Abstract
An investigation was undertaken to determine the general clinical prevalence of diseases and disorders in cattle at the Upazilla Veterinary Hospital, Chauhali, Sirajganj during the period from January to December 2014. A total of 2646 clinical cases on cattle were recorded and analyzed. Diagnosis of each of the clinical cases was made on the basis of owner history, clinical examination and common laboratory techniques. The clinical cases were divided into three groups on the basis of treatment required viz. (1) Medicinal (2) Gynaeco-obstetrical and (3) Surgical cases. Among the three types of cases, medicinal cases constituted the highest percentage (79.33%) in comparison to gynaeco-obstetrical (11.60%) and surgical (9.07%) cases. Among the medicinal cases, the highest cases was recorded with parasitic diseases (55.97%), followed by infectious diseases (24.21%) and digestive disorders (10.34%). Other cases were general systemic states (3.91%), musculo-skeletal disorder (1.57%), skin condition (1.57%), metabolic diseases (1%), respiratory disorders (0.76%), sensory organ diseases (0.43%) and dog biting (0.24%). Among the gynaecoobstetrical cases, repeat breeding (42.35%), anestrous (31.60%), orchitis (9.77%), posthitis (5.86%), dystocia (4.89%) and retained placenta (4.23%) were recorded as major gynaecoobstetrical problems in cattle. Navel-ill (45%), myiasis (43.33%), abscess (6.25%) and fracture (3.34%) were recognized as the main disorders which required surgical interventions. Prevalence of diseases was high (39.38%) in summer season (March-June) followed by (34.73%) in winter (November-February) and lowest (25.89%) in rainy season (July-October). It may be concluded that a number of diseases with various percentages have been occurring in the Chauhali upazila and this report may help to develop control strategies against major diseases reported in this study.Res. Agric., Livest. Fish.2(3): 465-474, December 2015
Highlights
Livestock constitute an important part of the wealth of a country
Some reports on clinical case records from Bangladesh Agricultural University Veterinary Clinic (Rahman et al, 1972; Hossain et al, 1986; Das and Hashim, 1996; Samad, 2001; Samad et al, 2002), Haluaghat Upazila Veterinary Hospital, Mymensingh (Sarker et al, 1999) and Dairy Cooperatives in Pabna district (Pharo, 1987), Baghabari Milking zone of Bangladesh (Sarker et al, 2013), Ulipur Upazila Veterinary Hospital, Kurigram (Kabir et al, 2010), Khagrachari Sadar Veterinary Hospital, Khagrachari (Ali et al, 2011), Upazilla Veterinary Hospital, Mohammadpur, Magura (Karim et al, 2014), Chandanaish Upazila of Chittagong district, Bangladesh (Pallab et al, 2012) and Patuakhali Science and Technology University Veterinary Clinic (Rahman et al, 2012) are available but similar report on cattle are very limited in Chauhali upazila of Sirajganj district of Bangladesh
This clinical study was undertaken at the Upazila Veterinary Hospital (Officially named as upazilla livestock office), Chauhali, Sirajganj to determine the clinical prevalence of diseases and disorders in cattle during the one year study period from January to December, 2014
Summary
Livestock constitute an important part of the wealth of a country. It provides manure, meat and milk to the vast majority of the people. Chauhali upazila of Siarajganj district in Bangladesh is surrounded by The Jamuna River and it is a natural calamity affected area which encourages many diseases in livestock. The objective was to determine the clinical prevalence of diseases and disorders in cattle at the Upazila Veterinary Hospital, Chauhali, Sirajganj
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