Assessing adoptability of diagnostic technique and modifiable risk factors for clinical peste des petits ruminants

Abstract

Application of hospital register data in veterinary medicine, in particular in Bangladesh, is very rare. In this case – control study, S. A. Quaderi Teaching Veterinary Hospital (SAQTVH) of Chattogram Veterinary and Animal Sciences University (CVASU) register data were used to describe the clinical features and epidemiology of peste des petits ruminant virus (PPRV) infection. Initially, the clinical diagnostic protocol was validated and followed for the diagnosis of the PPR patients at the SAQTVH, CVASU by antigen detection technique. The Cohen’s kappa statistics was applied to check the agreement between two diagnostic protocols. A very good agreement was found between the techniques (Cohen’s kappa=0.801, CI [0.635 – 0.966]). To identify the risk indicators, binomial probability test were used where a test proportion of 0.50 and a significant level of p