
Guru Angad Dev Veterinary and Animal Sciences University organised a panel discussion on ‘Hardware disease in dairy animals’. The discussion began with an introductory address by Parkash Singh Brar, director of extension education of the university.
He said that the increasing mechanisation of farming operations in agricultural and dairy sectors coupled with construction industry is the reason for the increased incidence of hardware ailments in dairy animals.
Dairy animals rapidly consume objects such as metallic nails, wires, sharp objects, and broken machine parts as they cannot distinguish between food and inedible items, said Devendra Pathak, principal scientist, and department of veterinary anatomy.
Pathak demonstrated, using a model, how these metallic objects lodge in the reticulum, the second section of the stomach of dairy animals. Ashwani Kumar, professor and head of the department of veterinary medicine pointed out that the incidence of hardware disease in dairy animals has grown over time, as per the number of cases received at the university hospital.
Animals need surgical intervention to preserve their lives if a metallic object pierces their diaphragm or cardiac membrane, said Arun Anand, professor in the department of veterinary surgery. He also said that when carried out at an early stage, the success rate of these procedures is higher because of the extremely sophisticated facilities that the institution offers.
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