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Sri. K. P. Nooruddin former Minister of Forestand Animal Husbandry passed away on 30th Mayat Kannur. His unique and brilliant way of pilotingthe KSVC act in the legislature will long beremembered. He was a great visionary and wellwisher of our sector. Floral tributes were offered byIVA Kannur unit on behalf of Veterinary Communityas mortal remains reached Gandhi SmritiMandapam.

May his soul rest in peace.

Dr. Eric Fernandez, Retired Joint Director,

Department of Animal Husbandry passed away

on 19th June at Thiruvananthapuram. Born in the

Year 1935, he belongs to the First Batch of Covas

Mannuthy. He got retired from AHD as JD in

1990

May his soul rest in peace.

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COMBINED EXECUTIVE OF IVA, KERALA AND KGVOA WAS HELD ON19TH JUNE AT VETERINARIANS BUILDING, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM.

COMBINED EXECUTIVE DECISIONS

v Decided to conduct Annual Veterinarian’sconvention for the year 2016 at Kannurhonouring the Claim of Kannur district.Theother contestants Malappuram and AlappuzhaDistricts magnanimously withdrew their claims,upholding the spirit of unity .

v Authorised the building committee to take upthe overdue renovatation work of theVeterinarians Building at Thiruvananthapuramat the earliest ,and sanctioned fund withdrawalfrom the Corpus Building Fund, as per therequirement of the Building Committee.

v The status of the Convention A/c, andDr.Gopakumar Fund A/c were presentedby Dr.Sajithkumar ,State Treasurer,KGVOA.He also presented the current payments madeinto the A/c for the Convention 2016 fromKGVOA members.

v Dr.C.K.Premkumar,State Tresurer,IVA ,presented the current payments made into theA/c for the Convention 2016 from IVAmembers.

v Dr.Krishnadas,District President of IVA, Idukkiunit presented the preparation made for WorldZoonosis Day 2016 commemoration to be heldat Thodupuzha on 6th July .He also informedthat a grand Inter School Quiz with 19participant schools ,were conducted on 18.6.16at Thodupuzha, as a run up to the event.

Building Committee meeting was held on 19th June. The following decisions were taken

u Endorsed the decision of last year’s building committee accepting the bid of lowest bidder.

u A Building renovation committee was formed with Dr. Kumaradas, State Building Committeemember, IVA, Kerala as chairman, Dr. Theodore John. Building Committee members as convenor,Dr. Zachariah Sebastian, Building Committee members as Accounts manager, Dr. Shaman, BuildingCommittee member, KGVOA and Dr. Manoj Nair, Joint Secretary (SZ), IVA as members.

u Decided to document the Pre Work condition of the building, with photos and videos and to updatethe list of works due .The committee will hold the discussions with appropriate consultants beforefinalising the Electrical ,Plumbing and interior furnishing works. The sitting with the executor shouldbe arranged at the earliest(meeting held on 21st June).

u The above committee is authorised to take appropriate decisions and emergency procedures onbehalf of the Building committee wherever and whenever needed.

New President for IVA, Kerala Pathanamthitta UnitDr. Sisy Philip was unanimously selected as the District President of IVA, Kerala during the general body

held on 02-06-2016 in the event of Dr. P. K. Anand Former President moving out to Kollam. Dr. Sisy Philip hasheld various key positions in the Veterinary associations and is a highly experienced leader.

Congratulations Dr. Sisy Philip, success at your new assignment hinges on how wellyou can use the experience of your stints as an association leader. Good luck.

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projector. Masters Jose Thomas & Asif MuhammedC H of Vimala Public School, Thodupuzha securedthe first place. Following a tie breaker round, MastersAbin Jose & Vishnu Pradeep of Jawahar NavodayaVidyalaya, Kulamavu won the second prize. MastersBenson Benny & Riswan Hamsak of Depaul PublicSchool, Thodupuzha was placed in the third positionafter the tie breaker round. Dr. Krishnadas P(Secretary IVA Idukki) offered vote of thanks. Thewinners will be awarded their prizes and certificatesat the Zoonoses Day Commemoration on July 6th atHotel Sicillia, Thodupuzha. All the participants willbe awarded certificates and complementary prizesand will be sent to their schools via post. The QuizCompetition was really helpful in conveying themessage of Zoonoses Day Commemoration and thequality and professionalism of the event wasappreciated by the audience. The District IVA unit isthankful to the help offered by the District KGVOAunit, The Management of De Paul Public SchoolThodupuzha, Dr. Prasad (Asst. Professor), Sri JijoTechnical Assistant, ADCP Idukki who helped us withthe power point preparations.

