Little is known of the occurrence of surgical affections of cattle at the government veterinary hospitals of Bangladesh. This study was undertaken to determine the occurrence of surgical disorders in five Upazila Veterinary Hospitals (UVH) in greater Pabna administrative district. A total of 33,584 sick animals were investigated and the overall occurrence of surgical disorders is 12.9%. The most common surgical affection is navel ill (25.8%) followed by myiasis (13.0%), foot diseases (11.3%), arthritis (8.8%) and teat obstruction (8.4%). Navel ill, umbilical hernia, arthritis, horn affections, urolithiasis and tail gangrene are more common in male than female. Foot diseases, myiasis, upward patellar fixation and hip dislocation are more common in female than male. Myiasis and arthritis are found more in summer, whereas foot diseases, urolithiasis and teat crack are more common in winter. (Bangl. vet.
Arsenic from groundwater affects people in Bangladesh via seed grains and forages. Samples of rice (Oryza sativa L) and rice straw were collected from arsenic-contaminated areas and arsenic concentration was measured using Flow Injection Hidride Generator Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometer (FI-HG-AAS) method. The concentrations in rice and rice straw were 0.235 ± 0.014 ppm (n = 48) and 1.149 ± 0.119 ppm (n = 51), respectively. Both were greater than the maximum permissible concentration in drinking water (0.05 ppm; WHO). (Bangl. vet.
AARONG dairy area of Pabna comprises a major part to meet the demand of milk and meat production in Bangladesh. Various diseases including surgical affections reduce the fitness, efficiency and productivity of cattle in this area. There is a need to investigate the occurrence of surgical diseases to take proper preventive measures. Therefore, the prevalence of surgical affections of cattle was studied in four Upazilas of Pabna from December 2012 to May 2013. A total of 2390 cattle from different households were included and surgical affections were recorded. The overall prevalence was 44.3% in stall feeding system, among which surgical affections were more prevalent in Sujanagar Upazilas (13.3%), and the highest prevalent surgical affection was foot diseases (8.2%) followed by navel ill (6.3%), myiasis (4.6%), arthritis, hernia and wounds (3.6%). Overall prevalence of surgical affections was slightly higher in female cattle in comparison to males The prevalence of navel ill (11.3%), foot disease (11.1%), hernia (6.1%) and horn affections (4.9%) were found to be higher in male. Whereas, myiasis (5.9%), upward patellar fixation (2.8%) were found to be higher in females. There is significant (P<0.01) difference in the prevalence of hernia, upward patellar fixation, horn affection, foot diseases and myiasis between male and female. It was also observed that cattle of 0-1 year was affected more frequently with surgical affections (18.7%) among which prevalence of navel ill (15.5%), hernia (8.3%), myiasis (5.4%) and foot diseases (5.3%) were higher. In addition, foot disease was more prevalent surgical affection in cattle of more than one year. Moreover, significant variation (P<0.01) was existed in the prevalence of upward patellar fixation, foot diseases, arthritis and wounds among three age groups. However, results of the present study indicate that there is a strong relation among the prevalence of surgical affections, sex and age of animals. Moreover, foot disease is a common occurrence in stall feeding cattle in Pabna.
A retrospective cohort study was conducted from July 2012 to August 2013 to determine prevalence of ovine footrot in chars (Shoals) of Mymensingh Sadar Upazila, Bangladesh, centred in Paranganj Union Parishad. A field survey used a prepared questionnaire and investigation of farm management. The prevalence of ovine footrot was 4.2% in the study group of 687 sheep, in 106 farms. The prevalence differed according to farm type and housing system. Prevalence of ovine footrot was higher (9.5%) in farms where sheep and other livestock were housed under the same roof. Prophylactic medication and footbath practice were absent. Common care and management practices were sheep bath, house and floor cleaning, deworming, and therapeutic medication. Highest prevalence (7.0%) was recorded in farms where prophylactic medication and deworming was irregular, and antiseptics were not used in sheep bathing and cleaning of sheep house and floor. The results suggest that improvement of the housing environment and management practices are required to control footrot. (Bangl. vet.
Currently arsenic contamination in Bangladesh is considered to be the biggest natural calamity in the world in the terms of total population affected in an area. Arsenic is spreading in various ways in the environment and significantly threatening the public health as well as animal health of Bangladesh. With a view to detect the level of arsenic concentration in animal feed chain this study was performed by using the FI-HG-AAS (Flow Injection Hydride Generator Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometer) method. Broken rice and water hyacinth samples, two commonly used animal feeds, were collected from arsenic contaminated areas of Comilla district. After collection, the samples were prepared by a series of steps such as, washing, drying and digestion; finally arsenic was detected by atomic absorption spectrophotometric method. Atomic absorption measures the amount of energy absorbed by the samples. Through this method the type of metal absorbed by the sample can be determined. The mean arsenic concentration in broken rice and water hyacinth were 0.213±0.125 ppm (n=35) and 0.487±0.172 ppm (n=29), respectively. In this study it is found that the level of arsenic both in broken rice and water hyacinth is greater than that of the maximum permissible level in drinking water (0.05 ppm). From the findings of the present study, it can be concluded that in the same arsenic contaminated area, the level of arsenic in water hyacinth is nearly the double of that found in rice due to arsenic accumulating nature of water hyacinth.DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3329/bjvm.v10i1-2.15656
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