Perception of Farmers on Disease Conditions of Local Goats in Bangladesh

Abstract

Goat is the second most important livestock in term of production in Bangladesh. It’s also the major sources of income of small farmer in village area of Bangladesh. A cross sectional study was conducted to determine the prevalence of different diseases of goat and to identify the possible risk factors responsible for the diseases occurrence in small holding farm of five selected Upazilas at Chittagong district in Bangladesh. Data were collected in pre-prepared questionnaire by individual interview session from the farmers and visual observation of selected goat population and their management. Diagnosis of the cases was performed based on history and clinical manifestation showed by the animals. Descriptive statistics was performed to express the frequencies and chi-square tests were done to consider the variables. Highest proportion of goats were affected with ecto-parasitic infestation which was 45% where as the lowest frequencies were mastitis 2%. The occurrence of disease in different areas, between genders, among the different professions and different educational status differed significantly (p<0.05). While considering the management factors floor type and season had highly significant (p<0.01) effects on disease occurrence among the goat population. Sources of drinking water, Deworming, Vaccination and type of medicine had insignificant (p>0.05) effects on disease occurrence. The current study recommends that the regular scheduled visiting and education of the farmer might be beneficial to prevent the high prevalence of diseases in Chittagong area of Bangladesh.