A Clinical Investigation of Diseases and Disorders Encountered in the Upazilla Veterinary Hospital,
Kaptai, Rangamati Hill Tracts
A Clinical report submitted by
Roll No: 2003/09 Reg. No: 106 Intern ID: B-08
Session: 2002 – 2003
Report presented in partial fulfillment for the Degree of Doctor of Veterinary Medicine (DVM)
Faculty of Veterinary Medicine
Chittagong Veterinary and Animal Sciences University Khulshi, Chittagon-4202
June’ 2009
A Clinical Investigation of Diseases and Disorders Encountered in the Upazilla Veterinary Hospital,
Kaptai Rangamati Hill Tracts
A Clinical Report submitted as per approved style and contents
Date of submission: 18 June, 2009
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Supervisor
DR. Kh. Nurul Islam Professor & Head,Department of Anatomy & Histology
Chittagong Veterinary and Animal Sciences University, Khulshi, Chittagong-4202.
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Author
Name: Shetu Bhusan Das Roll No:2003/09
Reg. No: 106 Intern ID: B-08 Session : 2002-2003
CONTENTS
Serial No. Topics Page No.
1 Acknowledgement i
2 Abstract ii
3 Introduction 01
4 Review of Literature 02-04
5 Materials and Methods 05-06
6 Result and Discussion 07-12
7 Conclusion 13
8 References 14-17
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
All credits goes to Almighty God, the Creator and Supreme authority of the Universe who made me enable to complete the report.
I am grateful to my respectable teacher & supervisor Professor DR. Kh. Nurul Islam, Head, Dept. of Anatomy and Histology, Chittagong Veterinary and Animal Sciences University for his valuable suggestions and guidance.
I wish to express my gratitude to Professor Dr. Nitish C. Debnath, V.C; Professor Dr.
M. A. Matin Pradhan, Dean, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine and Mr. Asraf A. Biswas , Director(External Affairs), CVASU.
I am also grateful to DR. Md. Sawkat Ali, Veterinary Surgeon, Upazilla Veterinary Hospital, Kaptai, Rangamati for giving me valuable information and indispensable help to complete my study.
Finally, by no means wish , I am really very much grateful to my parents, all my teachers, friends and well wishers for their inspiration to my life.
The Author June, 2009
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A Clinical Investigation of Diseases and Disorders Encountered in the Upazilla Veterinary Hospital, Kaptai Rangamati Hill Tracts
ABSTRACT
This study describes a cumulative analysis of the disease pattern in livestock brought to the Upazilla Veterinary Hospital, Kaptai, Rangamati Hill Tracts, during the periods from January 2007 to January 2009. A total of 1090 Cattle, 2032 Goats and 257 Chicken were included in this study. The diseases were diagnosed by clinical examinations, laboratory examination and post-mortem examination. Amongst the diseases and disease conditions, parasitic infection was the highest with an overall prevalence of 57.2%, 64.1% and 20.7% in cattle, goats and chicken respectively. In cattle, amongst the parasitic diseases fascioliasis had the highest rate (32.8%) of infection followed by nematodiasis (11.3%) and mixed infection with flukes and strongyles (7.6%) was the least. Amongst other diseases 12.2% were bacterial, 1.8% viral, 5.6%
reproductive disorders and 23.2% were of non-specific nature. Amongst the bacterial diseases, 6.3% cattle had pneumonia, followed by 2.7% mastitis in milch cows. Amongst the viral diseases 0.7% had papillomatosis, 0.8% had foot and Mouth disease and 0.3% had 3-days sickness. Amongst the reproductive disorders, 2.3% cows had dystocia followed by 2.1% cases of retained placenta and Parturient paresis in 1.2% cows. Amongst the non- specific infections in cattle, fever was at the top of the list (6.3%) followed by accidental injury (5.7%) and bloat (5.1%). In goats also, fascioliasis was the highest (17.2%) prevalent parasitic infection followed by mixed infection with flukes and strongyles (12.3%) with a very close 8.7% Monieziasis. Only 0.6%
had gid, the least prevalent infection in this species. Amongst other diseases, a major 16.8% were of non-specific (fever 12.5% and bloat 2.7%) in nature and 12.3% were bacterial and 6.8% were viral. However, in chicken Newcastle (viral) disease is the most prevalent (39.1%) followed by Ascariasis (20.7%), Salmonellosis (15.7%) with non-specific 24.5% diseases.
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