Abstract
Aim: The present study was carried out to analyse morbidity and mortality rate in cattle in village areas of Pune division in the Maharashtra state. Materials and Methods: The data of total 1538 cattle were collected from 421 cattle owners by stratified two-stage random sampling design and analysed statistically by SAS 9.3 software for evaluation of Chi-square analysis. Result: Overall morbidity and mortality rates in cattle were 22.24% & 4.42%, respectively. Reproductive (7.09%) and digestive (5.14%) diseases were major causes of morbidity in the study area. Adult cattle showed high (28.97%) morbidity due to reproductive problems which are major challenges under village conditions in study area. Digestive (1.43%) and nutritional (0.85%) diseases were major causes of mortality of cattle. Chi-square analysis revealed that the morbidity was significantly (p<0.01) related with age groups while mortality was significantly (p<0.01) related with age and sex. Highest mortality rate (16.81%) were observed among calves and male were at higher (17.86%) mortality risk than that of female. Conclusion: Morbidity and mortality studies provide an important tool for determining the health status and guidelines for managemental practices, which will ultimately help in increasing the milk production and improve the economic status of livestock owners.
Highlights
Livestock sector plays an important role in the socio-economic development of the country and is important source of income for the farmers and poor rural people
Morbidity and mortality studies provide an important tool for determining the health status and guidelines for managemental practices, which will help in increasing the milk production and improve the economic status of livestock owners
Morbidity rate analysis: Overall morbidity rate: Morbidity related to various diseases categories in cattle out of 1538 animals a total
Summary
Livestock sector plays an important role in the socio-economic development of the country and is important source of income for the farmers and poor rural people. The livestock industry success depends on the good health of the livestock that helps to increase the productivity. Whereas any compromise on health ground will shatter the hope of livestock sector. Shaikh [1] conducted study on morbidity and mortality in cattle covering four region of Maharashtra and reported that the overall morbidity and mortality rate in cattle was 19.22% & 12.48%, respectively. Higher morbidity among adults might be associated with stress during peak production period [2]. Maharashtra state had total 37.22 million livestock (7.02% of the country's total livestock population), out of which 16.3 million comprises of cattle (8.18% of country's total cattle population of India) [3].
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