Vol. 11, Special Issue 7 (2022)

Author(s):
Naresh Kumar Sharma and H Dadhich

Abstract:
The present study was undertaken to determine the occurrence and pathomorphological changes of caseous lymphadenitis in camel in North-Western, Rajasthan. Majority of the camels included in this study had died of natural causes. The overall occurrences of this conditions were 27.58% reported in present study. Grossly, the lymph nodes were congested, swollen and enlarged. It contains odorless, non-granular and non-calcified thin creamy homogenous yellowish white pus in cortex and medulla. Histopathological, homogeneous eosinophilic fluid contains fragmented nuclear, large numbers of neutrophils, lymphocytes and cellular debris with partial and complete depletion of lymphocytes from germinal center. Gram positive 5(27.77 per cent) and Gram negative 13(72.22 per cent) were identified. The most predominant microorganisms were Klebsiella pneumoniae 27.77 per cent, followed by Enterobacter cloacae 22.22 per cent, E. coli 16.66 per cent, Enterococcus spp., Bacillus spp., 11.11 per cent, S. aureus and Stenotroph maltophillia 5.55 per cent reported.