WORLD ZOONOSES DAY QUIZ

A quiz competition for secondary schoolstudents was conducted on 18.06.2016 at De PaulPublic Public School, Thodupuzha as part of theZoonoses Day Commemoration. Notice was sent to56 schools in and around 50 km radius ofThodupuzha. Wide publicity was also given inleading newspapers. 19 schools registered for theQuiz competition. Dr. P V Narendan (President IVAIdukki) welcomed the students. Dr. Prasad (Asst.Professor, College of Veterinary & Animal Sciences,Mannuthy) was the Quiz Master. A preliminarywritten session was done at 10 am to select sixqualifying teams for the final quiz competition. Inpreliminary written session 20 questions were thereto answer in 15 minutes. The score sheets wereevaluated on the spot and top six scored teams wereselected. Before the final quiz, answers of the preliminarysession were discussed with all the participants. Dr. JustinJacob Adhikaram (President KGVOA Idukki) conveyedthe purpose of Zoonoses Day commemoration to theaudience. The final quiz competition started withsix rounds with each round containing sixquestions. Quiz competition was carried out in ahighly professional manner in power point with LCD

KVASU Invites Application

For MVSc/PhD Distance Education programs

KERALA VETERINARY AND ANIMAL SCIENCES UNIVERSITY as per Notification No. KVASU/DAR/AcadB1/10862/16 Pookode, dt.18.05.2016 has invited application for admission to Doctoral, Masters, Diploma and PGDiploma/Certificate Programmes for the year 2016-17. Detailed information and schedule of admission proceduremay be viewed at www.kvasu.ac.in Applications are to be submitted online. Candidates may go through the prospectusof the various courses thoroughly, before filling the online application form. Those who have appeared for finalexamination of qualifying degree may also apply. Last date of online application for M.V.Sc/ Ph.D is 22.07. 2016 andfor Distant learning courses, 14.10.2016. Prospectus of Ph.D / M.V.Sc courses and Distant learning courses will beuploaded in due course.

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CLINICIANS CORNERA PROTOCOL FOR GENERAL ANAESTHESIA IN GOATS

Sooryadas S.1, Joju Johns2, Dinesh P.T.3 and Syam K. Venugopal4

Dept. of Veterinary Surgery and Radiology, College of Veterinary and Animal Sciences.

v Withhold water for 2-4 hours in adults

v Cannulate the jugular vein or ear vein for IV fluidsand anaesthesia induction

v Administer pre-emptive analgesia (Inj. Flunixineor Inj. Meloxicam) at least half to one hour beforeinduction of anaesthesia

v Give Inj. Butorphanol @ 0.1 mg/kg IM or IVv Wait for 10 minutes

v For induction of anaesthesia, administerDiazepam/Midazolam (@ 0.1-0.2 mg/kg) followedby Ketamine (@ 4-10 mg/kg) IV

v Upon induction, intubate the trachea

o Open the mouth widelyo Using the long-bladed laryngoscope or the long

throat forceps press down the tongueo Under visualisation using either the light from

the laryngoscope or with an external light source(if the throat forceps is used), pass the stylet intothe trachea

o Over the stylet, pass the appropriate size ET tubeinto the trachea. Then take off the stylet. Inflatethe cuff of the ET tube and secure the tube to

the jaw

v Keep the mouth lower than the poll region (byplacing a rolled bandage of the size of a smallpillow under the neck at the level of the pollregion) so that the saliva flows out freely

v Perform local anaesthetic (lignocaine) infiltrationalong the proposed line of surgical incision

v When the animal recovers from the previousinduction bolus of anaesthesia, administer one-fourth to half the dose of ketamine for prolonging

the period of anaesthesia

It is a conventional practice to anaesthetise

goats using xylazine at the rate similar to that given

in large ruminants (0.1 mg/kg). This results in heavy

sedation (not general anaesthesia) and most often

become complicated and life threatening. It should

be kept in mind that the recommended dose of

xylazine in goats is as low as 0.02 to 0.05 mg/kg, but

still causing severe systemic side effects like

bradycardia and hypotension. A practically safe

protocol (avoiding xylazine) for general anaesthesiafor

a healthy goat, is being described here.

