Mortality and morbidity pattern in goats under organized farm conditions of Kerala

Autor:	Chandran Deepak, P. M. Rojan, R. Venkatachalapathy Thirupathy, A. S. Lejaniya
Jazyk:	angličtina
Rok vydání:	2021
Předmět:	Q1-390 Science (General) goat morbidity QP501-801 mortality Animal biochemistry
Zdroj:	Journal of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Vol 52, Iss 2, Pp 175-179 (2021)
ISSN:	2582-0605 0971-0701
Popis:	A study was undertaken to find out the morbidity and mortality pattern in the goat population of Kerala. Factors such as cause, age, sex, breed, season and year were included in the study. Data were collected from 3925 goats maintained at The Goat and Sheep Farm, KVASU, Mannuthy for six years from 2011 to 2017 to assess the effect of different factors. Data pertaining to 2649 goats from 2013 to 2017 were analysed to find out the morbidity pattern among goats. The overall mortality rate was 11.76 per cent. Among the various causes of mortality, the results of this study indicated that mortality due to enteritis was the highest (40.60 %) followed by that due to pneumonia (22.88%) and acidosis (10.40%). The effect of age, season, sex and year on goat mortality were significant (p
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