Studies on morbidity pattern in Pantja goat under range conditions in Tarai region of Uttarakhand
Keywords:
Coccidiosis, General weakness, Goat keepers, Morbidity, Pneumonia.Abstract
A study was conducted to collect the base line information on various factors affecting morbidity pattern in goats with special reference to Pantja breed under village conditions of Udham Singh Nagar and Nainital districts of Tarai region of the Uttarakhand during a period of two years (April, 2015 to March, 2017) under All India Co-ordinated Research Project on Goats (Pantja field Unit), Department of livestock Production and Management, College of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, G. B. Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar. The results of present study revealed that the overall morbidity among (9023 goats) surveyed population was 27.96 per cent. The results also indicated that Coccidiosis (29.69%), infectious-enteritis (16.43%), miscellaneous (16.47%), pneumonia (13.58%), toxaemia/ acidosis (10.53%), general weakness (7.88%), predation (3.60%) and putrefied (1.82%) were the common causes of morbidity. Among the total morbidity of goat flock faced heavy morbidity was found to be in kids (69.24%) followed by young age (13.66%) and adult (17.10 %). The Chi-square analysis of overall morbidity rate in goats with respect to district showed that the district had significant (p<0.01) effect on morbidity rates in goats.
Downloads
References
BAHS, 2019. Basic Animal Husbandry Statistics. 2019. Ministry of Fisheries Animal Husbandry and Dairying, Department of Animal Husbandry and Dairying, Krishi Bhawan, New Delhi.
Banerjee GC. 2005. Text book of animal husbandry 8th edition, Oxford and IBH publishing Co. Ltd, New Delhi.
Khadda BS, Brijesh Singh, Singh DV, Singh JL, Singh CB & Singh SK. 2017. Causes of morbidity in Pantja goats under field conditions in their native tract. Paper presented in International Conference on Global Research initiatives for Sustainable Agriculture &Allied Science (GRISAAS-2017) held on 02-04 Dec., 2017 at RCA, MPUA&T, Udaipur (Rajasthan).
Khadda BS, Brijesh Singh, Singh DV, Singh SK, Singh CB, Singh JL & Singh CB. 2018. Survey on health management practices followed by Pantja goat keepers in Tarai region of Uttarakhand. Indian Journal of Animal Production, 34 (3-4): 63-66.
Khadda BS, Singh B, Singh DV, Singh SK, Singh CB, Singh JL & Palod J. 2019. Growth performance of Pantja goats under field conditions in their home tract. Indian Journal Animal Research 53 (2): 264-69.Khan, B.U. 1997. Project Co-ordinators Report, AICRP on goats, CIRG, Makhdoom, Mathura, India.
Mishra RK. 1989. Project co-ordinators report, AICRP on goats, ICAR-CIRG, Makhdoom, Mathura, India.
Sawargaonkar SP, Degloorkar NM, Moregaonkar SB, Kulkarni GD & Khan MA. 1996. Studies on mortality pattern in caprine in Marathwada (Maharastra). Indian Veterinary Journal 73: 212-213.
Sharma SK, Nagda RK, Kumar U & Khadda BS. 2007. Mortality pattern in Sirohi goats under field conditions.
Singh MK, Rai B, Kumar A, Simaria MB & Singh NP. 2009. Performance of Zalawadi goats under range conditions. Indian Journal of Animal Sciences, 79 (1): 68–72.
Singh MK, Rai B, Dixit AK, Singh R & Singh SK. 2014. Management practices of goats in Bundelkhand region. The Indian Journal of Small Ruminants, 20 (2): 99-105
Singh B. 2016. Annual report (2015-16), All India coordinated research project on goat improvement (Pantja field unit), G. B. Pant University of agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar (Uttarakhand).
Snedecor GW & Cochran WB. 1994. Statistical methods. 8th Edn. The Iowa State University Press, Ames, IOWA, USA.
