PREVALENCE OF CATTLE DISEASES AT THE PERIPHERAL PART OF NORTHERN BANGLADESH

Abstract

A cross sectional study was conducted to determine the prevalence of various diseases in cattle at the peripheral part of northern Bangladesh commencing from June, 2017 to May, 2018. A total of 2600 cattle were recorded among which 638 were clinically diagnosed as infected with various diseases. The diagnosis of diseases was done based on epidemiological data, physical and clinical examination of affected animals. The overall prevalence of various diseases in cattle population was 24.53%. Different types of cattle diseases were encountered among which the highly prevalent disease was Worm infestation 201 (31.50%) following Skin disease 169 (26.48%), FMD 114 (17.86 %), Diarrhoea 92 (14.42%), Coccidiosis 36 (5.64%), Anaplasmosis 10 (1.58%), Theileriosis 10(1.58%) and Babesiosis 5(0.78%) in the study areas. There was statistically significant difference observed among four categories of age (p < 0.01) group where the highest 147(36.66%) prevalence was observed in (0-2) years of age group and lowest 84 (14%) in (>6)yrs age group of cattle . Correspondingly, there was a statistically insignificant variation detected between sexes (p >0.01) though it was higher in female 410 (25.62%) than male 234(23.40%). There was statistically significant difference observed between the two categories of breeds (p < 0.01) and the higher prevalence was observed in cross breed 409(27.26%) than the indigenous breed 228 (20.72%) of cattle. Clinical prevalence of diseases in cattle was recorded highest 171(24.42%) in summer seasons followed by winter 192(24%) and rainy 274 (22.45%) seasons. The present study revealed a higher prevalence of cattle diseases in the peripheral part of northern Bangladesh .The entrance of diseases through the border areas infect our local cattle that potentially hamper the production performance which makes the poor people of peripheral areas economically loser. This indicates that despite of many efforts we were tried to study cattle diseases prevalence in the study areas, cattle diseases in peripheral areas has been given lesser attention to be treated. Therefore, preventive measures should be undertaken rather than treating various cattle diseases.