Vol. 11, Special Issue 7 (2022)

Author(s):
Vikas Mahile, PD Gadhave, DP Kadam, PV Meshram, SD Ingole, DA Pawalkar and VD Thorat

Abstract:
The present study was conducted to study the prevalence and histopathology of pneumonic lesions in slaughtered goats at Deonar abattoir, Mumbai. From July 2021 to September 2021, a total of 663 goats were examined for gross pneumonic lesions in the lungs of slaughtered goats using systematic random sampling. Pneumonia was found in fifty-one of the lungs. For histological investigation, representative samples of pneumonic lungs were taken. The prevalence of pneumonia was estimated to be 7.08 % based on histological confirmation. On gross examination, the bilateral lobes were determined to be the most afflicted (66.6%). Lesions in the cranial lobes were more common than in the other lobes. Consolidation was discovered in 41 of the lungs (80.39 percent). In 32 of the lungs, emphysema was discovered (62.74 percent). pulmonary congestion and hemorrhages in 30 (58.82 percent) of the lungs. Pulmonary adhesions were discovered in 8 (15.68%) of the cases. In ten of the cases, pulmonary abscesses were discovered (19.60%). Four cases (7.84) had cystic lungs. Suppurative bronchopneumonia was the most prevalent type of pneumonia (47.05%), followed by fibrinous bronchopneumonia (13.7%), pulmonary adenomatosis (9.8%), bronchointerstitial pneumonia (7.84%), hydatidosis (7.84%), and aspiration pneumonia (1.9%). The present study concluded that suppurative bronchopneumonia was the most prevalent type of pneumonia found in the slaughtered goats.