PNEUMO-ENTERITIS SYNDROME AMONG GOATS IN DERA GHAZI KHAN

Abstract

Clinico-epidemiological observations on an outbreak of a pneumo-enteritis syndrome among goats in Dera Ghazi Khan district, Punjab (Pakistan) were recorded. The condition exclusively affected the goats of all breeds. The salient clinical findings included desire to sit in the sun, pyrexia, nasal discharge, cough, loose greenish feces, bleating and abortion. Of the hundred (100) cases treated with norfloxacin and oral plus intravenous electrolytes and liver detoxifying agent, 75 per cent survived. Mortality among untreated goats approached almost 95 %. Gram negative rod shaped organism was isolated from the nasal discharge and faecal material of the affected animals. Haematological changes included an accelerated ESR and moderate leukopenia. Necropsy findings included enteritis with intestines containing greenish yellow fluid, distended gall bladder, enlarged heart and pneumonic changes in lungs.