INTAS POLIVET
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  • Year: 2015
  • Volume: 16
  • Issue: 2

Molecular Diagnosis and Therapeutic Management of Salmonellosis in a Calf

  • Author:
  • Parthasarathi Behera1,, Padma Nibash Panigrahi, Amit Ranjan Sahu
  • Total Page Count: 3
  • Page Number: 299 to 301

1Assistant Professor, College of Veterinary Science and Animal Husbandry, CAU, Aizawl, Mizoram

ICAR-Indian Veterinary Research Institute (IVRI), Izatnagar, Bareilly-243122, Uttar Pradesh

*Corresponding author. E-mail: partha_vet@yahoo.co.in

Online published on 2 April, 2016.

Abstract

A one month old calf was presented with inappetance and diarrhoea since last three days. Physical examination revealed dullness and depression with pyrexia, moderate dehydration and severe mucoid diarrhoea. The faecal sample was cultured and produced colonies of Salmonella. Further, Salmonella typhimurium was confirmed by polymerised chain reaction (PCR). The calf was successfully managed with rigorous fluid therapy (mixture of isotonic NaHCO3, isotonic normal saline and 5% dextrose normal saline), Sulphonamide and Trimethoprim combination and other supportives.

Keywords

Calf, PCR, Salmonella typhimurium, sulphonamide, trimethoprim