Epidemiological investigation of different disease and ailments of livestock in the summer season

Abstract

Upazilla Veterinary Hospital plays a significant role in veterinary service where lots of livestock animals are brought for treatment of various diseases. Previously, a few studies were conducted to investigate animal diseases during summer in Jhenaidah Sadar. So, the present study was aimed to estimate the proportionate prevalence of diseases and disorders and to know the pattern of antimicrobials used for the treatment of food animals during summer (March to June 2019). A total of 1588 diseased animals’ data were extracted from the paper-based hospital register book of three randomly selected Upazilla Veterinary Hospital namely Jhenaidah Sadar, Horinakundu and Kotchandpur. Out of all clinical cases, digestive disorders were the highest percentage (35.4%) in which 35.1%, 35.9%, 32.1% and 14.3% in cattle, goat, sheep, and buffalo, respectively. The overall proportionate prevalence of disease during summer was endo-parasitic (17.6%), followed by bacterial disease (11.4%), whereas the proportionate prevalence of viral disease (3.0%) was very negligible. Among total individuals cases (N=1588), A significant number of animals(n=598)were prescribed with antimicrobials in which highest percentage was sulfonamides (29.9%) followed by tetracycline(27.4%), penicillin (7.9%) and aminoglycosides (5.2%). However, among the combined drug combination of aminoglycosides and penicillin(23.7%)were prescribed most frequently. This study brings to an end that the digestive disorder was mostly prevalent disease condition during summer. So, this study would be conducive to build up a better management strategy to prevent the digestive disturbance of animals in this area.