tailieunhanh - Báo cáo khoa học: "Grain founder in a male camel (Camelus dromedarius)"

Tuyển tập các báo cáo nghiên cứu khoa học quốc tế về bệnh thú y đề tài: Grain founder in a male camel (Camelus dromedarius) | J. Vet. 5 0. 2006 7 1 91-92 JOURNAL OF Case Report Veterinary Science Grain founder in a male camel Camelus dromedarius Narendra K. Sharma Sunanda Sharma Ánimal Husbandry Department. Veterinary Hospital. Jetpur. Bikaner-334001 Rajasthan . India A rare case of laminitis was recorded in an adult camel that was kept in confinement without giving any exercise and fed daily with considerable quantity of pearl millet grains Pennisetum typhoideus for more than five months. Key words Camelus dromedarius grain founder laminitis Laminitis. which results into severe lameness has been reported commonly in equine bovine caprine and porcine There isn t any report on laminitis in dromedary. This paper reports on the case of laminitis in a male camel which was confined in stall and fed daily with pearl millet grains Pennisetum typholdeus . About six year old medium sized male camel was presented at the hospital for treatment of severe lameness. On clinical examination enormous onyx enlargement was observed in both forelimbs Fig. 1. 2 and 3. . and left hind limb Fig. 4. but onyx of right hindlimb was normal. The digital veins of affected limbs were engorged Fig. 2. 3 and 4 . On progression animal was walking with short strides and putting weight on heels with leaning on left side. The onyx of left forelimb turned from anterior border of toe towards ventro-caudal direction and occupied l 4th of cranial solar surface Fig. 1 and 2. in right forelimb it turned from cranial border toward ventro-medial direction Fig. 3 . whereas in left hindlimb the onyx growth from cranial border was turning towards ventral direction Fig. 4. . Anamnesis revealed that due to scarcity of roughage during the famine period the animal was kept under confinement and fed with pearl millet grains without the roughage as daily ration for more than five months. The animal was sedated with xylazine ing kg. IM and restrained in lateral recumbancy. The onyxes were trimmed at the level of cranial border of .