Incidence of important goat diseases and economic losses under field condition

Abstract

A survey was conducted among the goat keepers of North 24 Parganas district of West Bengal and Mathura district of Uttar Pradesh to know the incidence of important goat diseases and the economic losses due to some of the important diseases in goat under field condition. Two blocks from each district and 45 farmers from each block were randomly selected for data collection. Thus, 90 farmers were selected from each state. The study showed that majority of the respondents observed PPR as major disease in their flock followed by endoparasite and ectoparasite infestation. Analysis of economic losses due to important diseases on recall basis showed that economic loss was highest due to PPR followed by enterotoxaemia and kid diarrhea. Morbidity and mortality losses due to PPR were also found highest among important goat diseases and the mortality losses were calculated to be about 301 and 2,558/goat respectively. Therefore, proper health programmes and management practices must be undertaken in advance to avoid such huge economic losses under field conditions.