Journal details
Major reproductive health problems of water buffalo in Sylhet region of Bangladesh
Published Date: 30 Dec 2016
Keywords: Reproductive Health, water buffalo and Sylhet region
Mohammed Kawser Hossain*1 , Nasrin Sultana Lucky1 , Md. Muslehuddin1 , Nelufer Yasmin1 , Md. Mahfuzul Hoque1 , Md. Nazrul Islam2 and Md. Akteruzzaman3 ,Md. Matiur Rahman 2and Md. Rafiqul Islam2 1Department of Surgery and Theriogenology, Sylhet Agricultural University, 2Department of Medicine, Sylhet Agricultural University, 3Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Sylhet Agricultural University, Bangladesh
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Context: Reproduction health management is a indicator of Reproduction. Objectives: The objective of the present study was to describe the major reproductive health problems of water buffalo in Sylhet region of Bangladesh. Materials and Methods: The study was conducted randomly in three upazillas (sub-districts) Gowainghat, Jaintiapur, Fenchuganj of Sylhet district in 75 buffalo farms of 310 buffalo cows. The data were collected directly face to face interview from the farmers with the help of pre-form questionnaire. Questions were asked about major reproductive health problems like abortion, dystocia, retained fetal membrane, uterine and vaginal prolapse, anestrus, and repeat breeding. Results: A total of 310 swamp buffaloes were examined based on questionnaire, of which 147 (47.41%) cows were found to have suffered from at least one of the reproductive problems. Postpartum anestrus was reported as highest prevalence of 17.74% followed by repeat breeding, metritis, abortion, dystocia, retained fetal membrane(RFM) and genital prolapse that were accounted for 14.19%, 4.51%, 3.54%, 3.22%, 3.54% and 0.64% respectively. The study showed that with increasing age and parity, there was increased reproductive problems of dairy buffalo cows, but the difference between the factors was non-significant (p>0.05).The region of origin of animals (studied upazilla) also did not have any significant effect on reproductive health problems. However, poor and good body condition animals showed higher incidence of reproductive problems (p<0.05) than medium body conditioned animals. Conclusion: The result of the present study point out that postpartum anestrus and repeat breeding are the leading reproductive health problems.