While visiting dairy farms in Punjab, we noticed on many occasions the unnatural behaviour of cows eating soil. According to the concerned farmers, cattle usually eat soil when they are transferred from one compartment to the other or when they are brought to the milking parlour. >>>
African swine fever (ASF) is a highly contagious hemorrhagic viral disease of domestic and wild >>>
Mycotoxin is derived from Greek word mykes- mushroom, toxin- poison. Mycotoxins are naturally occurring toxins produced by certain moulds (fungi) >>>
Importance Glanders is one of the most terrible zoonotic bacterial disease by which horses, mules >>>
This article is beneficial for both veterinarian and for livestock owners, because if farmer can judge the abnormalities in behaviour of animal, only then he/she will be able to recognise the sick animal and be able to call the doctor for treatment. >>>
Infectious diseases are caused by biological agents like viruses, bacteria and fungi, which can be transmitted from animal to animal. These diseases cause economic losses to farmers by mainly decreasing the milk production in dairy animals. It can be controlled or prevented by timely and proper vaccination of farm animals. >>>
The term zoonosis is derived from Greek word Zoon means “animals” and nosos means “sickness”. The World Health Organisation (WHO) defines zoonosis as any disease or infection that is naturally transmissible from vertebrate animals to humans. >>>
Blood transfusion is one of the emergency care for the saving of life of animal in case of severe medical emergency conditions. It was first done by Richard Lower in 1665 in dog. Now for the conditions like severe anaemia by various etiological factors, hypovolumic shock and automobile accidents making more need of blood transfusion in animals. >>>
Heart worm infestation in dogs is a parasitic disease caused by a filarial organism, Dirofilaria immitis (Genchi et al., 2011). Mosquitoes (Aedes, Anopheles and Culex) can serve as intermediate hosts (Wang et al., 2014). Heart worm infection risk is greatest in dogs and most cases are diagnosed in medium to large sized, 3 to 8 years old dogs living outside. >>>
Brucellosis is an important bacterial disease with worldwide distribution and consistently ranked among the most economically important zoonosis globally. Particularly in low and middle-income countries it is more prevalent as the misconceptions about Brucella’s true incidence often arise from underreporting and insufficient monitoring data, a lack of financial resources and capacity. >>>
Subclinical mastitis (SCM) is subtle and more difficult to detect as the affected cow appears healthy, the udder does not show any signs of inflammation and the milk appears normal. Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus) and Streptococcus agalactiae (S.agalactiae) are the leading oganisms to cause infection of other cows (Bramley et al., 1996 and Riffon et al., 2001). >>>
Animal disease emergencies are significant public health component which might occur in a major outbreak of a zoonotic diseases. For these emergencies well developed framework should be developed for implementing disease control and eradication programmes and for sharing responsibilities among those departments and agencies without involvement of which this plan cannot be completed. >>>
Gastrointestinal disease causing signs of abdominal pain in horses is commonly referred to as colic. Colic is the most important and fatal disease of horses and considered as an important cause of death (Radostits et al., 2007). >>>
It is most frequently encountered problem in equines and multifactorial in origin. Clinically, disease is characterized by varying degree of signs of abdominal pain, and dehydration-electrolyte balance. On the basis of different factors involved in its causation colic can be classified into four types >>>
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