A STUDY ON POSSIBLE CAUSES OF GOAT MORTALITY IN SOME SELECTED AREAS OF
CHITTAGONG DISTRICT
A Report By
Roll No.: 2003/33
Reg. No.: 129, Internship ID: G 31
Session: 2002-2003
Submitted to the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Chittagong Veterinary and Animal Sciences University in partial of the requirement for the fulfillment of the degree of
Doctor of Veterinary Medicine (DVM)
Approved as to style and contents by
--- Md. Emran Hossain
Assistant Professor
Department of Animal Science and Nutrition Chittagong Veterinary & Animal Sciences University
Chittagong-4202, Bangladesh
April, 2009
A STUDY ON POSSIBLE CAUSES OF GOAT MORTALITY IN SOME SELECTED AREAS OF
CHITTAGONG DISTRICT
A Report By Farhana Rahman
Roll No.: 2003/33
Reg. No.: 129, Internship ID: G 31
Session: 2002-2003
Submitted to the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Chittagong Veterinary and Animal Sciences University in partial of the requirement for the fulfillment of the degree of
Doctor of Veterinary Medicine (DVM)
Approved as to style and contents by
--- Md. Emran Hossain
Assistant Professor
Department of Animal Science and Nutrition Chittagong Veterinary & Animal Sciences University
Chittagong-4202, Bangladesh
April, 2009
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
All praises are due to Almighty Allah who enabled the author to complete this work successfully. The author expresses his sincere gratitude, heartfelt respect and immense indebtedness to his supervisor Md. Emran Hossain, Assistant professor, Dept. of Animal Science and Animal Nutrition, Chittagong Veterinary and Animal Sciences University for his guidance, valuable suggestions, inspiration and involvement.
The author acknowledges to all respondents of the study areas without whose willingness to provide information has made this study would not be possible to perform.
Finally, it is my pleasure to express big thanks to all of my well-wishers, roommates, close friends for their encouragements and inspiration during my study period and preparation of this report at this level.
The author April, 2009.
CONTENTS
Chapter Contents Page No.
Chapter I Abstract 1
Chapter II Introduction 2 - 3
Chapter III Review of Literature 4 - 5
Chapter IV Materials and Methods 6 - 9
4.1 Selection of study area 6
4.2 Duration of work 6
4.3 Sources of information 6
4.4 Methods of data collection 6
4.5 Analytical technique 7
4.6 Preparation of questionnaire 7
4.7 Questionnaire 8 - 9
Chapter V Results and Discussion 10-14
5.1 Goat mortality 10
5.2 Kid mortality 11
5.3 Adult mortality 12
5.4 Seasonal effect on mortality 14
Chapter VI Conclusion 15
Chapter VII References 16-18
LIST OF TABLES AND GRAPHS
Tables Contents Page No.
Table1 Mortality rate of goat population in study area of Sitakunda upazilla
10 Table 2 Mortality rate of kid in the study area 11 Table 3 Mortality of female goat in the study area 13 Table 4 Mortality of male goat in the study area 13 Table 5 Effect of season on mortality 14 Fig. 1 Mortality of goat population in the study area 10 Fig. 2 Causes of kid mortality in study area 12 Fig. 3 Causes of death in adult male and female
goats
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