CASE CONTROL STUDY OF FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE VIRUS INFECTED CATTLE

Abstract

The study was conducted at the Upazila Veterinary Hospital (UVH), Shibpur, Narsingdi and Shahedul Alam Quadery Teaching Veterinary Hospital (SAQTVH) in Chittagong Veterinary and Animal Sciences University (CVASU) during May- August, 2013. Comparative hematological and biochemical parameters of Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) infected cattle group and healthy cattle were investigated. A case control study was taken where 10 animals were taken as case FMDV infected and 10 animals were healthy which are taken as control. Peripheral blood samples were collected from both infected and healthy groups. The blood sample was analyzed and routine tests were performed. On analysis of infected cattle and healthy cattle it revealed that incase of infected cattle group there is significantly (p<0.05) increase of packed cell volume(PCV), lymphocytes , monocytes and decrease significantly (p<0.05) hemoglobin (Hb), eosinophil ,basophil than the healthy cattle group .The serum sample was also analyzed. In serum sample it revealed that among the biochemical parameters incase of FMD infected cattle group there is significantly (p<0.05) increased of glucose and significantly (p<0.05) decrease of total protein (TP) and calcium (ca) than the healthy cattle group.