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Original Research Articles                      Volume : 7, Issue:12, December, 2018

PRINT ISSN : 2319-7692
Online ISSN : 2319-7706
Issues : 12 per year
Publisher : Excellent Publishers
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Editor-in-chief: Dr.M.Prakash
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Int.J.Curr.Microbiol.App.Sci.2018.7(12): 794-796
DOI: https://doi.org/10.20546/ijcmas.2018.712.099


Emergency Critical Care of Accidental High Fall in a Wild Indian Palm Squirrel (Funambulus palmarum)
Pankaj Kumar Patel1, Naveen Kumar Verma2, Sawita Kumari Patel3, Anshuk Sharma4, Brijesh Patel5, Sonam Bhatt1, Babul Rudra Paul1, Supriya Yadav1, Desh Deepak1, Vandita mishra6and S.K. Dixit1*
1 Division of Medicine
2Division of Surgery
3Division of Veterinary Public Health
4Division of Pharmacology &Toxicology
5Division of Livestock Production and Management,
6Division of Livestock Product Technology, ICAR-Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Izatnagar-243122, India
*Corresponding author
Abstract:

This report deals with the successful clinical management of squirrel which fell from a great height. A male wild Indian palm squirrel around 50 gm weights was presented to the Referral Veterinary Polyclinic, IVRI Izatnagar in comatose condition with the history of fall from the treetop to the ground. Clinical examination revealed congested mucous membrane, lack of eye reflexes, ventral abdominal cyanosis, normal body temperature, tachycardia and tachypnoea. The case was successfully managed with life saving drug adrenaline, nikethamide and dexamethasone along with amoxicillin, neurobion, multivitamins.


Keywords: Accidental high fall, Funambulus palmarum, Adrenaline

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Pankaj Kumar Patel, Naveen Kumar Verma, Sawita Kumari Patel, Anshuk Sharma, Brijesh Patel, Sonam Bhatt, Babul Rudra Paul, Supriya Yadav, Desh Deepak, Vandita Mishra and Dixit, S.K. 2018. Emergency Critical Care of Accidental High Fall in a Wild Indian Palm Squirrel (Funambulus palmarum).Int.J.Curr.Microbiol.App.Sci. 7(12): 794-796. doi: https://doi.org/10.20546/ijcmas.2018.712.099
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