor: | K.G. Biju, Chintu Ravishankar, V. Jayaprakasan, M. Mini, P.X. Antony ., G. Krishnan Nair |
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| Rok vydání: | 2004 |
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| Zdroj: | Scopus-Elsevier |
| ISSN: | 0973-2551 0973-2535 |
| DOI: | 10.11609/jott.zpj.1002.1453 |
| Popis: | Two outbreaks suggestive of pasteurellosis occurred in a captive herd of Spotted Deer in the Deer Park attached to Tripunithura Hill Palace in Ernakulam District, Kerala. They were enclosed in close proximity to a herd of 17 Sambar Deer (Cervus unicolor) in adjacent enclosures, separated by a wire fence. There was no direct contact between these two groups of animals. None of the animals were vaccinated against pasteurellosis. The first outbreak occurred in August 2001 in which out of the 99 Spotted Deer in the herd, 60 (60.1%) were affected. The disease started with signs such as anorexia and frothy nasal discharge, respiratory distress, oedema of intermandibular space and lameness. Constipation, bloodmixed exudate from the anus and recumbency were noticed during the terminal stages of the illness. The animals were treated with sulphadimidine @ 100mg/kg body weight orally for five days. The mortality rate decreased during the course of therapy but increased again when the drug was discontinued. This increase in mortality rate may be due to the fact that the disease may not have been cured completely or it may be due to reinfection. During this outbreak, out of the 60 animals affected, 25 died. Though the Sambar Deer were also affected, mortality was not noticed in them. |
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