A. Jameel, K. Davis, A. George, K. V. Kumar, V. J. Udayasree
{"title":"Pyothorax in a cat due to Acinetobacter spp. infection : a case report","authors":"A. Jameel, K. Davis, A. George, K. V. Kumar, V. J. Udayasree","doi":"10.51966/jvas.2023.54.1.229-233","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.51966/jvas.2023.54.1.229-233","url":null,"abstract":"A 3-month-old kitten weighing 1.05 kg was presented to the University veterinary hospital at Kokkalai in Thrissur district of Kerala, India, with the complaint of open-mouth breathing, lethargy and complete anorexia for the past three days, and weight loss. Detailed clinical examination revealed inspiratory dyspnoea without stridor, tachypnoea, muffled lung and heart sounds on auscultation, pale mucous membrane, and weak pulse. Haematology revealed leukocytosis with granulocytosis and monocytosis. Thoracic radiography, ultrasonography and thoracocentesis confirmed pyothorax. Microbial culture of thoracic aspirate revealed heavy growth of Acinetobacte spp. The cat responded to parenteral therapy with ceftiofur followed by cefixime orally for 21 days. Doxycycline was prescribed for concurrent mycoplasmosis. Thoracic radiograph 10 days later revealed a significant reduction in pleural fluid. A review of the case two months later found that the kitten recovered uneventfully. A rare case of Acinetobacter spp. associated pyothorax and its medical management in a cat is reported. The clinical manifestations, radiographic changes and ultrasonographic findings were discussed.","PeriodicalId":52568,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Veterinary and Animal Sciences","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"70628710","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
M. Manasa, V. Vasudevan, A. Latha, B. Sunil, A. Irshad, P. Suraj, V.V. Akhila, C. Hridhya, K. Anjitha
{"title":"Chemical properties of aerobic compost from abattoir and poultry slaughter waste","authors":"M. Manasa, V. Vasudevan, A. Latha, B. Sunil, A. Irshad, P. Suraj, V.V. Akhila, C. Hridhya, K. Anjitha","doi":"10.51966/jvas.2023.54.2.499-509","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.51966/jvas.2023.54.2.499-509","url":null,"abstract":"The present study was undertaken to analyse the chemical properties of aerobic compost from abattoir and poultry slaughter waste. Various abattoir waste materials like rumen contents, abattoir sewage sludge, poultry feathers and commercially available coir pith were preprocessed and separately analysed for their physico-chemical properties. Based on the analysis of physico-chemical properties of raw materials, five different combinations were selected for aerobic composting viz. sludge and coir pith (1:1); rumen contents alone (100); rumen contents and poultry feathers (1:1); rumen contents and sludge (1:1); rumen contents, sludge and coir pith (1:1:0.5).The selected combinations were subjected for aerobic composting for a period of 60 days in biobins. Chemical properties like organic carbon, total nitrogen, carbon to nitrogen ratio (C: N ratio), total phosphorus and total potassium before and after composting were analysed. There was a significant (p<0.05) increase in total nitrogen, total phosphorus and total potassium content and significant (p<0.05) decrease in C: N ratio and organic carbon content after composting.","PeriodicalId":52568,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Veterinary and Animal Sciences","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"70629639","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
P. Jishnu Haridas, Chintu Ravishankar, K. Sumod, R. Rajasekhar, R. Anoopraj, G.S. Anjitha, S. Shashank, Koshy John
{"title":"Detection of porcine parvovirus in domestic pigs in North Kerala","authors":"P. Jishnu Haridas, Chintu Ravishankar, K. Sumod, R. Rajasekhar, R. Anoopraj, G.S. Anjitha, S. Shashank, Koshy John","doi":"10.51966/jvas.2023.54.3.840-844","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.51966/jvas.2023.54.3.840-844","url":null,"abstract":"During the period from 2019 to 2021, a total of 45 tissue samples were collected from pigs in Kerala and tested for the presence of porcine parvovirus (PPV) by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) targeting NS1 gene of the virus. Of the samples tested, 4 (8.89 per cent) were found to be positive which was higher than the positivity reported for the virus in Kerala in 2016. Sequence analysis of the amplicons revealed a high degree of similarity to PPV sequences previously reported from India. Biosecurity measures should be adopted to control the spread of viral diseases.","PeriodicalId":52568,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Veterinary and Animal Sciences","volume":"26 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"136303945","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
J. Alphine, S. Maya, N. Ashok, K. M. Lucy, Indu V. Raj, K. Karthiayini, V. N. Vasudevan, J. Tony
