STUDIES ON EPIPLEURAL AND PARANEPHRIC NOVOCAINE BLOCKADE IN PRIMARY INDIGESTION OF BUFFALOES
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1991
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AAU, Anand
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Primary indigestion in buffaloes is one of the most commonly encountered clinical problems causing considerable loss of milk production. Conventional therapy for this malady often gives unconsistent result and prolonged treatment is invariably required. In order to evolve a better therapeutic regime and to cut short course of treatment, therapeutic trials were conducted in fifty clinical cases of primary indigestion in buffaloes attended at Veterinary College Hospital, Anand and ambulatory clinic centres at Chikhodra, Gamdi and Bedva villages using non-specific pathogenetic method of therapy in the form of procaine (novocaine) blockade. These animals were divided randomly into five treatment groups , each group consisting of ten animals, Eipipleural novocaine blockade, paranephric novocaine blockade, conventional treatment supplemented with epipleural blockade, conventional treatment supplemented with paranephric blockade and conventional treatment alone using irumenotoric drugs and vitamin B-complex with liver extract were given in group) I, II , III , IV and V respectively. Animals of groups III and IV comprised those cases which had failed to respond favourably to the conventional therapy and subsequently they were supplemented with epipleural and paranephric blockades respectively. Clinical parameters like time taken for return of normal appetite, increase in ruminal motility and milk production as well as changes in heart rate, respiration rate and rectal temperature were studied before and 48 hours after the treatment in all the groups. Overall response to the treatment was categorized as very good, good, fair and poor. Ruminal fluid analysis including change in colour, odour, pH, protozoal motility and total volatile fatty acid concentration were studied in all the animals before and 48 hours after treatment. Haemogram included the study of haemoglobin concentration, packed cell volume, total leucocyte count, total erythrocyte count and differential leucocyte count. Biochemical parameters viz., blood glucose, blood urea nitrogen, total proteins and total cholesterol were also studied before and 48 hours after treatment in all the animals. Excellent clinical response was observed in the animals given epipleural and paranephric novocaine blockade with maximum number of animals falling into the very good category. Even animals of groups III and IV which were refractory to the conventional therapy also showed very good clinical improvement. Restoration of appetite and milk production to presickness level was evident within 24 to 48 hours in these animals with treatment given only onceĀ« Again out of these two blockades, paranephric novocaine blockade was found to be superior and easier to perform than epipleural novocaine blockade. Response to conventional therapy alone was not uniform and varied greatly with maximum number of animals falling into fair and poor categories. It also required prolonged and daily administration of drugs. Longer time was taken in restoration of milk production and in a few animals it did not even reach to presickness level. No significant changes were observed in other clinical, ruminal fluid, haematological and biochemical parameters in any of the treatment groups. However, minor fluctuations within the physiological limits were observed in some of these parameters. The study clearly showed effectiveness of novocaine blockade therapy over the conventional therapy in treating primary indigestion of buffaloes.
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VETERINARY SURGERY AND RADIOLOGY, A STUDY