Incidence and prevalence of livestock diseases of Andaman and Nicobsr islands


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Authors

  • Jai Sunder Central Agricultural Research Institute, Port Blair, Andaman and Nicobar Islands
  • R B Rai Central Agricultural Research Institute, Port Blair, Andaman and Nicobar Islands
  • A Kundu Central Agricultural Research Institute, Port Blair, Andaman and Nicobar Islands
  • R N Chatterjee Central Agricultural Research Institute, Port Blair, Andaman and Nicobar Islands
  • S Senani Central Agricultural Research Institute, Port Blair, Andaman and Nicobar Islands
  • S Jeyakumar Central Agricultural Research Institute, Port Blair, Andaman and Nicobar Islands

Keywords:

Incidence, Livestock diseases, Prevalence

Abstract

The present study deals with the prevalence of livestock diseases of these islands. Randomly blood samples were collected from cattle, goat and swine and were subjected to various serological tests for scrcening of important diseases. The results revealed the prevalence of B. abortus agglutinins as 13.83%, IBR as 17.68% arid leptospirosis as 2.44%, respectively, while none of the samples were positive for FMD and PPR.The faecal examination revealed the prevalence of eggs of Strongyle spp. (23.0%),Fasciola spp. (10.50%) and Amphistomes(24.50%). A high rate of humpsore(35.0%) was recorded in the cattle. 'The seroscreening of the goat sera samples revealed the prevalence of Brucella meleyensis ( 11.96%). Mycoplasma (15.70%)a nd leptospirosis (16.41 %). However, none of the samples were positive for PPR and bluetongue respectively. The prevalence of swine fever was 32.65%.

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Submitted

2011-08-24

Published

2005-09-05

Issue

Vol. 75 No. 9 (2005)

Section

Articles

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How to Cite

Sunder, J., Rai, R. B., Kundu, A., Chatterjee, R. N., Senani, S., & Jeyakumar, S. (2005). Incidence and prevalence of livestock diseases of Andaman and Nicobsr islands. The Indian Journal of Animal Sciences, 75(9). https://epubs.icar.org.in/index.php/IJAnS/article/view/9414