Journal details
Cattle mortality rate due to breed and various diseases in Rajshahi division of Bangladesh
Published Date: 30 Dec 2015
Keywords: Cattle, Mortality rate, Breed and Disease
Md. Reazul Islam, Md. Jalal Uddin Sarder*, Md. Hemayatul Islam and Md. Akhtarul Islam
Department of Animal Husbandry & Veterinary Science, University of Rajshahi, Rajshahi-6205, Bangladesh
Abastract:
Context: Cattle die due to common diseases is a significant economic loss in livestock sector.
Objectives: Evaluation of the cattle mortality rate due to breed and various diseases in Rajshahi division of Bangladesh.
Materials and Method: The study was conducted in eight districts of Rajshahi division. Four different upazilas of each district were selected randomly. Individual farmers were interviewed directly through a closed structured questionnaire to obtain number of death cattle in different breed, age, sex and occurrence of disease. .
Results: Out of 17982, 549 cattle were found to be died by various diseases and an average mortality rate was 3.05%. Breeds were divided into 5 genetic groups according to their genetic composition. Among the breeds, Local (L) ´ Friesian (F) showed the highest mortality rate (3.80%), followed by L´F´Shahiwal (SL) (3.63%), L´SL (3.51%), L´Jersey (J) (3.50%) and L (2.33%). Cattle mortality occur due to Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) (0.60%), parasitic disease (0.34%), milk fever (0.07%), pneumonia (0.15%), abortion (0.15%), dystocia (0.11%), bloat (0.32%), accident (0.06%), naval ill (0.07% ), diarrhoea (0.35%), hemorrahagic septicemia (0.21%), lack quarter (0.16%), anthrax (0.12%), mastitis (0.13%), malnutrition (0.06%), poisoning (0.13%) and rabies (0.05%). Among 549 dead cattle, the significantly highest (p<0.05%) number (n=108) of cattle died due to FMD and lowest (n=09) in rabies..
Conclusion: The overall mortality rate of cattle was found comparatively low in the study area. This might be due to excellent management practices adopted by the farmers and efficient veterinary services as well as awareness among farmers but FMD disease is alarming due to scarcity of vaccine, vaccine failure, susceptible of young cattle etc.