TRIALS ON TETANUS TREATMENT IN BEETAL GOATS | ||||
| Egyptian Journal of Sheep and Goats Sciences | ||||
| Article 34, Volume 5, Issue 1, April 2010, Page 1-8 PDF (91.48 K) | ||||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||||
| DOI: 10.21608/ejsgs.2010.27386 | ||||
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| Authors | ||||
| Arfan Yousaf1; Tanveer Ahmad1; Muhammad Arif Zafar1; Rao Zahid Abbas2 | ||||
| 1Department of Clinical Medicine and Surgery, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, Pakistan. | ||||
| 2Department of Parasitology , University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, Pakistan. | ||||
| Abstract | ||||
| ABSTRACT In the present study two different routes of anti-tetanus serum (ATS) administration were evaluated in naturally infected Beetal goats. A total of 10 goats during two years periods were registered at outdoor clinics of Department of Clinical Medicine and Surgery, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad. First 5 goats (irrespective of sex and age) were treated by using protocol –I (Inj. procaine penicillin- 1 million I.U./ IM + ATS- 10 thousands I.U/ IV+ Inj. Diazepam- 1ml IM) and other 5 goats received treatment protocol –II (Inj. procaine penicillin- 1 million I.U, IM + ATS- 10 thousands I.U IM + Inj. Diazepam- 1ml IM ). Anti-tetanus serum was administered once daily in both protocols while administration of penicillin and diazepam was continued as far the animal survived. None of the goats receiving the two protocols recovered from tetanus and most of the animals died/ slaughtered within 5 days of appearance of clinical signs. The study concluded that treatment of tetanus in goat is not successful | ||||
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