Retrospective study on major livestock disease in lemu and Bilbilo District

Ethiopia has huge numbers of livestock hampered with high prevalence of infectious disease due to poor disease prevention and control. A retrospective study was conducted using data of the record of the veterinary clinic of Lemu and Bilbilo Woreda with the objective of assessing the major livestock disease in the area from March to August 2021. The result revealed that the most commonly encountered bacterial, parasite, non-infectious disease and viral diseases recorded in the case record book were included. In this study anthrax, black leg mastitis, respiratory disease, dourine, colic, bloat, mechanical injury, strangles, actinomycosis, actinobacillosis, salmonellosis, reproductive problem, coccidosis, dictocolus, fascillosis, nematode and parasitism were recorded in the study district. The finding of the present study shows, 18.3%bloat, 11.2% nematode (GIT parasite), 9.23% parasitism (ecto parasite), 8.6% fasciollosis, 8.05% respiratory disease, 7.2% mechanical injury (wound), 6.3% for black leg and cocsidosis, 5.3% strangles, 4.6% dourine, 3.4% mastitis, 2.08% anaplasmosis, 2% colic, 1.9% reproductive disease, 1.7% salmonellosis, 1.6% actinobacillosis, actinomycosis 1.5% and 1.0% dictocolus was record from five years retrospective data at district levels. The lower percentage of 0.09% of livestock disease was recorded for anthrax diseases. From these diseases bloat is the highest livestock problem. Disease likes infectious diseases, external and endo parasite and miscellaneous diseases are the major health problems of livestock developments for the livestock sector. This might be due to the reason for the re occurrence of the disease in different years. It is therefore, suggested that outbreak investigation in the district should be based on symptomatic diagnosis and history from farmers are recommended in order to decrease disease re occurrence in the area.

Author(s): Debele Hordofa* and Muhammed Geleto

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