Foot and mouth disease in Baghabari milk shed area and it'seconomic loss in Bangladesh
2004
Howlader, M.M.R. | Mahbub-e-Elahi, A.T.M.,Sylhet GovernmentVeterinary Coll. (Bangladesh)
The study was carried out during and after an outbreak of footand mouth disease (FMD) in Baghabari milk shed area, Sirajgonj,Bangladesh for a period of one year. Results showed that theincidence of FMD varied significantly (p less than 0.01) in differenthost species with higher incidence in cattle (63.41 %) followed bysheep/goats (50.96%) and buffaloes (48.02%). Among cattle, FMD wasfound to occur significantly (p less than 0.01) higher in cows(68.01%) than in bulls/bullocks (60.09%) and calves (56.02%). A totalof 125 (9.71%) calves died of FMD and the financial loss incurredfrom this mortality was estimated to be US$ 6250 at the rate of US$50/calf). The economic losses due to calf mortality, reduced milkyield and draft power would stand at US$ 163329 for cattle alone.Losses incurred from draft power cattle ranged from 10.5-15.5 kilo-watt hour. The FMD virus types were identified as Asia, and O byexamining 32 tongue epithelial samples adopting complement fixationtest (CFT).
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