Study on occurrence of agrochemical poisoning in Bovines at veterinary clinics of Udgir
230 / 230
Keywords:
Agrochemical poisoning, Bovines, Epidemiology, PesticideAbstract
In view of unavailability of data on agrochemical poisoning in livestock animals in India, the present work was conducted with objective to study the epidemiological aspects of agrochemical poisoning in bovines over a period of five years. A total of 98 cases of pesticide poisoning in bovines have been reported during 2016-2020 at Veterinary Clinical Complex, College of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Udgir with hospital prevalence of 0.39%. Among various agrochemicals, insecticide poisoning was responsible for 45.91% cases, fungicide for 17.34%, herbicides for 16.32%, unknown pesticides for 10.20%, fertilizers for 7.14% and rodenticides for 3.06% cases of poisoning in bovines. Year-wise higher number of cases were reported during 2016 (30.61%) followed by 2017, 2019 (19.38% each) and 2018 (18.36%) while, month- wise highest number of poisoning cases were reported in months of November (14.28%), December (13.26%), July and September, October (11.22% each). Season-wise highest occurrence of poisoning was observed during monsoon and post-monsoon seasons while least occurrence was observed during summer season. Age-wise highest occurrence of agrochemical poisoning was reported in 4-6 year and 0-2 year age-group animals. Species-wise occurrence of poisoning revealed highest occurrence in cattle (65.31%) than buffaloes (34.69%). Among cattle 67.18% male animals while 32.82% female animals were affected. All buffaloes confirmed for poisoning were female. The findings of the present study will be helpful for formulating strategies to reduce exposure of livestock animals to agrochemicals.
Downloads
References
Akase M M, Pawade U V and Nikam A V. 2018. Classification of pesticides: A review. International Journal of Research in Ayurveda and Pharmacy 9(4): 144–50. DOI: https://doi.org/10.7897/2277-4343.094131
Akkina J and Estberg L. 2018. Epidemiology of suspected pesticide poisoning in livestock. Proceeding of ISDS Annual Conference. DOI: https://doi.org/10.5210/ojphi.v10i1.8858
Caloni F, Cortinovis C, Rivolta M and Davanzo F. 2016. Suspected poisoning of domestic animals by pesticides. Science of the Total Environment 539: 331–36. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2015.09.005
Chandrashekaraiah G B, Chinnaiah R Karabasanavar N S, Veeranna S M, Nagaraju P K and Narasimahaiah C. 2020. Acute phorate poisoning in flock of sheep-A case report. International Journal of Livestock Research 10(11): 176–82. DOI: https://doi.org/10.5455/ijlr.20200331110739
Chirizzi D, Manca R, Summa S, Pacioll I, Toce M, Romano A and Muscarella M. 2020. Suspected veterinary poisoning cases: A retrospective toxico-epidemiology study (2009-2019) in south-eastern Italy. Trends in Medicine 20: 1–6. DOI: https://doi.org/10.15761/TiM.1000254
Jadhav R K, Bhikane A U, Kushwaha N and Jadhav A S. 2017. Management of a rare case of Emamectin benzoate poisoning in buffalo. Buffalo Bulletin 36(4): 717–18.
Jadhav R K, Bhikane A U and Kushwaha N. 2018. Therapeutic management of pesticide poisoning in buffalo heifer. Intas Polivet 19(I): 54–55.
Lahmar R, Berny P, Mahjoub T and Youssef S B. 2019. Animal Pesticide Poisoning in Tunisia. Frontiers in Veterinary Science 6: 369. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3389/fvets.2019.00369
McLean M K and Hansen S R. 2012. An overview of trends in animal poisoning cases in the United States: 2002-2010. Veterinary Clinics of North America Small Animal Practice 42: 219–28. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cvsm.2011.12.009
Radhakrishnan S. 2018. A note on wildlife poisoning cases from Kerala, South India. European Journal of Wildlife Research 64: 58. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10344-018-1218-6
Sandhu H S and Bal M S. 1997. Acute toxicity of triazophos and its effects on biochemical parameters in buffalo calves. Indian Journal of Animal Sciences 67(5): 384–86.
Siddiqui M F, Shafi T A, Sakhare M P, Borikar S T, Tumbhare K M and Shelke A A. 2019. Successful management of thiram poisoning in a non-descript bull. Indian Journal of Veterinary Medicine 39(2): 48–50.
Wang Y, Kruzik P, Helsberg A and Rausch W D. 2007. Pesticide poisoning in domestic animals and livestock in Austria: A 6-year retrospective study. Forensic Science International 169: 157–60. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.forsciint.2006.08.008
Downloads
Submitted
Published
Issue
Section
License
Copyright (c) 2023 The Indian Journal of Animal Sciences

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.
The copyright of the articles published in The Indian Journal of Animal Sciences is vested with the Indian Council of Agricultural Research, which reserves the right to enter into any agreement with any organization in India or abroad, for reprography, photocopying, storage and dissemination of information. The Council has no objection to using the material, provided the information is not being utilized for commercial purposes and wherever the information is being used, proper credit is given to ICAR.