Analysis of morbidity and mortality rate in cattle in village areas of Pune division in the Maharashtra state

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(2013) Analysis of morbidity and mortality rates in cattle in Pune division of Maharashtra state, Vet World 6(8): 512-515, doi:10.5455/vetworld.2013.512-515 Introduction cattle population (14.72% of total cattle population of Maharashtra). Total milk production from cattle for the Livestock sector plays an important role in the state, during the year 2009-2010, was estimated to be socio-economic development of the country and is 4.04 million tonnes (54.6% of bovine milk production important source of income for the farmers and poor of the state) [4]. rural people. The livestock industry success depends Since Pune division contributes a significant on the good health of the livestock that helps to increase amount of milk production, this study has been the productivity. Whereas any compromise on health undertaken to study the morbidity and mortality in cattle ground will shatter the hope of livestock sector. In spite in this division. of advancement made in the animal husbandry practices, clinical medicine and diagnostic techniques, Materials and Methods the morbidity and mortality due to various causesThe sampling scheme adopted for this study is continues to be higher in village areas. Shaikh [1] Stratified two stages random sampling design was conducted study on morbidity and mortality in cattle adopted. The Pune division of Maharashtra was covering four region of Maharashtra and reported that divided into five strata taking each district (Pune, the overall morbidity and mortality rate in cattle was Satara, Kolhapur, Sangli and Solapur) as stratum from 19.22% & 12.48%, respectively. Higher morbidity the division. From each stratum, four villages were among adults might be associated with stress during selected randomly at first stage, and from each selected peak production period [2]. Maharashtra state had total village, livestock owners were selected randomly at 37.22 million livestock (7.02% of the country's total second stage. A total of 421 cattle owners were livestock population), out of which 16.3 million interviewed and information regarding demography, comprises of cattle (8.18% of country's total cattle morbidity and mortality was recorded on a questionnpopulation of India) [3]. Pune division had 2.4 million aire for a period of 1st of January 2010 to 31st December 2010 on the basis of farmer's interview. AbstractAim: The present study was carried out to analyse morbidity and mortality rate in cattle in village areas of Pune division in the Maharashtra state. Materials and Methods:The data of total 1538 cattle were collected from 421 cattle owners by stratified two-stage random sampling design and analysed statistically by SAS 9.3 software for evaluation of Chi-square analysis. Result:Overall morbidity and mortality rates in cattle were 22.24% & 4.42%, respectively. Reproductive (7.09%) and digestive (5.14%) diseases were major causes of morbidity in the study area. Adult cattle showed high (28.97%) morbidity due to reproductive problems which are major challenges under village conditions in s...

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