A REPORT ON DIAGNOSIS OF DISEASES BY POST MORTEM EXAMINATION IN BROILER FARMS OF SITAKUNDA UPAZILA, CHITTAGONG

Abstract

Disease profile investigation of 60 dead broilers were carried out in Community Based Animal Health Care Survices (CBAHCS), Sitakunda, Chittagong. Birds are brought from different broiler farms of Sitakunda Upazila, Chittagong. Total 6 weeks long study was carried out during the poultry placement to know the incidence of various diseases of broiler. Necessary informations were collected from structured questionnaire and post mortem examination was done for diagnosis of disease. Among the diseases the New castle disease (18%) and the colibacillosis (22%) were diagnosed to be the highest in percentage in <3 wks and >3 wks aged of birds, respectively. Moreover, bacterial diseases were very much prominent in percentage in both cases of age (i.e 35.29% & 53.84% in <3 wks & >3 wks aged birds, respectively). Hubbard Classic bird was affected mostly by bacterial diseases (47.36%) whereas in Cobb-500/100 the frequency of bacterial diseases was 36.36%.