A Survey on the Occurrence of Livestock Diseases and Constrains in  Controlling those Diseases in Maharashtra

S. K. Das; H. P. Aithal; K. N. Bhilegaonkar

doi:10.5455/ijlr.20190913050411

Authors

S. K. Das Training and Education Centre (TEC), ICAR- Indian Veterinary Research Institute (IVRI), Shivajinagar, Pune – 411005, Maharashtra, INDIA
H. P. Aithal Training and Education Centre (TEC), ICAR- Indian Veterinary Research Institute (IVRI), Shivajinagar, Pune – 411005, Maharashtra, INDIA
K. N. Bhilegaonkar Training and Education Centre (TEC), ICAR- Indian Veterinary Research Institute (IVRI), Shivajinagar, Pune – 411005, Maharashtra, INDIA

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5455/ijlr.20190913050411

Keywords:

Control, Livestock Diseases, Maharashtra, Occurrence, Problem

Abstract

Feedback of 344 veterinary officers of Maharashtra state was taken regarding the occurrence of infectious
disease, systemic disease, reproductive disorders and constrains faced by them in controlling those diseases
in different regions of Maharashtra in pre constructed format. It was revealed that PPR (2.30 ± 0.08),
Mastitis (1.81 ± 0.06) and repeat breeding (1.73 ± 0.05) were most important infectious disease, systemic
disease and reproductive disease respectively. Most important difficulty in controlling infectious diseases,
difficulty in treatment of diseases and most important causes for reproductive problems at field level were
found to be “Non cooperation from animal owners (2.16 ± 0.07)”, “high cost of treatment (2.53 ± 0.07)”
and “nutritional deficiencies (1.66 ± 0.06)” respectively. Region wise analysis of data revealed that PPR
was the most prevalent infectious disease in all the six regions of Maharashtra except in Pune. Mastitis was
the most prevalent systemic disease in five regions i.e. Mumbai, Pune, Aurangabad, Latur and Amaravati.
Repeat breeding was the predominant reproductive problem in all the seven regions of the state. Nutritional
deficiency was found to be the main cause of reproductive problems.