{"title":"A comparative study of intramuscular fat content and sensory attributes of meat of broiler and Kuttanad ducks","authors":"J. Alphine, S. Maya, N. Ashok, K. M. Lucy, Indu V. Raj, K. Karthiayini, V. N. Vasudevan, J. Tony","doi":"10.51966/jvas.2023.54.3.744-754","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.51966/jvas.2023.54.3.744-754","url":null,"abstract":"Meat samples from six regions viz., neck, wing, breast, back, thigh and drumstick were collected from a total of 72 ducks comprising of six males and females of each of Vigova broilers, Kuttanad ducklings and spent Kuttanad ducks. The samples were assessed by a trained panel of seven assessors for flavour, juiciness, ease of fragmentation, mouth coating, overall tenderness and overall acceptability on eight-point Hedonic scale. Intramuscular fat of meat from the six regions was also estimated using Soxhlet apparatus. The highest mean intramuscular fat was obtained in the neck muscle by the spent Kuttanad ducks females (p<0.01) and the lowest mean intramuscular fat content was obtained for Kuttanad ducklings females in the breast region (p<0.01). The mean flavour scores did not differ significantly between groups except in the thigh region. There was no significant difference observed in the juiciness and mouth coating score between groups and genders. The highest mean ease of fragmentation score was attained in the back region for broiler duck males. The overall tenderness score showed significant difference (p<0.05) in breast muscle and back muscles. The overall tenderness score was significantly higher in broiler ducks in the back region. Overall acceptability score was significantly highest in back muscle followed by breast muscle in broiler ducks compared to spent Kuttanad ducks and was comparable to Kuttanad ducklings.","PeriodicalId":52568,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Veterinary and Animal Sciences","volume":"21 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"136303941","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
C. Haritha, Dinker Singh, S.N. Rajakumar, S. Athira, James Ligimol
{"title":"Optimisation of value added Gulab Jamun by utilising dairy by-products","authors":"C. Haritha, Dinker Singh, S.N. Rajakumar, S. Athira, James Ligimol","doi":"10.51966/jvas.2023.54.3.678-686","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.51966/jvas.2023.54.3.678-686","url":null,"abstract":"Gulab Jamun is an Indian traditional sweet made with dhap variety of khoa and maida. This study is aimed at utilising dairy by-products like ghee residue and buttermilk powder in the development Gulab Jamun, whereby increasing the biological value of the sweet and aimed at effective reduction of dairy waste. Computation of the optimised solution was done using these three variables namely, ghee residue, maida and sweet cream buttermilk powder (SCBMP) and five responses consisting of sensory characteristics (flavour, body and texture, colour and appearance, sweetness and overall acceptability) with Central Composite Rotatable Design (CCRD) of Response Surface Methodology (RSM). The optimum level of the variables was obtained as ghee residue, maida and SCBMP at 12.98%, 10.1% and 25.45%, respectively, at 99.1% desirability and all the responses fitted well into the quadratic equation with R2> 0.90.","PeriodicalId":52568,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Veterinary and Animal Sciences","volume":"21 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"136304277","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Reshma Chandran, K. Shyama, K. Ally, M. Dipu, Marykutty Thomas
{"title":"Effect of feeding Indukantham kashayam residues on growth performance and economics of production of weaned New Zealand White rabbits","authors":"Reshma Chandran, K. Shyama, K. Ally, M. Dipu, Marykutty Thomas","doi":"10.51966/jvas.2023.54.1.188-193","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.51966/jvas.2023.54.1.188-193","url":null,"abstract":"A study was conducted to examine the effect of inclusion of Indukantham kashayam residue on growth performance and economics of production of weaned New Zealand White rabbits. Eighteen weaned New Zealand White rabbits of four to six weeks age were selected from Rabbit Breeding Station, College of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Mannuthy. The experimental animals were randomly divided into three groups of six animals each and one of the three dietary treatments T1 (control diet with 18 per cent CP and 2700 kcal DE), T2 (Diet containing 5 per cent Indukantham kashayam residues) and T3 (Diet containing 10 per cent Indukantham kashayam residues) was alloted to each group. Data on weekly weight gain and daily feed intake were collected during course of study, while feed conversion ratio and economics of production were computed. The findings of the current study revealed that growth performance of weaned New Zealand White rabbits remained unaffected (p>0.05) among the dietary treatments. Indukantham kashayam residue can be included in the diet of growing rabbits up to 10 per cent level to reduce cost of production.","PeriodicalId":52568,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Veterinary and Animal Sciences","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"70628306","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Lina Kunjamma Mathews, P. Priya, M. Mini, S. Sankar, B. Chacko, G. Raju, A. A.
