National Academy of Agricultural Sciences (NAAS)
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PRINT ISSN : 2319-7692
Online ISSN : 2319-7706 Issues : 12 per year Publisher : Excellent Publishers Email : editorijcmas@gmail.com / submit@ijcmas.com Editor-in-chief: Dr.M.Prakash Index Copernicus ICV 2018: 95.39 NAAS RATING 2020: 5.38 |
Recumbent cow syndrome or Downer cow refers to cows that become recumbent and fail to rise. Five hundred and fifty six cows presented in recumbency to veterinary hospital, Namakkal district of Tamil Nadu during the period June 2015 to May 2019 were studied. The musculoskeletal disorders was 32.19 per cent (n= 179).The various musculoskeletal disorders contributing for recumbent cow in the presence study included peroneal nerve paralysis (28.49 per cent), radial nerve paralysis (13.41 per cent), stifle joint injury (21.79 per cent), tibial nerve paralysis (14.53 per cent), sciatic nerve paresis (7.82 per cent), hip dislocation (6.70 per cent), gastrocnemius muscle rupture (3.35 per cent) and others including obturator nerve paresis, hip fracture, femur fracture and peroneus tersius muscle rupture (7 per cent). The pathagnomonic clinical signs of recumbent cows with musculoskeletal disorders were listed in detail.
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