Under the patronage of Professor Dr. Rahi Kalf Mahdi Al-Yasiri, President of Al-Qadisiyah University, and under the supervision of Professor Dr. Munir Abdul Amir Abdul Fatlawi, Dean of the College of Veterinary Medicine, the Department of Internal and Preventive Medicine at the college held a seminar on tetanus in field animals. Eng. Zafar Rashid Hamid
The discussion session included a definition of tetanus, its causative agent, the source of infection, the most prominent clinical signs that appear in infected animals, how to diagnose the disease, and methods of control and treatment.
The session recommended controlling the disease by vaccinating animals at risk of infection, cleaning wounds and preventing contamination, cleaning and sterilizing surgical instruments used in operations, treating infected animals with antibiotics such as penicillin and tetanus antitoxin, administering muscle relaxants to relieve spasms, and providing fluid therapy.
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