A STUDY ON POSSIBLE CAUSES OF GOAT MORTALITY IN SITAKUNDU UNION OF CHITTAGONG DISTRICT

Abstract

The study was undertaken to investigate the possible causes of goat mortality in selected areas of Sitakundu upazilla under Chittagong district, for a period of 30 days starting from of 1st January to 30th January 2012. Information was collected through a questionnaire by direct interviewing with the goat owners. It was observed that mortality was 35.15%, 34.18% and 30.67%, kid, buck and doe respectively. Among 110 kids 40.90% died of pneumonia and 27.27% died of diarrhea. Other prevalent causes of mortality were PPR, coccidiosis, poisoning and predator. Similarly, adult does and bucks died of infectious diseases i.e. PPR (doe 46.87%, buck 46.72%), diarrhea (doe 20.83%, buck 14.02%), pneumonia (doe 15.63%, buck 20.56%), coccidiosis (doe 5.2%, buck 6.54%). Among the non-infectious diseases, dystocia (7.2%) was prevalent. Maximum percentage of mortality occurred in winter season (50.44%). It may therefore be inferred that, maximum mortality of goat occurred in Sitakundu upazilla due to prevalence of goat pneumonia and PPR.