Requirements

v Anaesthetics and Adjuncts

o Inj. Butorphanol (1 mg/ml presentation)

o Inj. Diazepam (5 mg/ml) or Inj. Midazolam

(1 mg/ml)

o Inj. Ketamine (50 mg/ml)

o Inj. Lignocaine for local infiltration along the site

of surgical incision

o Inj. Flunixine or Inj. Meloxicam for pre-emptive

analgesia

v Cuffed Endotracheal tube of appropriate size

(No: 4 to No: 6)

v Long-bladed laryngoscope (ideal for easy

intubation) or a Long throat forceps

v Non-flexible stylet for easier placement of

endotracheal tube into trachea

v IV Cannula and IV fluid

Anaesthetic procedure

v Fast the animal for 16-18 hours, if adult and 2-4

hours, if kids.

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approach for analgesia is employed for the

anaesthetic/surgical procedure

v Doses of lignocaine above 8 mg/kg may cause

convulsions

v Maintenance of anaesthesia for prolonged periods

should be performed using inhalant anaesthetic

agents

Note:

v Atropine or glycopyrrolate is generally not used topre-medicate goats, because they result in thicksaliva which may block airways. It may be used ifthere is bradycardia. Since ketamine is used, andxylazine is avoided, chances of bradycardia is less

v Flunixine/Meloxicam provides pre-emptiveanalgesia; butorphanol provides analgesia andsedation; Lignocaine blocks the peripheral nerves

Signpost

Dr. Varuna P. Panicker, Asst Professor of Department of VeterinaryBiochemistry, College of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Mannuthy, Thrissurhas identified Antimicrobial peptides as a promising molecules to bedeveloped as drugs against MDR bacteria. The research was done under theguidance of Dr Sisilamma George. The findings has been published inInternational Journal of Peptide Research and Therapeutics. Multidrugresistant microbes (MDRs) is a matter of serious concern world wide. These

peptides can either be isolated from natural sources or designed and synthesized based on the template ofnatural peptides. The study on on ‘Molecular studies on myeloid Antimicrobial peptides in buffalo’ was donein KVASU. She identified genes of three such peptides from the buffalo bone marrow. Analogues and syntheticpeptides were also designed based on the template of natural peptides with suitable modifications in theantimicrobial domain to improve the antimicrobial potential. All the peptides were tested for its antimicrobialactivity such as, antibacterial (including MDR bacteria), antifungal, antiviral, antiparasitic, and anti cancerousproperty. Their antimicrobial activity was excellent with least cytotoxicity at its treatment dose and can bedeveloped as promising drug molecules.

Miss Samantha MariaKokkat, Daughter of Dr. SwapnaSusan Abraham, DiseaseInvestigation officer, CDIO, Palodesecured 19 th rank in thehumanities and Social Sciences

Entrance Examination for admission to integratedMA program at IIT, Chennai.

Congrats Miss Samantha.Come out with flying colors

Miss Swetha secured 475rank in her first attempt in thestate medical entrance. She is theproud daughter of Dr. K. P.Vinod Vet Surgeon, VetDispensary, Annakara,Palakkadand Dr Preetha, Medical officerat ESI, Parali, Palakkad.

Congratulations on your exemplaryperformance and wish you all the best in

your professional carrier.

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DISTRICT NEWS

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM

CVE on commercial dairying was conducted at

Kerala State Veterinary Council on 25/06/2016. The

orientation class on farm consultancy was taken by

Dr.Venugopal.R, SVS, VH Neyyattinkara on 25/06/

2016 and the field visit on 26/06/2016. 15

Veterinarians participated in the second phase of the

training programme and visited various farms near

Chengannur and Kottarakkara.

Felicitations to veterinarians retired from AnimalHusbandry Department was arranged on 04/06/2016at Bobban residency near Manjalikkulam road,Thiruvananthapuram. Dr.Thomas K Jacob, RetdAdditional Director,AHD, Dr.G.Latha, RetdAdditional Director AHD, Dr.M.Ramesh Kumar, retdAdditional Director AHD, Dr.Rani M Thomas, RetdDeputy Director AHD were felicitated during themeeting. The meeting was presided by Dr.JoseChristefer Raj, Dist President IVA.

