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Prevalence of bovine skin diseases at Dinajpur district of Bangladesh
Published Date: 30 Dec 2016
Keywords: : Prevalence, Bovine skin disease, Bangladesh.
Helena Akhter, Md. Faruk Islam*, Begum Fatema Zohara and Md. Fazlul Hoque Department of Medicine, Surgery and Obstetrics, Hajee Mohammad Danesh Science and Technology University, Dinajpur-5200, Bangladesh
Abastract:
Context: Bangladesh failed to earn the targeted achievements in leather sector for a lots of constrains, among which degradation or decrease in quality of hides and skin is an important cause. Degradation of skin is mainly caused by different types of skin diseases. Objective: The present study was conduct to explore the overall bovine skin diseases prevalence in relation to age, sex, breed, seasons of bovine skin diseases of affected cattle in Dinajpur district. Materials and Methods: A total of 5000 cattle were recorded among which 499 were clinically diagnosed as infected with various skin diseases. The diagnosis of skin diseases were done on the basis of physical examination of animal with skin scraping. Results: The overall prevalence of various skin diseases in cattle population were 9.98%. The prevalence of important skin diseases were dermatophilosis 127 (2.54 %), papillomatosis 56 (1.12%), dermatomycosis 88 (1.76%), stephanofilariasis 35(0.7%), tick infestation 53 (1.06 %), mite infestation 57 (1.14%), lice infestation 54 (1.08%) and myiasis 29(0.58%) infestation. There was no statistically significant difference observed among two categories of age ( p > 0.05) even though the highest prevalence was observed in young 245 (11.13%) while the lowest 254 (9.07%) in adult cattle. Correspondingly, there was a statistically insignificant variation detected between sexes (p >0.05) even it was higher in female 349 (10.90%) than male 150 (8.33%). There was no statistically significant difference observed between the two categories of breeds ( p < 0.05) although the higher prevalence was observed in indigenous breed 379 (10.52%) than the cross breed 120 (8.57%). Although clinical prevalence of skin diseases in cattle was recorded highest in summer seasons 250 (10%) followed by rainy 120 (8.57%) and winter 99 (9%) seasons but statistically there was no significant variation. The present study revealed a high prevalence of skin diseases that potentially hamper the production performance and decrease the quality of skin. Conclusion: It is concluded that degradation of skin quality caused by different types of skin diseases leads higher loss in the national economy. Special efforts should be implied against bovine infectious skin diseases as a separate health problem and preventive measures should be considered rather than treating various bovine skin diseases.