Case Report

Prevalence of Different Diseases of Dogs Recorded at Central Veterinary Hospital, Dhaka, Bangladesh

Obaidul Islam*, Shameema Khatun, Sheikh Abul Kalam Azad, Mustasim Famous, Mohammad Misbah Uddin

Faculty of Veterinary, Animal and Biomedical Sciences, Sylhet Agricultural University, Sylhet-3100, Bangladesh.

Received | May 24, 2019; Accepted | Junr 25, 2019; Published | June 29, 2019

*Correspondence | Obaidul Islam, Faculty of Veterinary, Animal and Biomedical Sciences, Sylhet Agricultural University, Sylhet-3100, Bangladesh; Email: [email protected]

Citation | Islam O, Khatun S, Azad SAK, Famous M, Uddin MM (2019). Prevalence of different diseases of dogs recorded at central veterinary hospital, dhaka, bangladesh. Res J. Vet. Pract. 7(9): 53-57.

DOI | http://dx.doi.org/10.17582/journal.rjvp/2019/7.2.53.57

ISSN (Online) | 2307-8316; ISSN (Print) | 2309-3331

Copyright © 2019 Islam et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

INTRODUCTION

Pet keeping is usually associated with certain responsibilities like proper housing facilities, disease management (William et al., 2002). Dogs may be the most frequent household pet around the world (Chomel, 1992). The close bond between dogs and humans remain a major threat to public health, with dogs harboring a bewildering number of infective disease causative agents transmissible to man and other domestic animals (Robertson et al., 2000; Molyneux, 2004). Although dogs and man have lived together generally to their mutual benefit for thousands of years, since dogs share the same environment with humans, they constitute an important reservoir of zoonotic diseases (Kornblat and Schantz, 1980). Household pets have been found to play a direct role in transmitting zoonosis (Dada et al, 1979). Several species of dog (e.g. German shepherd, Doberman, Labrador etc) have been imported from abroad and are selling at Kataban Market at Dhaka city of Bangladesh. Rearing of pet animals is becoming popular in urban cities of Bangladesh day by day. But pet owners are not aware of the diseases of pet animals, their medication, vaccination etc. In Bangladesh there are very few studies about diseases of dogs. The present studies was designed to investigate the prevalence of diseases in pet dogs came for treatment at central veterinary hospital, Dhaka.

Objectives

To determine the clinical prevalence of different diseases in dog came at central veterinary hospital for treatment.

Table 1: Age-wise prevalence (%) of the diseases in dog

Table 2: Breed-wise prevalence (%) of the diseases in dog

Table 3: Season-wise prevalence (%) of the diseases in dog

Table 4: Sex-wise prevalence (%) of the diseases in dog

A total of 5 types of diseases including bacterial, viral, fungal, parasitic and miscellaneous diseases were recorded in 197 sick dogs. Table 1 details the age wise prevalence, Table 2 shows the breed-specific risks of diseases for the 5 breeds of dogs, Table 3 shows the seasonality of dogs’ diseases and Table 4 shows the sex wise prevalence.

DISCUSSION

This study revealed the most prevalent dog diseases in Central Veterinary Hospital, Dhaka, Bangladesh as bacterial disease, viral disease, fungal, parasitic and miscellaneous. The current study was designed to fill a critical data gap relating to disorder prevalence information that has been identified as a constraint to improving dog welfare (Bateson, 2010; Rooney et al., 2008; APGAW, 2009). Overall prevalence of the different diseases in dogs showed highest prevalence of parasitic infestation (27.41%), followed by viral diseases (25.38%), miscellaneous diseases (23.35%), fungal diseases (12.69%) and bacterial diseases (11.17%). These results supported the earlier works made in different areas of Bangladesh (Rahman, 1988) and elsewhere (Hazlett et al., 1983; William et al., 2002; Freeman et al., 2006; Meler et al., 2008). The highest prevalence of diseases in dog was found in cross breed (27.41%), followed by Doberman breed (25.38%), local breed (23.35%), German shepherd (14.21%), Labrador (9.64%) which was supported by Mahmud et al., 2014. According to the animal health trust, dog diseases are most prevalent on autumn to winter. In the present study the highest prevalence of diseases was observed in the summer season (35.53%), followed by winter (35.03%), and rainy season (29.44%). The sex wise highest prevalence of diseases in dog was observed in the female (51.27%), than male (48.23%) and the age wise highest prevalence of diseases in dog was observed in 7-36 months (47.512%), followed in above 36 months (30.96%), and up to 6 months (29.95%). Soumitra et al. 2016 reported that the highest prevalence of dog diseases is higher in more than 18 months of age. These results also support the earlier works done in Bangladesh (Rahman, 1988, Tarafder and Samad, 2010).

CONCLUSION

From the study it is recapitulated that the higher occurrence of diseases in dog is the serious concern for the pet owners. Among infectious cases parasitic diseases were in higher percentage than other type of diseases. The highest percentage was observed in adult dog in addition the female dog was mostly susceptible to diseases than male. Cross breed was mostly susceptible to diseases and the highest percentage of diseases was observed in summer season than other seasons. The cross breed dog should be vaccinated schedule wise to reduce their disease occurrence and proper care should be taken to female dog during pregnancy and parturition to minimize stress. Regular deworming and safe food supply is necessary to prevent parasitic infection. However due to insufficient information and lack of proper diagnosis it might not be the exact representation. So, further advance study is needed to determine the exact association of different type of diseases.

ACKNOWLEDGMENT

The authors express their deep sense of gratitude to Chief Veterinary Officer (CVO), Veterinary Surgeon (VS) and all the staffs of Central Veterinary Hospital, Dhaka who cooperated during the period of data collection.

AUTHORS CONTRIBUTION

It is clearly stated that all authors has contributed significantly to the study.

CONFLICT OF INTEREST

The authors declare that no conflict of interest exists.

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