Bovine Respiratory Disease (BRD) Complex in Buffaloes-A Study of Associated Bacterial Isolates and their Antibiograms Kumar Praveen, Post Graduate Scholar, Kumar Ashok, Professor, Sharma Anshu3, Senior Bacteriologist and Incharge, Yadav Rajendra*, Assistant Professor Department of Veterinary Medicine, College of Veterinary Sciences, Lala Lajpat Rai University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences (LUVAS), Hisar-125004, (Haryana) 3College Central Laboratory *Corresponding author. E-mail: drrajendrayadav@gmail.com
Online published on 2 April, 2016. Abstract The present study included 24 clinical cases of BRD complex in buffaloes brought with complaint of anorexia, fever, nasal discharge, coughing, dyspnoea and abnormal lung sounds on auscultation of thoracic area. The diagnosis was based on clinical signs, haematological findings (leuckocytosis with neutrophilia) and confirmed by cultural and radiological examination. Bacterias isolated from nasal swab samples were Staphylococcus aureus, Streptococcus pyogenes, E. coli, Diplococcus spp., Pasteurella multocida and Klebsiella pneumoniae. Antibiogram profile of isolates revealed Ceftiofur to be the most sensitive anti-bacterial. Top Keywords Antibiogram, buffalo, BRD complex, ceftiofur. Top |