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Hospital Prevalence of Infectious and Non-Infectious Diseases of Dog at Khulna, Bangladesh

Mahfuza Ferdous, Nazmin Sultana, Md. Asaduzzaman Lovelu, Mst. Assrafi Siddika, Fowzia Bahar, Tanzila Zafrin Tanvi

Asian Journal of Research in Animal and Veterinary Sciences · pp. 418–424 · Published 20 Oct 2023

10.9734/ajravs/2023/v6i4268

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.

Prevalence infectious disease breed season

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