A retrospective study
was undertaken to assess the occurrence and distribution of diseases based on
species, age, sex, system affected, case type, causal agents and season
variation at Veterinary Teaching Hospital, Bangladesh Agricultural University
from January 2012 to December 2014. According to the case record, a total of
5036 sick animals were examined and 103 types of diseases were identified
during this period.
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The commonly found various diseases were as
following:
- Parasitic disease (33.86%),
- Myiasis (5.96%), PPR (5.16%),
- Pneumonia and pneumonitis (4.11%),
- Repeat breeding (2.88%)
and rest of the
diseases had lower percentage than 2.5%. Out of the 5036, 1759 cases (35%) were
male and 3277 cases (65%) were female. Animals aged between 1-3 years had high
occurrence (45.23%) followed by 0-1 year (25.11%). Diseases in digestive system
were mostly affected (33.79%) and lowest in cardiovascular system (0.65%).
Occurrence of diseases
was highest (36.81%) in rainy season (June-October) followed by (35.54%) in
summer (March-May) and lowest (27.64%) in winter season (November-February).
Top five (5) diseases/disorders in cattle:
1. Liver
and rumen fluke
2. Ectoparasitic
infestation
3. Myiasis
4. Balantidiasis
5. Repeat
Breeding
Top five (5) diseases/disorders in goat:
1. PPR
2. Pneumonia
3. Myiasis
4. Parasitic
infestation
5. Fracture
