Publications

an outbreak of salmonella enteritidis infection in pygmy hogs (sus salvanius).	an outbreak of salmonellosis was recorded in captive pygmy hogs (sus salvanius), a critically endangered species of mammal. of 42 captive animals maintained for conservation breeding by the pygmy hog conservation programme, guwahati, assam, india, 7 (16.67%) died within 3 days. the organism associated with this outbreak was identified as salmonella enteritidis. the organisms were highly susceptible to chloramphenicol, gentamicin, norfloxacin and cefotaxim but were resistant to ampicillin, oxytet ...	2001	11254078
salmonellosis in pigmy hogs (sus salvanius)--a critically endangered species of mammal.	the pigmy hog (sus salvanius) is the smallest and the rarest wild suid in the world. this species is on the verge of extinction and the world conservation union has rated it among the most endangered of all mammals. this paper reports the investigation into an outbreak of salmonellosis among captive pigmy hogs at the research and breeding centre of the pigmy hog conservation programme, guwahati, assam, india. of 75 pigmy hogs (38 males and 37 females) maintained at the centre, seven (9.3%) died ...	2005	16642766
investigation of haemorrhagic enteritis in pygmy hogs (sus salvanius) from india.	the pygmy hog is a representative of the smallest and rarest wild species of known living suidae. this paper reports the investigation of haemorrhagic enteritis encountered amongst the pygmy hogs at the research and breeding centre of the pygmy hog conservation programme, guwahati, assam, india. three out of 68 pygmy hogs died of enteric infection. post-mortem examination and bacteriological investigation of two out of the three animals that died revealed clostridial infection. the isolates harb ...	2010	21309467
classical swine fever in the pygmy hog.	the pygmy hog is a rare, small and highly endangered mammal belonging to the suidae family, and it is presently found only in the assam state of india. while investigating the cause of death of pygmy hogs housed at a conservation centre for captive breeding and research at basistha, assam, it was confirmed that they were susceptible to and died as a result of contracting classical swine fever (csf), caused by csf virus (csfv), which is a highly infectious endemic disease of domestic pigs in indi ...	2012	23520745