A comparative study on prevalence of various clinical diseases and disorders in Cattle and Goat with therapeutic management in two thana of Pabna district

Abstract

The study was carried out at Santhia and Sujanagar thana of Pabna district for a period of three months (November, 08 to February, 09).To determine the comparative prevalence and proportional incidence of clinical diseases and disorders in calves, adult cattle and sheep-goat. These clinical diseases and disorders were categorized into 7 groups on the basis of treatment required namely, bacterial diseases, viral diseases, parasitic infestation, nutritional disorders, reproductive cases, surgical cases and other diseases. In this study total 120 sick calves, 200 adult cattle and 120 sheep-goat were investigated among these diseases and disorders was revealed that in calves most commonly killer diseases were recorded a fever 14.17% diarrhoea 11.67%,GI nematodiasis 12.5%,FMD 10%, fascioliasis 8.33%, joint ill 4.16%, navel ill 2.5%, urolithiasis 5%. But in cattle the highest record was parasitic 26.1% followed by mastitis 6%, milk fever 9%, fascioliasis 8.5%, repeat breeding cows 7.5%, retained placenta 3%, endrometritis 2%. And incase of sheep-goat PPR 12.5%, fever 16.67%, diarrhoea 14.16%, pneumoniua 15%, bloat 4.16%, tetanus 2.5 gid diseases 1.67%. In this study PPR, milk fever, fascioliasis, repeat breeding cows were important notification. Comparatively parasitic diseases were highest 26.1% in cow and 8.45% in goat, followed by 25% bacterial infection in cattle where as 29.6% in sheep and goat, nutritional disorder in cattle was 9.55% and in goat 8.82% and reproductive cases 9.55% in cow where as 4.41% in goat. Most of the infectious diseases were treated with Penicillin, Ampicillin, Amoxicillin, Sulpha drugs, Steptomycin + Penicillin, Oxytetracyclin, Gentamycine and Metranidazole. also used some supportive drugs like vita-B complex, vita-C, rumentonic mixture, stomachic mixture astringen mixture, CuSO4 solution, anti histamine, diclofenac Na. expectorant, oral saline and ice application were practiced.