A clinical case of feline scabies was recorded in an eleven month old male cat. With thick yellow crusty erythematous lesions and alopecia on the head and ears, the skin scrapings revealed positive for Notoedres cati mite. Treatment with two doses of Ivermectin at the rate of 0.2 mg/kg body weight given by subcutaneous route biweekly for a month along with supportive therapy resulted in major improvement in the condition.

A rare case of pouched schistosomus reflexus in a Holstein Friesian crossbred cow, which was delivered per vaginum by mutation operation is reported.

A crossbred cow in her third parity was presented in the clinics with history of complete gestation period and dystocia. The three limbs were protruding through the vulva without further progress in delivery in spite of traction applied by local area veterinarian. Per vaginum examination revealed fetal monstrosity and a decision to perform subcutaneous fetotomy was taken which resulted in delivery of an ischiopagus monster.

A pluriparous crossbred Jersey cow in early lactation was reported to the Veterinary Clinical Complex, Orathanadu with the history of anorexia, dull and depressed, coffee coloured urine and sternal recumbency for 3 days. On physical examination mucous membranes were slightly icteric, prescapular lymph node was of optimal size and presence of ticks on the surface of the body. Clinical examination revealed subnormal temperature (36.70 C), heart rate - 85 bpm, respiratory rate – 41 bpm (Tachypnoea). Hematology revealed PCV 51%, Hb – 5.2 g /dl and RBC – 3.2 mill/ cumm. Animal was treated with diminazene aceturate (Berenil® MSD Pvt. Ltd.,) @3.5 mg per kg body weight administered deep IM single dose, tranxanemic acid 10 ml IM, oxytetracycline @ 20 mg/ kg IV and supportive therapy for 5 days. Clinical improvement was observed on 7th day of treatement. This present case report describes successful management of Babesia bigemina infection in a transition cow.

A four years old primiparous Jersey crossbreed cow of one-month lactating was presented with swelling of right fore quarter and straw yellow milk. The grade of CMT test on milk was (+++). Klebsiella spp., isolation done by bacteriological culture of milk using blood agar. Plasma fibrinogen and plasma protein ratio was used as an indicator for assessment of recovery. Inj.Gentamicin 5 mg /kg IV & 10 ml intramammary along with supportive therapies were given for 5 days. 12thday post treatment the milk quality drastically improved.

Free-range peafowls are commonly affected with mixed parasitic infections, which need to be diagnosed and treated for maintaining the eco-biological balance. The present paper investigated the ecto and endo parasitic infections in peafowls (Pavo cristatus) from various parts of Cauvery delta region of Tamil Nadu. Twelve peafowls of different age and sex were brought with different clinical signs during 2022-24. Faecal samples revealed the presence of eggs of helminths Ascaridia sp., Capillaria sp., Hymenolepis sp., gravid segments of Raillietina cesticillus and protozoal infection with Eimeria pavonina and E.mayurai. The ectoparasites from various body surface were identified as Colphocephalum tausi, Goniodespavonis, Menacanthus sp., Menopon sp., lice and adult and nymphal stages of Haemaphysalis sp., tick.

Synbiotics are synergistic combinations of prebiotics and probiotics. This study was aimed to design synbiotic in vitro and validate them in broiler chickens upon in vivo delivery. Based on the in vitro assays and extracellular assays for estimation of the antioxidant potential, a scoring system was evaluated to screen the probiotic isolated with maximum antioxidant potential.  A consortium of probiotic bacteria was formulated based on the scoring system that comprised E. hirae-2, E. faecium-2, E. fecalis-1, E. durans, and P. acidilactici. The probiotic inoculum was scaled up in a fifty-liter pilot scale fermenter supplemented with MRS broth under optimum growth conditions. The product was then spray-dried in a low-temperature spray drier. The lyophilized product was stored at room temperature for further use. Two hundred and forty day sold broiler chicks (Vencobb) were randomly allotted to one of five treatments (prebiotic alone, probiotic alone, symbiotic, and commercial probiotic and control treatments) on the basis of body weight in a randomized complete block design. Dietary supplementation of probiotics significantly enhanced growth performance by improving body weight gain, performance index, and protein efficiency ratio. Growth performance and nutrient retention of the Lactiflora-supplemented group was significantly better than that of the control and Provisacc-supplemented group but comparable to the combination group. It was concluded that combined supplementation of Lactobacillus acidophilus and Saccharomyces cerevisiae supplementation at the rate of 0.05% each is beneficial in improving body weight gain, growth performance, nutrient utilization, and immune response of broiler chicken.

  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.

A one year old, female, Persian cat, weighing about 4kg was presented to Veterinary College Hospital, Hassan with a history of swollen upper lip and presence of ulcers since one week. The cat was not showing any signs of pruritus and was taking food normally. Physical examination revealed swollen upper lip. Impression smear of ulcerative lesion revealed presence of predominant number of eosinophils, ruptured eosinophils leaving naked nuclei, eosinophilic granules in background and infiltration of neutrophils in some areas. Based on history, clinical signs and cytology, the case was diagnosed as eosinophilic ulcer (indolent ulcer). The animal was managed successfully with glucocorticoids and antibiotics.  

Cervico-vaginal prolapse is a common complication in pluriparous cows and buffaloes due to relaxation of pelvic ligaments in mid to late gestation. Successful management of mishandled cases of post-partum vagino-cervical prolapse by quacks is reported in the present study.