Successful management of  haemoglobinuria in a buffalo

Richard Thounaojam; Vivek Joshi; Nagella Naveen; D. B. Mondal

doi:10.56093/ijvm.v44i2.159796

Authors

Richard Thounaojam Division of Medicine, ICAR-Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Izatnagar 243122, Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh
Vivek Joshi Division of Medicine, ICAR-Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Izatnagar 243122, Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh
Nagella Naveen Division of Medicine, ICAR-Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Izatnagar 243122, Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh
D. B. Mondal Division of Medicine, ICAR-Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Izatnagar 243122, Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh

https://doi.org/10.56093/ijvm.v44i2.159796

Keywords:

Buffaloes, Cruciferous plant, Nutritional hemoglobinuria

Abstract

Nutritional hemoglobinuria is a disease of high-yielding buffaloes due to hypophosphatemia or cruciferous plant poisoning, causing intravascular haemolysis and haemoglobinuria. A 7-year-old non-descript multiparous buffalo in advanced pregnancy was presented to Referral Veterinary Polyclinic of ICAR-Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Izatnagar with a history of coffee-coloured urine and anorexia for a period of two days. It was reported that buffalo had ingested radish shoots about 7 datys earlier. Clinical examination revealed dullness with pale mucus membranes and reduced rumination. Haematobiochemical examination revealed reduced levels of haemoglobin, PCV, marked neutrophilia, hypophosphatemia, elevated BUN and hypoproteinemia. The buffalo was treated with sodium acid phosphate (50 ml IV q12h on 3 occasions), ascorbic acid (5 mg/kg IV q24h for 1-week), vitamin B-complex and iron sorbitol folic acid complex. The buffalo recovered uneventfully following therapy.

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Author Biography

Vivek Joshi, Division of Medicine, ICAR-Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Izatnagar 243122, Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh

Research Scholar (PhD) in Division of Medicine at Indian Veterinary Research Institute (IVRI), Izatnagar

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