Journal of Animal Science and Veterinary Medicine
Volume 3(1), pages 18-23, February 2018
https://doi.org/10.31248/JASVM2017.081
ISSN 2536-7099. Copyright © 2018
Article Number: B9CF73CF3
http://www.integrityresjournals.org/journal/JASVM
Full Length Research
Clinical prevalence of diseases and disorders in cattle
and goat at the Upazila Veterinary Hospital, Beanibazar,
Sylhet, Bangladesh
Arup Sen
1*
, Samuel Muhit
2
, Rahul Das Talukdar Avi
3
, Razib Das
4
, Mahfuza Akther
5
and
Abdullah Al Mamun Shagar
6
1
Department of Microbiology and Veterinary Public Health, Chittagong Veterinary and Animal Sciences University, Chittagong,
Bangladesh.
2
Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Sylhet Agricultural University, Bangladesh.
3
Department of Environmental Sciences, Wageningen University & Research Centre, Netherlands.
4
Upazila Livestock Office, Beanibazar, Sylhet, Bangladesh.
5
Department of Pathology and Parasitology, Hajee Mohammad Danesh Science and Technology University, Dinajpur, Bangladesh.
6
Department of Animal Science and Animal Nutrition, Chittagong Veterinary and Animal Sciences University, Chittagong, Bangladesh.
*Corresponding author. Email: arup09dvm@gmail.com. Tel: +8801812716471.
Authors contribution: All authors contributed equally and approved the final manuscript.
Copyright © 2018 Sen et al. This article remains permanently open access under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License 4.0, which
permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Received 13th December, 2017; Accepted 10th January, 2018
ABSTRACT: The present study aimed to determine clinical prevalence of diseases and disorders in cattle and goat at the
Upazila Veterinary Hospital, Beanibazar, Sylhet district of Bangladesh from August 2016 to July 2017. A total of 988
clinical cases (683 cattle and 305 goats) were recorded and analyzed. Each clinical case was diagnosed on the basis of
general examination, clinical examination, microscopic examination and using common laboratory techniques. The clinical
cases were categorized into three categories based on the treatment required (Medical, Gynaeco-obstetrical and
Surgical). Among the clinical cases, highest percentage was found for medical (cattle 86.82% and goats 95.41%) followed
by surgical (cattle 7.47% and goats 4.26%) and gynaeco-obstetrical (cattle 5.71% and goats 0.33%). Within the medical
cases, gastrointestinal nematodiasis (cattle 15.96% and goats 14.75%) and digestive disorder or diarrhea (cattle 13.62%
and goats 12.79%) were recorded as main diseases in cattle and goats. On the other hand, gynaeco-obstetrical and
surgical cases were found as significant (<3% in each occurrence). The current investigation could be helpful in designing
control measures for the prevalent diseases.
Key words: Cattle, clinical prevalence, diseases and disorders, goat.
INTRODUCTION
Bangladesh is an agrarian economy where most of the
people depend on the mixed farming system for their
livelihood under rural condition. Geo-climatic conditions
prevalent and traditional livestock rearing practices in the
country side favoured the increased incidence of
economically significant diseases in animals. The
veterinary hospital is an ideal and reliable source of
information about animal diseases and their treatment.
People of the surrounding local areas bring their sick
animals every day in the veterinary hospital to treat
diseased conditions. It is important to know the disease
occurrence pattern to resolve the problems in the local
area via clinical records of the veterinary hospital. Previous
reports on clinical case records from Mymensingh
(Samad, 2001; Samad et al., 2002), Haluaghat Upazila
Veterinary Hospital, Mymensingh (Sarker et al., 1999),
Dairy Cooperatives in Pabna district (Pharo, 1987), Ulipur
Upazila Veterinary Hospital, Kurigram (Kabir et al., 2010),