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Amit Kumar ¹, Som Prakash Tyagi ¹, Priyanka Thakur ¹, Rohit Sharma ¹

Affiliations
1 Department of Surgery and Radiology, Dr. G C Negi College of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, CSK Himachal Pradesh Krishi Vishvavidyalaya, Palampur -176062, HP, IN

Abstract

This report pertains to a successful surgical removal of a sewing needle that was ingested by an eight years old buffalo. The animal was not able to ingest anything after the needle ingested. The radiographic examination on lateral and dorsal-ventral views revealed the presence of the needle in the sub mandibular area. After preparing the animal for operation, the genioglossus muscle was incised. The foreign body was reached which was too sharp and move along with movement of tongue. A flat instrument was put in the oral cavity to stabilise the tongue. The foreign body was then removed with help of long artery foreceps. Antiseptic dressing with ointment Neosporin and topicure spray locally was advised till the complete healing of the wound. Retrieval of the needle seems easy but it was still difficult as it was embedded in genioglossus muscle and was moving along with the movement of tongue.

Keywords

Buffalo, Foreign Body, Radiographic Examination, Genioglossus Muscle, Surgical Retrieval.

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Amit Kumar ¹, Nikita Mastkar ¹, Priyanka Thakur ¹, Ashish Gupta ¹, Rohit Kumar ¹

Affiliations
1 Department of Surgery and Radiology, Dr. G C Negi College of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, CSK Himachal Pradesh Krishi Vishvavidyalaya, Palampur-176 062, IN

Abstract

Ingestion of foreign bodies due to indiscriminate eating habit is one of the common problems in animals and specially canines (Easom, 1983, Kumar et al. 2015, Prasad et al. 2010). The present study report is the evidence where sewing needle pierced and occupied at pharyngeal area and was retrieved successfully from a dog.

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Priyanka Thakur ¹, R. S. Rana ¹, Nalini Challa ¹, K. C. Sharma ¹

Affiliations
1 Department of Entomology, Dr. Y S Parmar University of Horticulture and Forestry, Nauni – 173230, Himachal Pradesh, IN

Abstract

Mechanism of host plant resistance in tomato varieties was evaluated and compared against tomato fruit borer, Helicoverpa armigera (Hubner) attack in the Solan district known to be 'Tomato bowl of Himachal Pradesh'. Eight varieties utilized for the experiment included three self pollinating indeterminate varieties developed by selection (Solan Lalima, Solan Vajar, Palam Pink) and four hybrids (Naveen 2000+, Heem Sohna, Red Gold, Rakshita Yash Tomato). In order to locate the sources for resistance in tomato foliage various macro and micro- nutrients were extracted from these varieties and chemical composition of tomato fruits viz., content of total phenols, titrable acidity, reducing sugars and total sugars were also estimated to compare for varying levels of resistance to Helicoverpa armigera. The content of phenol and sugars in tomato fruits was found to be negatively correlated with fruit infestation with values of correlation coefficient (r = - 0.895) and (r = - 0.650), respectively, indicating that susceptible varieties were low in phenols as well as in sugars. Nitrogen (r = 0.660), potassium (r = 0.679), magnesium (r = 0.698), iron (r = 0.547) and manganese (r = 0.546) content were found to be optimistically correlated with per cent fruit infestation while, phosphorous (r = - 0.857) and zinc (r = - 0.801) content did not favor the fruit borer attack. This observed resistance can be exploited for developing crop cultivars, which readily produce the inducible response upon mild infestation, and can act as important components of integrated pest management compatible with other approaches like biological control, cultural control as well as chemical control.

Keywords

Correlation, Helicoverpa armigera, Micronutrients, Resistance, Susceptible, Tomato.

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