A novel study on the quality of life index in canine chronic kidney disease treated with incremental intermittent hemodialysis.

Background And Aim: In veterinary medicine, health-related quality-of-life index (QOL) measurements are becoming increasingly important because they are a multifaceted concept that represents not only patients' physical well-being but also clients' emotional health. This study assessed QOL in dogs receiving incremental intermittent hemodialysis (-IHD) with high- and low-flux dialyzers.

Materials And Methods: Thirty dogs diagnosed with chronic kidney disease (CKD) Stage IV were randomly divided into two groups of 15 dogs each.

Bacterial isolation of milk samples submitted from clinical mastitis buffaloes during 2007 to 2016.

The present study determined trends in the isolation of bacterial pathogens in milk samples submitted from clinical mastitis buffaloes at the University mastitis laboratory during 2007 to 2016. Culture results (n = 3945) were classified into six categories (Staphylococcus spp., 28.

Associations of teat morphometric parameters and subclinical mastitis in riverine buffaloes.

The possible association between teat morphometric traits and subclinical mastitis (SCM) in dairy buffaloes was studied. Teat morphometric parameters, i.e.

A note on mixed coccidian and infection in pigeons.

Two adult pigeons were presented to the Teaching Veterinary Hospital (TVH), GADVASU, Ludhiana, Punjab with the history of weakness, anorexia, ruffled feathers and intermittent diarrhoea. Coproscopic examination revealed the presence of coccidian oocysts alongside eggs of spp. Based on the morphological characters the eggs were designated as .

Relationship between teat morphological traits and subclinical mastitis in Frieswal dairy cows.

The present study was aimed to investigate the relationship between selected morphological traits of teat and subclinical mastitis (SCM) in Frieswal crossbred dairy cows. A total of 1040 quarters from 261 lactating cows were evaluated for teat shape (bottle/fleshy/collapsed/conical/normal/pencil and short), teat-end shape (dished/flat/funnel/pocketed/pointed and rounded), teat orientation (aligned/misaligned) and teat position (front and rear; left-sided and right-sided). Each udder quarter was screened with California Mastitis Test (CMT) for the purpose of defining quarter health status.

Udder health in relation to udder and teat morphometry in Holstein Friesian × Sahiwal crossbred dairy cows.

The present investigation involved 261 Holstein Friesian (HF) × Sahiwal cows to study the udder health as well as the udder and teat morphometry. The udder health was defined on the basis of bacteriology and California mastitis test of quarter foremilk. The morphometry parameters included udder fore depth (UFD, distance from the point where the fore udder merges within the abdomen to a point in front of the fore teats at the level of the udder base), udder rear depth (URD, distance from the bottom of the vulva to the base of the rear udder), udder depth (UD, level of the udder base with respect to hock joint), height of the udder from the floor, teat length, teat diameter (at mid of the teat barrel), teat-tip to floor distance and distance between the teats.