Hospital Prevalence of Infectious and Non-Infectious Diseases of Dog at Khulna, Bangladesh
Mahfuza Ferdous *
Department of Animal Nutrition, Khulna Agricultural University, Bangladesh.
Nazmin Sultana
Department of Physiology, Khulna Agricultural University, Bangladesh.
Md. Asaduzzaman Lovelu
Department of Livestock Production and Management, Khulna Agricultural University, Bangladesh.
Mst. Assrafi Siddika
Department of Animal Nutrition, Khulna Agricultural University, Bangladesh.
Fowzia Bahar
Department of Livestock Production and Management, Khulna Agricultural University, Bangladesh.
Tanzila Zafrin Tanvi
Department of Livestock Production and Management, Khulna Agricultural University, Bangladesh.
*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Abstract
Aims: The study was conducted to investigate the hospital prevalence of different infectious and non-infectious diseases of dog.
Place and Duration of Study: Data was collected from Khulna sadar upazilla veterinary hospital, Khulna pet clinic, Daulotpur veterinary hospital, Khulna between August 2022 and January, 2023.
Methodology: The study examines the prevalence of infectious (caused by pathogens) and non-infectious (caused by factors such as genetics, malnutrition, environment etc.) diseases of dog according to their sex, breed and age.
Results: A total number of 122 dogs were found during the investigation in which prevalence of infectious disease (65.57%) was higher than non-infectious disease (34.43%). The higher prevalence was found in female (54.10%) than male (45.9%) with no significance. According to breed, the highest prevalence was observed in Local breed (69.67%) followed by German shepherd (18.86%), Doberman (7.38%) and Labrador (4.10%). Age-wise prevalence was highest in 7-36 months (47.54%) age followed by >36 months (27.87%) and less than 6 months (24.60%). Age, sex, Breed showed a significant association with diseases with a p-value <0.05 in the study.
Keywords: Prevalence, infectious disease, breed, season