PATHANAMTHITTA

IVA Pathanamthitta organised a memorablefelicitation ceremony to honour senior membersDr.(Capt) Saseendran Nair. Dr. Thomas K Jacob, Dr.Anitha MV, in the eve of their superannuation, on02.06.2016 at Hotel Hills Park, KumabazhaPathanamthitta. The program was preceded by theGeneral Body meeting of IVA, Pathanamthitta withagenda - Election of new District president, as thePresent IVA president Dr. Pradeep Kumar Anand,resigned from the post due to a transfer to his homedistrict Kollam. Dr. P.K. Anand, led IVAPathanamthitta, from the front especially during thedifficult times including the indefinite strike, and tookpart in the discussions with the minister during theending of the Vets strike. IVA patahanamthittaorganised the colorful Lady Vets Day program, underthe leadership of Dr. P.K. Anand, at Adoor. WePathanamthitta IVA members convey our regards andsincere thanks to Dr. PK Anand for his vibrantleadership. The new President Dr. Sisy Phillip wasselected by the General Body unanimously. IVAPathanamthitta convey our best wishes to Dr. SisyPhillip to continue the activities started by theoutgoing president. The felicitation ceremony waspresided by the newly elect IVA District President Dr,Sisy Phillip. The program was honoured by thepresence of Dr. Sai Prasad IVA State General Secretary,Dr. Raziya Kondalam, DAHO Pathanmthitta, Dr.Sajeev. H, retired Joint director, and other eminentsenior vets along with the full active members of IVAPathanamthitta. IVA honored those three eminentpersonalities with Aranmula Kannadi. The vote ofthanks speech was delivered by Dr. Rajeev. M,Secretary, IVA Pathanamthitta.

Editorial Board sincerely apologizes the omission of more photos from district units due to space constraintsChief Editor

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IVA & KGVOA Kottayam unit arranged afarewell to Dr (capt) Saseendran Nair, Dr John K Dand Dr Vivek Roshan on 7th June at vets homeKottayam. Vets from Kottayam expressed their loveand gratitude towards them in the function.

IDUKKI

A CVE program on “Fluid Therapy” washandled by Dr. P. V. Narendran on 28/05/2016 at HotelSicillia. Following CVE program a send off functionwas arranged to the retiring DAHO Dr. SreenivasanR and Dr. Sam Mani (SVS Peerumedu). The functionstarted with IVA Idukki district President Dr. P. V.Narendran presiding over the function. Dr. ThomasManavalan welcomed the gathering. Dr. MariammaThomas introduced the guest to the audience.Felicitations were offered by Dr. Justin JacobAdhikaram, Dr. Krishnadas, Dr. Radhakrishnan K.K,Dr. Dinesh, Dr. Hameed, Dr. Murugesan, Dr.Madhu,Dr. Reghunathan, Dr. Sunil, Dr. Asha, Dr.Nandagopal. The guests were honored by Ponnadaby Dr. Narendran and Dr. Prabhakaran Pillai. Dr.George P. Abraham presented the memento to Dr.Sreenivasan. Dr. P. G. Valsala presented memento toDr. Sam Mani. Dr. Geethamma expressed vote ofthanks after the reply speech by Dr.Seenivasan andDr. Sam Mani.

A quiz competition for secondary schoolstudents was conducted on 18.06.2016 at De PaulPublic Public School, Thodupuzha as part of theZoonoses Day Commemoration. The winners will beawarded their prizes and certificates at the ZoonosesDay Commemoration on July 6th at Hotel Sicillia,Thodupuzha

THRISSUR

A clinical conference on “Field level treatmentand management of haemoprotozoan diseases” wasconducted on 17th June 2016 at IVA building, Kalliathsquare, by Dr Joy George, SVS, VPC Irinjalakuda.The session was co-ordinated by Thrissur district IVAPresident Dr. K. D. Paul. The discussion was gracedby the presence of KGVOA district President Dr. B.Binod. The session proved to be very informative andthe participants also took keen interest by adding theirsimilar experiences in field situations.

PALAKKAD

A grand and fabulous merit award function was

organized by IVA, Kerala, Palakkad unit on the

evening of 3rd June 2016 @ Hotel Gazala. The

programme was inagurated by Jilla Panchayath

President Adv Shantha Kumar and Presided over by

IVA Palakkad unit President Dr. C.Madhu. 17

students were given merit AWARDS for passing out

10th and +2 exams in flying colours. Dr Sujith IVA

secretary welcomed the gathering. Felicitations were

offered by Dr Biju, Dr. Sreehari, Dr. Valsakumari, Dr.

