METASTRONGYLOSIS IN A NON-DESCRIPTIVE PIG IN TAMIL NADU
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C. Soundararajan
Dean, Madras Veterinary College, TANUVAS, Chennai - 600 007
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A. Raman
Animal Disease Intelligence Unit, Tiruvannamalai, Tamil Nadu
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A. Komathi
Lab Assistant, Veterinary Incubation Foundation @ TANUVAS, Centre for Animal Health Studies, TANUVAS, Chennai - 600 051.
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C.J. Johannah Nitisha
Project Student, DG Vaishnav College, Arumbakkam, Chennai - 600 106
Keywords:
Lungworms, Metastrongylus sp., pig , Tamil NaduAbstract
Lungworms are found to be a serious problem in pigs by causing severe infections. The worms were collected during post mortem from a 6 year old male, non – descriptive pig at Periyeri hamlet of Thurinjikuppam, Polur taluk, Thiruvannamalai district, Tamil Nadu which was raised and hand fed as a single animal and had access to the agricultural field. On post mortem examination, the trachea was severely congested and occluded with pus and the lungs were congested in which the lung worms wriggled out with pus while sectioning the lungs. The worms were morphologically identified as Metastrongylus sp.in a non-descriptive pig in Tamil Nadu.
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