Vol. 11, Special Issue 10 (2022)

Author(s):
Dr. Shant Kumar VS, Dr. Prathviraj, Dr. Ranganath GJ, Dr. Chandrashekara N, Dr. Raghunath BV and Dr. Ramesh D

Abstract:
Small ruminants play an important role in Indian economy and are a source of livelihood and employment to millions of rural households. It contributes around 8.5% to the total value of output from livestock sector. Current research is reported from the Bidar district of northern Karnataka Kenguri sheep is one of the famous breed well adopted for the nomadic grazing system of rearing. There was sudden death of the about twenty sheep with the history of accidental grain consumption. Five representative samples of Ruminal contents and intestinal contents were collected aseptically and sent to the Institute of Animal health and Veterinary Biologicals (IAH&VB) Bengaluru-560024, for further analysis like physical examination like colour, consistency of the ruminal fluid, biochemical analysis like the pH, motility of rumen microflora, and Microbiological analysis like gram staining of rumen fluid, Postmortem examination like enlarged liver, hemorrhage in heart, and fluid filled gas accumulated rumen and intestines were observed. The outcome of the current study revealed that the sudden death of the sheep is due to managemental disorders like ruminal acidosis.