Mst. Tahamina Arju¹, Kanika Samaddar¹, Md. Mizanur Rahman¹*, Md. Mansorol Haq¹, Md. Sohel Rana¹, Nasrin Sultana Juyena¹, Muhammad Rakibul Hasan²

¹Department of Surgery and Obstetrics, Faculty of Veterinary Science, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh-2202, Bangladesh
²Department of Physiology, Faculty of Veterinary Science, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh-2202, Bangladesh

ABSTRACT

A survey was conducted to determine the occurrence of surgical disorders in five upazila veterinary hospitals (UVH) in Chittagong region. A total of 12,642 sick animals of different UVH were investigated in this study. The overall occurrence of surgical disorders was found 6.59% in Chittagong region where as 6.65% in hill tracts and 6.33% in plain land. The common surgical disorders  recorded were myiasis (1.21%), tympany (1.13%), navel ill (0.99%), traumatic wound (0.79%), dog bite (0.73%), foot diseases (0.59%), abscess (0.32%), urolithiasis (0.27%), fracture (0.23%) and upward patellar fixation (0.11%). Out of 834 surgically affected animals, 51.32% were from hill tracts and 48.68% from plain land. The cases were higher in cattle (57.48%) than goat (40.18%), sheep (0.93%) and pig (1.40%). The percentage of surgical disorders was higher in female (60.28%) than in male (39.71%). The highest occurrence of surgical disorders was in summer season (16.96%) followed by rainy season (32.01%) and winter season (21.03%). It reveals that the highest occurrence of surgical disorder is claimed by myiasis (18.69%) in hill tracts. The results imply that surgical disorders affecting the animal population in these areas is a great threat for animal rearing. It could be mitigated by prompt surgical intervention of these defects.

Key words: Surgical disorder, animal, Chittagong, Bangladesh

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