Prevalence of diseases and disease conditions in cattle and Goats at the Upazilla Veterinary Hospital, Debidwar, Comilla

Abstract

Upazilla Veterinary Hospital (UVH) plays an important role in different animal health services to animal welfare. There are lots of animals were recorded UVH everyday from neighboring villages for treatment, de-worming, vaccination etc. So an investigation was done to determine the prevalence of diseases and disease conditions in cattle and goats at the Upazilla Veterinary Hospital, Debidwar under Comilla district. Data of diseases were collected from the record book of hospital during April 2016 to March 2017. Total animals were 889, among them cattle were 637 (71.65%) and goats were 252 (28.35%). Diagnosis performed on the basis of general examination, physical, examination, clinical examination, and microscopic examination using common laboratory techniques. Clinical examinations detected 14 different types of diseases and disease conditions in 637 (71.65% of total animals) cattle where FMD (14.44%, n=92), mastitis (6.59%, n=42), digestive disorders (19%, n=121), respiratory disorders (6.12%, n=39), parasitic infestation (34.22%, n=218), acidosis (1.88%, n=12), myiasis (6.12%, n=39), corneal opacity (1.57%, n=10), protozoal diseases (1.26%, n=8), BQ (2.20%, n=14), milk fever (0.94%, n=6), reproductive disorders (4.87%, n=31) and others (0.75%, n=5) were recorded. Age wise prevalence in young and adult were (38.62%, n=246) and (61.38%, n=391) respectively. Sex wise prevalence in male and female were (34.85%, n=222) and (65.15%, n=415) respectively. In goat 252 (28.35% of total animal) 11 different types of diseases and disease conditions such as PPR (12.30%, n=31), mastitis (2.38%, n=6), digestive disorders 50 (19.84%, n=50), parasitic infestation (29.76%, n=75), respiratory disorders (15.08, n=38), myiasis (11.11%, n=28), corneal opacity (4.76%, n=12), acidosis (1.98%, n=5) protozoal diseases (0.79%, n=2) and reproductive disorders (1.59%, n=4) respectively. Sex wise prevalence in male and female goat were (44.05%, n=111) and (55.95%, n=141) respectively. Diseases and disease conditions of cattle and goats which were recorded more or less present in both young and adult animals but some of the specific diseases and disease conditions were in animals due to age susceptibility such as black quarter in young cattle and PPR in young goats.