Karnataka: Cattle death: scientists visit Henberu

[Ronan Kelly]

Cattle death: scientists visit Henberu

Scientists from the Southern Regional Disease Diagnostic Laboratory (SRDDL), Bangalore, on Friday visited Henberu hamlet coming under Paduvari Gram Panchayat near Byndoor, where 83 heads of cattle died over the last one week.

Nagaraj Marvanthe, Veterinary Officer, Byndoor, told The Hindu that the scientists from the SRDDL had investigated the ailing cattle at the Henberu hamlet and also visited the areas where garbage had been dumped in the village.

He said there was no death of any cattle on Friday, but confirmed that two heads of cattle had fallen sick.
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[Ronan Kelly]

Re: Karnataka: Cattle death: scientists visit Henberu

Food poisoning caused cattle deaths
Stanley Pinto, TNN Apr 23, 2012, 08.42AM IST

MANGALORE: Scientists have diagnosed the cause of cattle deaths at Paduveri at Byndoor in Udupi District, to Clostrdril intoxication. In laymans terms -- severe case of food poinsoning.
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Sources said food-borne botulism is not an infection but an intoxication since it results from the ingestion of foods that contain the pre-formed clostridial toxin. The toxin is released only after the death of cells. The toxin resists digestion and is absorbed by the upper part of the gastro intestinal tract and then into the blood, where it affects neurotransmitters resulting in paralysis. The incubation period is 12-36 hours. Dr Nagaraj said identification takes a lot of tests and hence, time in pin pointing the cause.

He said vaccines were not available in India as in the case of West and some south Asian countries, for cattle immunisation. With this in mind, preventive measures were important, Dr Nagaraj said. Preventive measures include: avoiding cattle's access to animal waste, fencing the grazing area to avoid dumping, avoiding stall feeding and checking the feed for contaimination. Dr Nagaraj said 400 dairy cattle had died in a California herd in 1998, the reason being unintentional contamination of feed from the carcass of a dead cat. He said government or milk unions should provide fodder to avoid such cases.

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