PREVALENCE OF PPR AND ITS TREATMENT IN SHEEP AND GOAT OF SATKHIRA DISTRICT IN BANGLADESH

Abstract

The study was conducted at Thana Veterinary Hospital, Shyamnagar, Satkhira from 26th June to 25th August 2010, to find out the prevalence of PPR and its treatment in sheep and goat. During the study period a number of 223 diseased goats were examined of which 111 (49.78%) peste des petits ruminants (PPR) and 80 diseased sheep were examined of which 24 (30%) peste des petits ruminants (PPR); cases were diagnosed on the basis of clinical sings and gross pathological lesions. Dull and depression, rough hair coat, dyspnoea, diarrhoea, swollen and erosion of lip and occulonasal discharges were the common findings during clinical examination of PPR patients. The gross pathological lesions found during postmortem examinations were consolidated pneumonic lungs, hemorrhagic trachea, necrosis and hemorrhagic plugs in caecum and characteristics zebra striping in the mucosa of colon. Goats were more susceptible (49.78%) than sheep (30%). Male goats were more susceptible (58.52%) than female goats (41.48%). Mortality rate in goat is more (58.55%) than sheep (45.83). 7-12 months of age was found more prone (in sheep 66.67% and in goat 55.86%) to PPR than other age. Black Bengal goats were more susceptible (55.41%) than Jamunapari goats (36.36%). The combined therapy of atropine, antihistaminic aided antibiotic + fluid therapy is more (56.06%) effective than Atropine aided antibiotic + fluid therapy (33.33%) or Antihistaminic aided antibiotic + fluid therapy (29.17%).