Participatory Surveillance of Infectious and Non-Infectious Diseases of Livestock in Pakistan
Participatory Surveillance of Infectious and Non-Infectious Diseases of Livestock in Pakistan
Muhammad Nadeem1, Muhammad Rizwan2,3*, Tanveer Ahmad4, Muhammad Kashif5, Aneela Zameer Durrani2, Muhammad Ali6, Asghar Abbas7, Safder Imran8, Sidra Saher9, Syeda Fakhra Waheed10
ABSTRACT
Abstract | This study aimed to evaluate participatory surveillance of prevailing various infectious and non-infectious diseases in domestic animals under field conditions. For this purpose, study area was all tehsils of district Khushab and study population were all domestic animals. Diseases were diagnosed based on history of diseased animal, signs and symptoms, post-mortem findings, biochemical, and cultural characterization. Occurrence of significant trans-boundary animal diseases (TADs) was highlighted by adopting special parameters of participatory disease surveillance (PDS). Data analysis showed that FMD, theileriosis, and HS are the most important, of which FMD was found to be most common diseases in study area. Other main livestock health problems observed during study was respiratory syndrome, mastitis, enterotoxaemia, tick and mite infestations and pox disease. There was no proof of rinderpest occurrence since long in area of examination. Participatory disease surveillance presented to be a worth full technique to obtain trustworthy data that may be helpful in making most effective policies for control and eradication of livestock diseases in and Pakistan.
Novelty Statement | Participatory surveillance for infectious and infectious diseases of livestock is effective for diseases eradication program in Pakistan.
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December 2022
Vol. 37, Iss. 2, pp. 93-182
