Buffalo Pulmonary Challenge: A Case Report On Aspiration Pneumonia

Saksham Mandawat; Rashmi Singh; Jitendra Kant Nagar; Anita; Pallavi Kalasua; Harshita Rathore

Authors

Saksham Mandawat P.G. Scholar,
Rashmi Singh Assistant professor, RAJUVAS Bikaner INDIA https://orcid.org/0009-0005-7165-3628
Jitendra Kant Nagar Teaching Associate, RAJUVAS, Bikaner, Rajasthan, India https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2615-7079
Anita P.G. Scholar, RAJUVAS, Bikaner INDIA
Pallavi Kalasua P.G. Scholar, RAJUVAS, Bikaner, Rajasthan, INDIA
Harshita Rathore P.G. Scholar, RAJUVAS, Bikaner, Rajasthan, INDIA

Keywords:

Aspiration Pneumonia, Drenching, Ceftiofur Sodium

Abstract

Many farmers use a large variety of drenching medications and supplements for the prevention or cure to medications to prevent or cure diseases. Inappropriate administration or improper drenching technique of medication for illness by an inexperienced person is the most common cause of aspiration pneumonia. A Murrah buffalo reported in the Veterinary Clinical Complex of PGIVER JAIPUR with a history of parturition 9 days ago, inappetence, nasal discharge, salivation, coughing, pyrexia, open mouth breathing, and reduced milk yield following a drenching of liquid medication (liver tonic). Clinical examination revealed a high body temperature of 104.4°F, purulent nasal discharge, coughing, dyspnea, congested mucus membrane, and open mouth breathing. Thoracic auscultation revealed crackling lung sounds in the antero-ventral part of both lungs. Hematology showed neutrophilic leukocytosis. The animal recovered well after treatment with ceftiofur sodium, meloxicam, etophylline and theophylline, chlorpheniramine maleate, vitamin B-complex, herbal caflon powder, and steam of turpentine oil.

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