OCCURENCE OF VARIOUS DISEASES OF LIVESTOCK AT BELABO UPAZILLA OF NARSINGDI DISTRICT IN BANGLADESH

Abstract

The present study was conducted to determine the clinical prevalence of diseases and disorders in cattle and goats at Belabo Upazilla Veterinary Hospital, Narsingdi during February to March, 2018. Total cases were 252, among them cattle were 131(51.98%) and goats were 121(48.12%). Diagnosis was done on the basis of clinical history, clinical examination and microscopic examination. Clinical examinations detected 26 different types of diseases and disorders in 131 cattle, where highest prevalence of fascioliasis 28(21.37%) and lowest in milk fever 1(0.76%) were recorded. Age wise prevalence in calves (<6 months), middle aged (6months - 2 years) and adult cattle(>2 years) were 16(12.21%), 79(60.3%) and 36(27.48%), respectively. Sex wise prevalence in male and female cattle were 71(54.11%) and 60(45.8%), respectively. In 121 goats, 22 different types of digestive disorders were detected where highest prevalence of PPR was 22(18.18%) and lowest prevalence of tetanus was 1(0.83%). Age wise prevalence in kids (<6 months), middle aged (6months to 2 years) and adult goat (>2 years) were 40(33.05%), 67(55.37%) and 14(11.57%), respectively. Sex wise prevalence in male and female goats were 45(37.2%) and 76(62.8%), respectively.So it is concluded that, the knowledge of proper husbandry, awareness of vaccination and practices of proper hygienic management is mandatory to reduce the frequency of different diseases for maintaining the productivity.