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ArticleItem Open Access Confirmation of CPV2 in a Dog by PCR Using H-Primer(Indian Veterinary Association, 2018-03) Sowmiya, M; Devi, T; Kumar, T Arul; TANUVASA two and half months old, male Labrador dog was presented with a history of inappetance, brownish diarrhoea and vomiting to Infectious Disease Unit, Madras Veterinary College Teaching Hospital, Chennai. Faecal sample and whole blood were collected for diagnostic study. Canine ParvoVirus-2(CPV 2) was con rmed in faeces by PCR using “H –Primer” and the faecal sample was negative for endoparasites. The dog was treated with cefotaxime and pentastarch at the dose of 10ml/kg body weight for 5 days. The dog was recovered after 7th day of treatment. After 21 days of recovery, a combined vaccine (DHPPi- L) was recommended for further immunity.ArticleItem Open Access Screening of E. coli for its antimicrobial susceptibility pattern in milk and dairy products in Chennai, India(Akinik Publications, 2018-03) Malar, Annal Selva P; Sekar, M; Porteen, K; Narayanan, Rita; Elango, A; Kumar, Asok M; Sowmiya, M; Devi, T; TANUVASMilk and dairy products harbor bacteria that are resistant to one or more antimicrobial drugs. This study was conducted to determine the antimicrobial susceptibility pattern of E. coli isolated from milk and dairy products collected randomly from Chennai. A total of 567 samples comprising raw milk, pasteurized milk, dairy products viz., channa based sweets, khoa based sweets, fermented dairy products, concentrated or partially desiccated dairy products, heat and acid coagulated dairy products, frozen dairy products and other dairy products like butter, cheese were processed to isolate E. coli and to study their antibiotic susceptibility pattern. Out of 567 samples, 34 E. coli were isolated and its phenotypic resistant profile was 94.11 per cent for penicillin-G and cephalothin followed by ampicillin (88.23%), amoxicillin (82.35%) and clindamycin (76.47%). Among these 34 E. coli isolates, 28 (82.35%) were multiple drug resistant (MDR). This alarms the need for devising appropriate strategies to prevent the spread of resistance.ArticleItem Open Access Status of Maternal Derived Antibody Against Rabies in Naive Puppies in Chennai(2019-10) Sowmiya, M; Asokkumar, M; Vijaya Bharathi, M; Rathnapraba, S; Senthil Kumar, RL; Devi, T; Nagarajan, B; TANUVASThirty-six blood samples were collected randomly from puppies [18 puppies each from vaccinated (Group I) and unvaccinated (Group II) dam] brought to Immunization Unit, Madras Veterinary College Teaching Hospital, Chennai. The samples were subjected to functional antibody assay (RFFIT) to know the kinetics of maternal derived antibody (MDA) against rabies. The mean MDA titre in group I and II puppies were found as 1.07 ± 0.18 IU/mL and 0.30 ± 0.037 IU/mL respectively. The statistical analysis (Student “t” test) revealed a highly significant difference (P<0.01) between MDA of two groups. Thus, this study strongly suggests that the dogs less than three months of age in endemic regions needs to be immunized against rabies in view of maintaining the population immunity and to reduce the bioburden of rabies risk.ArticleItem Open Access A Survey on Post -Dog Bites Cases in Chennai(Indian Veterinary Association, 2018-11) Devi, T; Sowmiya, M; Malar, P Annal Selva; TANUVASA survey was conducted among the pet owners of Chennai on their knowledge about pet vaccination and post-dog bite management. A total of 150 pet owners were included in this study and it was found that 70 % of the pet owners were regularly vaccinating their pets prophylactically but more than half of the pet owners were not aware of post-dog bite treatment. Moreover, the study revealed that large numbers of stray dog population are present with easy access to public in, Chennai. Hence, it is important to educate the pet owners on importance of immediate post- dog bite treatment of pets.