Rejimon, Dr. Velayudha Kumar. Miss Swetha

daughter of Dr K.P Vinod who has secured 479 rank

in state medical entrance spoke on the occasion. The

vote of thanks was rendered by Dr Jyotish Kumar

which was followed by hi tea.

10COVAS, MANNUTHY

On 29.06.2016, the Indian VeterinaryAssociation, Mannuthy unit has organised a familyget-together to honour our Professors Dr. C.B.Manomohan (retired on 24.5.2016), Dr. Leo Joseph(retired on 25.5.2016) and Dr. AravindaGhosh (retiredon 30.5.2016) at Hotel Peninsula,Thrissur. There werearound 70 participants including senior professors,faculties of COVAS, Mannuthy and Pookode andtheir family members. The function started with awelcome address by the Secretary Dr. S.Sankaralingam and Presidential address by Dr. P.C.Alex. All three professors were felicitated by SeniorProfessors Dr. Sivaraman E., Dr. Rajagopala Raja C.K.,Dr. Geevarghese P.I., and Prof Dr. Devanand C.B. Allthree retiring professors, made reply speech followedby vote of thanks by Dr. ManjuSasidharan, Treasurer.

Dr. C. B. Manomohan receivingmemento from Dr. M.S. Nair

Dr. Leo Joseph receiving mementofrom Dr.Sivaraman E.

MALAPPURAM

IVA-KGVOA combined general body meeting forthe month of june was held at Hotel RitzPerinthalmanna on 2/6/2016.The function waspresided by Dr.P.U.Abdul asees,President IVAMalappuram and Dr.Suresh.B President KGVOAmalappuram welcomed the gathering.At the beginningof the function Dr.George varghese veterinary surgeonfrom Pathanamthitta took a detailed class on LSGproject formulation and implementation for the year2016-17. IVA arranged a programme for renewal ofKSVC registration of vets of malappuram and the teamfrom KSVC trivandrum helped to complete all theformalities for the registration without going to KSVChead quarters .A send off party was given to Dr.Samani

Dr. Aravinda Ghoshreceiving memento fromDr.Rajagopalan M.K.

who retired after 30 years of his service frommalappuram. Dr.Soumya Muraleedharan introducedDr.samani and his family to the audience.A mementowas presented to Dr.Samani by Dr.George.P.JohnDAHO malappuram.A memento was also presentedto Dr.George varghese by DAHO.A hand book onSPARK was released by DAHO which was preparedby Dr.Shameem.A, Dr.Abdulla.K and Dr.Sakeerhussain . There was also a short session on SLBP byDr.Sakkariya sadhique APO Nilambur. Dr.George.P.John DAHO, Dr.Rajan CVO,Dr.Meera Mohands DDmalappuram, Dr.Ajaykumar.P.N Secretary KGVOA,Dr.Sajeev kumar.K.A state vicepresident KGVOA,Dr.Karthikeyan Secretary IVA,Dr.Rajeesh.M Dr.VKP.Mohankumar, Dr.Uma.K.V,Dr.Haroon AbdulRasheed, Dr.Jayaraj.K,Dr.Narayanan.K, felicitated thefunction.IVA also decided to celebrate Ifthar meet on25/6/16 at hotel Prashanth malappuram.Vote of thankswas delivered by Dr.Harinarayanan treasurer KGVOAmalppuram.

KANNUR

Indian Veterinary Association, Kannur Unitorganized a CVE program about ‘CommercialDairying’ on 2nd June by Dr. R Venugopal, SeniorVeterinary Surgeon, Veterinary Hospital,Neyyattinkara. The CVE started with a welcomeaddress by Dr. Pramod S, IVA Kannur unit Secretary.Faculty was introduced by Dr. V Prasanth, PresidentIVA, Kannur Unit. The CVE program systematicallyreviewed the scope and plans to establish large scaledairy units in Kerala. Several members participatedin the discussions which followed. As a token ofappreciation a memento was presented to Dr. RVenugopal by Dr. C.P Prasad, SVS, VPCThalipparamba. The meeting came to an end with thevote of thanks by Dr. K.P Anil Kumar, Treasurer, IVAKannur unit.

KASARGOD

World Environment day was celebrated on 5th

June at Veterinary Campus Kanhangad followed byplanting 1000 plants in 110 institutions This combinedproject by IVA and KGVOA was inaugurated byHon’ble Minister for Revenue Sri. E.Chandraseskharan in the presence of Sri. V.V.Ramashan, Municipal Chairman, Kanhangad