A FIELD INVESTIGATION ON SPONTANEOUS ABORTION IN AN ORGANISED GOAT FARM IN THANJAVUR DISTRICT OF TAMIL NADU

B. Puvarajan; S. Manoharan; G. Balakrishnan; S. Krishnakumar; B.S.M. Ronald; N. Jeyathilakan

doi:10.56093/ijvasr.v44i4.173656

Authors

B. Puvarajan Department of Veterinary Public Health and Epidemiology, Veterinary College and Research Institute, Orathanadu, Thanjavur
S. Manoharan Department of Veterinary Public Health and Epidemiology, Veterinary College and Research Institute, Orathanadu, Thanjavur
G. Balakrishnan Department of Veterinary Public Health and Epidemiology, Veterinary College and Research Institute, Orathanadu, Thanjavur
S. Krishnakumar Department of Veterinary Public Health and Epidemiology, Veterinary College and Research Institute, Orathanadu, Thanjavur
B.S.M. Ronald Department of Veterinary Public Health and Epidemiology, Veterinary College and Research Institute, Orathanadu, Thanjavur
N. Jeyathilakan Department of Veterinary Public Health and Epidemiology, Veterinary College and Research Institute, Orathanadu, Thanjavur

https://doi.org/10.56093/ijvasr.v44i4.173656

Keywords:

Goat- abortion-Brucellosis - Leptospirosis- Paratuberculosis - PPRV

Abstract

Goat abortion in a private goat farm near Thanjavur city of Tamil Nadu was investigated in an organised goat farm constituting 78 animalswhich includesmajority of goats and few numbers of sheep.Samples such as serum,nasal swabs, faecal materialand aborted foetal contents were collected at 40 days intervaland sent to the Central University Laboratory of TANUVAS at Chennai for testing. The serum samples were screenedfor antibodies toBrucella spp.,PPRVand Leptospira spp.Nasal swabs were screened for PPRV by counter immune-electrophoresis. Faecal materials were examined for parasitological examination and bacteriological examination more specifically for Johne’s disease bacterium. The foetal content was tested for brucellosis by both conventional and molecular methods. Laboratory results showed noantibody presence forBrucella spp.Some samples had antibodies toPPRV, Leptospira spp.(4 Nos.) and some faecal samples hadJohne’s disease (3 Nos.) organism by acid fast staining as well as by PCR and after 40 days sampling, 9 Nos. were positive.There was no evidence of internal parasites. The laboratory results and causes of abortion were discussed.

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