INTAS POLIVET
Open Access
  • Year: 2019
  • Volume: 20
  • Issue: 2

Diagnosis and therapeutic management of leptospirosis in horses

  • Author:
  • H. Vijaya Kumar, C.S. Arunaman, Juripriya Brahma
  • Total Page Count: 2
  • Page Number: 399 to 400

Department of Veterinary Clinical Medicine, Madras Veterinary College, Tamil Nadu Veterinary and Animal Sciences University (TANUVAS), Vepery, Chennai, - 600007, (Tamil Nadu)

Brand of Zydus Animal Health, Ahmedabad

Brand of Intas Animal Health, Ahmedabad

*Corresponding author, E-mail: arunamancs@gmail.com

Online published on 1 October, 2020.

Abstract

Three horses were presented with history of anorexia, weakness and clinical signs of icterus and pyrexia. They were diagnosed as suffering from leptospirosis by Microscopic Agglutination Test (MAT). All horses were treated with Penicillin group of antibiotics along with supportive therapy and had uneventful recovery.

Keywords

Horse, Leptospirosis, Leptospira canicola, Uveitis, MAT