Comparative Hospital Prevalence Study of Different Diseases of Dog at Dhaka, Chittagong and Sylhet District of Bangladesh
Comparative Hospital Prevalence Study of Different Diseases of Dog at Dhaka, Chittagong and Sylhet District of Bangladesh
Obaidul Islam*, Shameema Khatun and Mustasim Famous
ABSTRACT
The study was conducted to estimate the prevalence of clinical conditions in dogs admitted at Central Veterinary Hospital (CVH), SAQ Teaching Veterinary Hospital (CVASU), Chittagong, and District Veterinary Hospital (DVH), Sylhet during the period from 22 September to 18 October 2018 at CVH, 20 October to 18 November 2018 at CVASU and 26 February to 21 March 2019 at DVH. The prevalence was analyzed on the basis of location, age, breed and sex. Among the clinical cases infectious diseases occupied the highest prevalence in CVASU (62.85%), CVH (61.53%) and DVH (61.53%). Prevalence of difference in clinical diseases was not significant (P>0.05). In case of parasitic diseases, the highest prevalence was observed in DVH (34.61%) and lowest in CVASU (28.57%). The prevalence of nutritional diseases was lower than in other clinical conditions. The highest prevalence of diseases according to age, breed and sex was observed in younger (<1 year), Local breed and male respectively. Keeping in view these findings, an appropriate control strategy could be designed and applied, which helps to prevent these disease conditions in study area.
To share on other social networks, click on any share button. What are these?