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- Title
DIAGNOSTIC STUDY ON DIARRHOEA IN DOGS IN LUDHIANA, PUNJAB.
- Authors
Sen, Chandreyee; Sharma, Ashwani Kumar; Singh, Randhir; Chandra, Mudit; Sharma, Shukriti
- Abstract
Diarrhoea, an abnormal consistency and increase in frequency, fluidity and volume of faeces, is the most common clinical manifestation of canine intestinal tract diseases. The present study was conducted on 73 cases of gut origin diarrhoea at Small Animal Clinics of GADVASU, Ludhiana between Febuary to June 2013. Anamnesis, clinical examination, complete blood count and bio-chemical tests were documented in all cases. Faecal samples of every animal were subjected to a battery of diagnostic tests including endoparasitic examination, bacterial isolation, rapid immune-chromatographic test kits and PCR. Canine parvovirus (CPV) was found to be the most common cause implicated in 79.5% cases, though other etiological agents such C. difficile was the next important etiological agent which was found alone in 10% of the diarrhoeic cases. Seven per cent cases were associated with GI parasites. Simultaneosly, E. coli was isolated from 43 samples and in only one case it was found as sole etiological agent. One case each was observed to harbour Canine Corona virus and Canine distemper (CD) virus infection. PCR amplification proved CPV2b type to be more prevalent (94.3%) than CPV2a and further gene sequencing of 10 PCR products revealed absence of type CPV2c reported previously in India. The study shows that diarrhoea is primarily a disease of young dogs. Variations of anamnesis, clinical findings, haematological and bio-chemical parameters of CPV, C. difficile, GI parasites, E. coli, Canine Corona and CD virus affected animals were discussed and these are also supporting tools for diagnosing primary etiology of diarrhoea.
- Subjects
LUDHIANA (India); INDIA; DIARRHEA; CANINE distemper virus; BLOOD cell count; FECES; CANINE parvovirus; INTESTINAL diseases; CANIDAE
- Publication
Veterinary Practitioner, 2019, Vol 20, Issue 1, p59
- ISSN
0972-4036
- Publication type
Article