Experimental Studies on oral fluid Therapy in Goats Diarrheic Goats
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1987
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Birsa Agricultural University, Ranchi
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The opidemiological investigation revealed that the majority of goats suffered from diarrhea when they approached lush green grasses. The overall incidence of diarchoae in adult goats was 16.3% in a population of 350 goats. The analysis of different causative agents of diarrhoea indicated 59.65% of goats suffered from diarrhoes due to bacteria, 10.52% due to haemonchus infection, 3-51% due to trichuris infection, 3.52 due to trichostrongylus infection and 22.81% due to dietetic errors. Among the bacteria E coli was the onlyisolates from diarrheic goats. All isolates of g coli ware tested biochemically and the serotypes 024 025 °45′ °54' °61 °121* °138 148 and untypable strains were isolatad, out of which only 028 and 045 serotypes were found highly pathogenic. Majority of E. coli strains ware sensitive to chloramphenicol. Diarrhea vas induced in goats by administering magnesium sulphate which caused gradual loss of body weight and on day 9 of diarrhea there was 10.54 ± 1-24 to 10.58 1.32% loss of body weight. Such a model to study the fluid volume and electrolyte losses in adult ruminants, as a result of diarrhoea was made for the first time. Significant rise of packed cell volume (0.37 0.009 to 0.38 0.013 1/1) from normal 0.29 0.010 to 0.32 0.012 1/1 was noted significant fall of blood pH (7.08 0.051 to 7.16± 0.021) in diarmhoaic goats was noted on day 9 of diarrhoea