- Volume 10, Number 2 (2023)
DIVERSE DUCKS: UNDERSTANDING THE IMPACT OF BREED AND SEX ON SERUM BIOCHEMICAL PARAMETERS IN WHITE PEKIN AND INDIGENOUS DUCKS OF TAMIL NADU
S. Menon Ananya
This study aimed to assess the impact of breed and sex on serum biochemical profiles in White Pekin and Indigenous ducks of Tamil Nadu. The research was conducted at the Post Graduate Research Institute in Animal Sciences (PGRIAS), Kattupakkam, with a sample size of eighty ducks, consisting of 20 males and 20 females from each breed. The ducks were raised under standardized management conditions, and blood samples were collected every four weeks from the 20th week for two months. Parameters such as Total Serum Protein, Serum Albumin, Serum Globulin, Serum Calcium, Serum Cholesterol, and Serum Triglyceride were evaluated. The findings...
BEYOND THE NORM: COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY AS A DIAGNOSTIC PIONEER IN LABRADOR RETRIEVER MULTICENTRIC LYMPHOMA
Siddharth M. Nair
This study aims to demonstrate the potential of computed tomography (CT) as a valuable diagnostic tool for multicentric lymphoma in a 5-year-old female Labrador retriever weighing approximately 27 kg. The dog was brought to the Small Animal Medicine outpatient unit of Madras Veterinary College due to inappetance, generalized lymphadenopathy, and impaired vision. Preliminary diagnostic tests such as radiography, ultrasonography, and fine needle aspiration cytology (FNAC) of the lymph node suggested lymphoma. To confirm the diagnosis, a CT scan was performed on the patient under mild anesthesia. The CT scan revealed significant changes in the spleen and other abdominal organs, confirming...
"BALANCING ACT: EVALUATING THE EFFICACY OF NEEM AND CEDAR WOOD OILS FOR ECO-FRIENDLY PEST MANAGEMENT AGAINST CALLOSOBRUCHUS CHINENSIS L
R Sharma, S. Menon Ananya
This study aimed to compare the fumigant potential and ovipositional behavior of neem oil, Himalayan cedar wood oil, and their combination against the pulse beetle, Callosobruchus chinensis L. The cedar wood oil was found to exhibit the highest knock-down effect of up to 100% at 3% concentration, while neem oil demonstrated the least corrected % knock-down. The mortality rate was highest in cedar wood oil rather than neem oil and their combination. However, the combined treatment of neem oil and cedar wood oil at 3% concentration exhibited a mortality rate comparable to cedar wood oil 3% concentration. In an ovipositional...