EARLY PREDICTION OF NEONATAL CALF DIARRHOEA IN MURRAH BUFFALO THROUGH DAILY INFRARED TEMPERATURE MONITORING
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Bubalus bubalis, buffaloes, Neonatal calf diarrhoea, infrared orbital temperature, rectal temperature, Murrah buffaloAbstract
The present study aimed for an early prediction of Neonatal calf diarrhoea (NCD) based on Infrared thermography (IRT) measured orbital temperature, in the naturally occurring NCD under organized farm conditions. Twenty, day-old Murrah buffalo calves were monitored for orbital temperature by IRT and rectal temperature by clinical thermometer consecutively for 30 days. Significant (P<0.05) increase in orbital and rectal temperature was recorded one day before, on the day and one day after diarrhoea in case of calves affected with diarrhoea (n=4) as compared to healthy calves (n=16). Significant (P<0.05) increase of 0.47oC and 0.70oC in Orbital and 0.92°C and 1.12°C in rectal temperature was recorded on the day of diarrhoea compared to two days before diarrhoea as well as previous seven days average temperature before diarrhoea in affected calves. Significantly (P<0.05) higher white blood cells count, lymphocyte and neutrophils percentage, and symptoms of shooting diarrhoea confirmed the NCD cases. IRT scanning of the eye can be a useful tool in early identification of NCD even before the actual clinical signs appear.
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