Prevalence and Risk Factor Assessment of Peste des Petits Ruminants with follow up Treatment in Goats of Rajshahi, Bangladesh

Abstract

The study was carried out to investigate the prevalence of Peste des petitis ruminants (PPR) in goats in Rajshahi District of Bangladesh, and its relation to age, sex, breeds and response to treatment. In total, 268 goats were examined where 160 were males and 108 were females. The overall prevalence of PPR in goats was found to be 20.14% (n=54). From the various risk factors analyzed, age, sex and breed categories of goats were found not to be significantly associated (p>0.05) with the prevalence of PPR. The influence of sex on PPR outbreaks was found to be higher in male (23.12%) than female (15.15%) goats. As regards to age, PPR was significantly higher in young (26.05) compared to suckers (15.15%) and adult (16.00%). The susceptibility of Black Bengal goats to PPR was higher than other breeds. The percentage response of treatment towards parenteral (I/M) oxytetracycline was higher (66.66%) than parenteral (I/M) Sulphadimidine (55.55%).The results of this study showed that PPR is an important goat disease in the studied areas. Thus, an appropriate control strategy has to be designed and applied, which could involve prevention of contact with infected goats and vaccination against the PPR virus