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A preliminary attempt towards modulation of stress due to obstetrical interventions in buffaloes

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Title A preliminary attempt towards modulation of stress due to obstetrical interventions in buffaloes
 
Creator Prabhakar, S
Nanda, A S
Ghuman, S P S
Sharma, R D
 
Subject Buffaloes; Caesarean; Chlorpromazine; Cortisol; Dystocia; Fetotomy
 
Description Dystocia affected buffaloes (24) were utilized to evaluate the modulation of stress response of dystocia and obstetrical intervention in buffaloes wherein fetotomy (n=8) and caesarean section (n=16) were performed under epidural/local infiltration anaesthesia alone or with chlorpromazine tranquilization. The blood samples were collected through jugular catheter before, during, and at end of each obstetrical manoeuvre and on 3 post-manoeuvring days to estimate plasma cortisol levels. Calving control buffaloes (5) were also bled daily from day of calving till day 3 postpartum. Cortisol levels were significantly (P
 
Publisher Directorate of Knowledge Management in Agriculture
 
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Date 2012-07-18
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
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Format application/pdf
 
Identifier http://epubs.icar.org.in/ejournal/index.php/IJAnS/article/view/21998
 
Source The Indian Journal of Animal Sciences; Vol 69, No 12 (1999)
0367-8318
 
Language eng
 
Relation http://epubs.icar.org.in/ejournal/index.php/IJAnS/article/view/21998/10920
 
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