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Abstract

The study was carried out for a period of 50 days from 11th November to 30th December 2012 to measure the proportional prevalence of blood parasitic diseases in goat in Chittagong city and to identify the risk factors associated with blood parasitic diseases. A total of 100 goats were included for epidemiological study, laboratory examination and statistical analysis. The epidemiological survey of this study was carried out using preset questionnaires, for laboratory examination peripheral blood smears from ear vein were prepared from goat in Chittagong city. Result revealed that the proportional prevalence of anaplasmosis is 4%. Host risk factors such as types of animal, age and presence of ectoparasites were investigated for the possible association with frequency of blood parasitic diseases. The proportional prevalence of anplasmosis in male and female animals was 2.6% and 4.9%. At the age of below 6 months of goats were more infected (11.1%) with anaplasma organism than other groups. The prevalence of ectoparasite infestation was 33% in goat