TAILIEUCHUNG - An accidental death of pregnant gilt

A carcass of a pregnant gilt of one year old was subjected for post mortem examination and was due for farrowing after 16 days. The day before death, the gilt introduced her head into the farrowing crate through the lower most guard pipe. After about 1/1/2 hrs of struggle she was released forcefully by the attendants. The gilt died after 2 hours. Based on history, circumstantial evidences and gross lesions the cause of death was ascertained as asphyxia and shock. This investigation detected that the gap of the lower guard pipe was not perfect for which the gilt could enter her head but unable to released her head. Therefore, pig farmers should take appropriate precaution to avoid such type of incidences in the farm. | 2019 8 6 831-833 EXCELLENT PUBLISHERS International Journal of Current Microbiology and Applied Sciences ISSN 2319-7706 Volume 8 Number 06 2019 Journal homepage http Case Study https An Accidental Death of Pregnant Gilt Sarojini Mahanta Tamuli1 Kongkon Jyoti Dutta1 Amrit Gogoi1 Kabita Sarma2 Binita Barua1 and Tirtha Nath Upadhyaya1 1 Department of Pathology 2Department ofAnatomy and Histology CVSc AAU Khanapara Guwahati-22 India Corresponding author ABSTRACT Keywords Asphyxia Farrowing crate Gilt Guard pipe Article Info Accepted 10 May 2019 Available Online 10 June 2019 A carcass of a pregnant gilt of one year old was subjected for post mortem examination and was due for farrowing after 16 days. The day before death the gilt introduced her head into the farrowing crate through the lower most guard pipe. After about 1 1 2 hrs of struggle she was released forcefully by the attendants. The gilt died after 2 hours. Based on history circumstantial evidences and gross lesions the cause of death was ascertained as asphyxia and shock. This investigation detected that the gap of the lower guard pipe was not perfect for which the gilt could enter her head but unable to released her head. Therefore pig farmers should take appropriate precaution to avoid such type of incidences in the farm. Introduction Accidental death of animal can be encountered due to various reasons such as hanging strangulation drowning eletrocution lightning burning automobile accidents1 2. The pathology of death in such cases was reported as asphyxia3 4. But an unusual death of pregnant gilt in the farrowing crate was not recorded yet. Hence this case report has been considered as valuable information for the farmers as well as for the veterinary practitioners. A gilt of one year of age was brought to the department of pathology College of Veterinary Science AAU Khanapara-22 for postmortem examination. The history of death

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