INFECTIOUS AND NON INFECTIOUS DISEASES AS CAUSE OF MORTALITY IN SHEEP | ||
| Egyptian Journal of Sheep and Goats Sciences | ||
| Article 35, Volume 5, Issue 1, April 2010, Pages 1-8 PDF (109.13 K) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/ejsgs.2010.27387 | ||
| Authors | ||
| D. M. Makhdoomi1, 2; N. A. Tufani2 | ||
| 1Professor and Head+ | ||
| 2Teaching Veterinary Clinical Service Complex Faculty of Veterinary Sciences and Animal Husbandry Shuhama Alusteng Srinagar-190006 (J&K). | ||
| Abstract | ||
| ABSTRACT An investigation of perinatal mortality in Dachigam Sheep Breeding Farm,, Kashmir (India) was conducted from January 2002 to December 2009. The aim of the study was to determine whether lambs born in different seasons manifest a different diseases and mortality rate. The lambing seasons were grouped after birth month of lambs as winter (December- February), spring (March-May), summer (June-August) and autumn (September-November). A total of 1842 lambs were born during 2002-2009. A mortality of 9.77% (180 cases) was recorded due to infectious and non-infectious causes. Mortality due to infectious causes was higher (7.55%) than non-infectious causes (2.23%). Among the infectious causes mortality was higher due to pneumonia (3.75%) followed by enteritis (1.95%). Wild attacks (1.36%) and hypothermia (0.27%) was also an important cause of mortality during the study period. Seasonal impact on mortality was highest during winter (33.33%) and followed by summer (29.44%). | ||
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