{"title":"Detection of humoral and cell mediated immune responses among breeder ducks vaccinated against riemerellosis","authors":"Lina Kunjamma Mathews, P. Priya, M. Mini, S. Sankar, B. Chacko, G. Raju, A. A.","doi":"10.51966/jvas.2023.54.1.194-197","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.51966/jvas.2023.54.1.194-197","url":null,"abstract":"Riemerellosis is an infectious disease that primarily affects young ducklings, although it can infrequently be manifested in a chronic localised form in older ducks. Though an inactivated vaccine has been found to be most effective in preventing the disease in ducklings, its potency in adult breeder ducks has not been assessed yet. To investigate the same, 200 Kuttanad breeder ducks maintained in the University Poultry and Duck Farm (UPDF), Mannuthy were grouped into two, of 100 birds each, T1 being the control group and T2, the treatment (vaccinated) group. The oil-adjuvanted inactivated vaccine, prepared as per the previously standardised protocol, was administered to the T2 group in two doses, one week apart. Blood samples in serum vials, 20 each from T1 and T2, were collected on days 0, 14, 28, 56 and 90 post-immunisation (PI) whereas blood samples in heparin vials, eight each from both the groups, were collected on days 0, 14, and 28 PI. Humoral immunity (HI) and cell mediated immunity (CMI) in the adult ducks were assessed by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) and lymphocyte proliferation assay (LPA), respectively. The two assays revealed that the inactivated vaccine elicited a good immune response in the adult ducks, with HI noticed until 90th day PI and an increasing CMI that peaked on 28th day PI.","PeriodicalId":52568,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Veterinary and Animal Sciences","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"70628392","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
K. R. Silpa, J. Ligimol, A. Beena, M. Divya, C. H. Aysha, V. Aparna
{"title":"Effect of thermization of dahi on post fermentation acidification during refrigerated storage","authors":"K. R. Silpa, J. Ligimol, A. Beena, M. Divya, C. H. Aysha, V. Aparna","doi":"10.51966/jvas.2023.54.1.252-256","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.51966/jvas.2023.54.1.252-256","url":null,"abstract":"Post fermentation acidification is defined as the development of acidity past the desired level of fermentation or acid development. Effect of thermization at 65oC for different periods (30 sec, 60 sec, 2 min and 5 min) on post fermentation acidification of dahi samples prepared using Lacticaseibacillus rhamnosus 18 or Lacticaseibacillus casei 01 upon refrigerated storage was assessed in this study. Significant changes (p< 0.01) were observed between the two starter cultures in terms of their post acidification potential with L. rhamnosus 18 dahi showing lower pH, higher titratable acidity and lactobacilli count than L. casei 01 during refrigerated storage. On assessing the impact of heat treatment on post acidification, significant decrease (p< 0.05) in pH, increase (p< 0.01) in titratable acidity and lactobacilli count of the heat treated and control samples were observed throughout the storage. Based on this study, it can be inferred that heat treatment at 65oC for even upto 5 min is not having any significant inhibitory effect on post fermentation acidification characteristics of the lactobacilli cultures tested.","PeriodicalId":52568,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Veterinary and Animal Sciences","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"70628633","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Evaluation of oxidative stress and efficacy of antioxidant therapy in dogs with haemorrhagic gastroenteritis","authors":"","doi":"10.51966/jvas.2023.54.1.86-90","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.51966/jvas.2023.54.1.86-90","url":null,"abstract":"The present study was conducted to evaluate the alterations in oxidative stress parameters in dogs suffering from haemorrhagic gastroenteritis (HGE). Dogs presented with vomiting and diarrhoea were screened and fifteen animals with signs suggestive of HGE were included in the study. The oxidative stress parameters, serummalondialdehyde (MDA) level, total antioxidant status (TAS) and plasma glutathione peroxidase (GSH-Px) activity were studied. The values were compared with the values from six apparently healthy dogs. A significant increase was noticed in the mean values of serum MDA and TAS of diseased animals at the time of presentation when compared to healthy animals whereas the activity of plasma GSH-Px was found to be lower than in healthy dogs. Supplementation with N-acetyl cysteine @ 70 mg/kg or five days was found effective in managing the oxidative injury in the affected animals.","PeriodicalId":52568,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Veterinary and Animal Sciences","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"70629165","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
R. Krishna, Arun George, U. Pillai, S. Rajan, S. N. Nair
{"title":"Evaluation of electrocardiographic and serum biochemical changes in arrhythmias associated with renal diseases of dogs","authors":"R. Krishna, Arun George, U. Pillai, S. Rajan, S. N. Nair","doi":"10.51966/jvas.2023.54.2.419-427","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.51966/jvas.2023.54.2.419-427","url":null,"abstract":"The present study was conducted to investigate electrocardiographical (ECG) and haemato-biochemical changes in arrhythmia associated with renal diseases in dogs. The dogs with renal affections confirmed through appropriate diagnostic methods were selected and screened for arrhythmia. The ECG and haemato-biochemical parameters of twenty dogs with arrhythmia were compared with that of the control group and ECG parameters were statistically correlated with the haemato-biochemical parameters for correlation studies. It was found that the occurrence of arrhythmia was 51.2 per cent in renal diseases. Arrhythmia was more predominant in dogs with chronic kidney disease (CKD) followed by acute kidney injury (AKI). Sinus arrhythmia followed by first-degree AV block and wandering pacemaker were the common types of arrhythmias observed. A significant increase in R-R interval and a decrease in heart rate was noticed in comparison. The haemato-biochemical analysis revealed anaemia, leukocytosis with neutrophilia, elevated blood urea nitrogen (BUN), creatinine and magnesium level. A significant positive correlation was noticed between haemoglobin, volume of packed red cells (VPRC) and red blood cell count (RBC) with T amplitude and, creatinine and BUN levels with corrected Q-T interval. A significant negative correlation was noticed between VPRC, RBC and haemoglobin with the corrected QT interval. The present study revealed ECG and haemato-biochemical parameters had a significant role in renal diseases in dogs which might help in the early diagnosis and proper management of arrhythmia associated with renal diseases.","PeriodicalId":52568,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Veterinary and Animal Sciences","volume":"53 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"70629468","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}