Significance of Ante-mortem inspection
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S. No
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Condition
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Symptoms
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Ante-mortem Significance
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1.
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Anthrax: Forage poisoning
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Fever, boldly diarrhea and red dark blood discharge from natural orifices
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U, D.
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2
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Actinomycosis
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Lumpy jaw – a chronic granulomatous disease
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CU
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S.
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3.
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Actinobacillosis
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Wooden tongue – fibrous tissue causing enlargement and hardening of tongue
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CU
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S.
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4.
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Black Quarter
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Severe inflammation of muscles followed by crepitating swelling on shoulder, neck, breast, loins or thigh.
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U.
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5.
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Foot and Mouth Disease
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Dullness, depressed appetite, lameness, salivation
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U
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6.
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Listeriosis (Circling Disease)
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Stiffness of neck, inco-ordinated movement of limbs, paralysis of muscles of jaws and pharynx
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U.
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P.
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S.
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7.
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Rabies
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Manifestation of neurological disorders
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U.
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8.
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Salmonellosis
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Severe diarrhea with foul smell, many contain blood, fever, loss of appetite, dullness, dehydration
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U
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9.
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Swine Erysipelas
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Acute septicaemia, skin lesions, chronic arthritis and vegetative endocarditis
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CU
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S.
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10.
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Selenium Poisoning
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Peeling of skin
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U.
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P.
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S.
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11.
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Swine fever (Hog cholera)
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Acute highly contagious disease – septicaemia in the form of multiple haemorrhages
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U
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12.
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Tetanus
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Acute highly fatal infective disease characterized by spasmodic contraction of voluntary muscles especially masseter muscle often causing lock jaw condition
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U, D.
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13.
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Tuberculosis
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Chronic inflammation of lungs, swelling of retropharyngeal lymph gland
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Generalised - U
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Localised - S
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14.
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White Scour in Calves
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Large abscess in the abdominal wall near umbilicus which becomes hard and swollen
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CU
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S.
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