Journal of Immunology and Immunopathology
  • Year: 2014
  • Volume: 16
  • Issue: 1and2

Molecular Diagnosis and Therapeutic Management of PPR in a Goat

  • Author:
  • Amit Ranajn Sahu1, Padma Nibash Panigrahi2, Arpita Padhy4, Parthasarathi Behera3, Subha Ganguly4,*, Saraswat Sahoo5
  • Total Page Count: 3
  • Published Online: Jan 1, 2014
  • Page Number: 64 to 66

1Division of Veterinary Biotechnology, Indian Veterinary Research Institute, ICAR Deemed University, Izatnagar, Bareilly-243122, Uttar Pradesh, India

2Division of Veterinary Medicine, Indian Veterinary Research Institute, ICAR Deemed University, Izatnagar, Bareilly-243122, Uttar Pradesh, India

3Division of Veterinary Biochemistry, Indian Veterinary Research Institute, ICAR Deemed University, Izatnagar, Bareilly-243122, Uttar Pradesh, India

4Department of Veterinary Microbiology, Arawali Veterinary College, Rajasthan University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Bikaner, NH-11 Jaipur Road, VPO Bajor, Sikar-332001, Rajasthan, India

5Department of Veterinary Gynaecology and Obstetrics, Arawali Veterinary College, Rajasthan University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Bikaner, NH-11 Jaipur Road, VPO Bajor, Sikar-332001, Rajasthan, India

*Corresponding author email id: ganguly38@gmail.com

Abstract

A 7-month-old goat was attended at Referral Veterinary Poly Clinic, IVRI with a history of inappetance and diarrhoea since last three days. Physical examination revealed pyrexia, mucopurulent copious oculonasal discharge, severe conjunctivitis, stomatitis and mucoid diarrhoea. Confirmatory diagnosis of PPR was done by Reverse Transcription-PCR (RT-PCR). The animal was successfully recovered by antibiotics associated with supportive therapy.

Keywords

C-DNA, Goat, Leucocytosis and Neutrophilia PPR, PBMC, RNA concentration, RT-PCR, Therapy