A STUDY ON PREVALENCE OF VARIOUS CLINICAL DISEASES AND DISORDERS IN PARBATIPUR UPAZILLA DINAJPUR

Abstract

The present study was conducted at Parbatipur Veterinary Hospital of Dinajpur district to determine the different diseases of livestock population over two months period starting from February to April. A total of 324 cases were recorded where the number of calf, cattle, goat and poultry were 55, 59, 186 and 24 respectively. The animal diseases were categorized into four classes namely parasitic, bacterial, viral and others (multi-factorial) diseases. The diseases were diagnosed tentatively using anamnesis. Parasitic infestations were predominant in calves and cattle, viral in case of poultry, and bacterial in case of goat. The prevalence of parasitic diseases reported in calves was 47.27% where as the multi-factorial 7.82%, bacterial 34% and viral was 10.91%. In case of cattle, they were 52.54%, 27.11%, 8.48%, and 11.87% respectively. However, they were recorded as 27.56%, 18.98%, 31.27%, and 22.49% in goat and for poultry it was 63.15% (viral), 21.4% (bacterial), and 15.78% (parasitic).