Department of Livestock Production and Management, Veterinary College and Research Institute, Namakkal - 637 002, Tamil Nadu.
An adult female Mecheri in an organized sheep farm exhibiting the signs suggestive of Johne's disease was positive for the bacilli, Mycobacterium avium sub species paratuberculosis by Zeihl - Neelson technique and the haematological and serum biochemical parameters of the positive case were analyzed. The case on necropsy was confirmed for Johne's disease by it's characteristic gross lesions and histopathological findings. Faecal examination and necropsy revealed the concurrent infestation by the stomach worm, Haemonchus spp.
Johne's disease, Mecheri sheep, Z-N technique, Hypoproteinemia and Haemonchosis
