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* Animal aborting in last trimester of pregnancy should be got examined by a veterinarian as the dam might fail to
expell a large foetus, which is delatireous to the subsequent fertility of the animal.
* For diagnosis send a part of placenta, faetus as such and blood sample in ice to nearest disease investigation
laboratory.
Don’t
* Contents of abortion are not to be handled bare handed.
* Milk should not be used unboiled.
* Don’t wait longer than 12 hrs if the placenta is not shed.
FIRST AID IN ANIMALS
First aid is the immediate treatment of injured animals or those suffering from sudden illness. First aid is given to
an animal in order to achieve three objectives -
(i) To preserve life;
(ii) To minimise the suffering and
(iii) to protect the condition of the patient from deteriorating further. While dealing with an emergency, four cardinal
rules to be followed are :
(a) Do not be panicky.
(b Maintain the airway
(c) Control the bleeding, and above all
(d) Approach the veterinarian for immediate treatment.
DIFFERENT CONDITIONS AND THEIR MANAGEMENT
Condition Symptoms Management
1. Bleeding: caused Bleeding from any Number of methods are used
by injury or when blood part of the body (a) Direct digital pressure on
vessels are affected by wound or over bleeding point,
disease both are quick and effective
And require no equipment
except a finger or thumb.
(b) Pad and pressure
bandage pad of gauze, swabs
or over laid by cotton wool is
aplied to wound and
bandaged firmly.
(c) Pressure points - press
the bleeding blood vessel
against a bone. Three points
are bractial, femoral and
coccygeal artery.
2. Wound: An a) Open Wound- The aim of the treatment is
injury in which break in the to arrest bleeding if any and
there is forcible covering of the to treat shock and prevent
break in the cont- body i.e. skin sepsis. Different steps
inuity of soft and mucous include - (i) Remove any
tissues membrane. dressing applied in hurry,
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