The animal had emaciated body, pale mucous membranes with the history of anorexia and loss of body weight. Upon necropsy, the internal organs were found extremely pale, which was suggestive of anaemia. Liver of the animal was hemorrhagic and enlarged. Abomasum of the animal was found filled with the blood-sucking parasites Haemonchus contortus spp. and severe abomasitis was observed. Fecal sample collected for microscopic examination revealed 1150 egg per gram indicating severe parasitic infestation.

Kadaknath rearing is a profitable business because of its high-quality, nutritiously enriched meat. Diseases undeniably has influence to convert profits into losses. To manage the condition, it is vital to study the disease pattern of certain area along with their pathological aspect altogether. It helps to make an effective plan for prevention and control of diseases. Present paper targets the same point. This is the eleven months postmortem study in which we performed necropsy of total 421 Kadaknath chickens. Disease diagnosis has been made based on gross, microscopic lesions, cultural characteristics of the isolated microorganisms and by microscopic examination of intestine scraping. Pathological conditions that we recorded during the study period are as follows. Coccidiosis, enteritis, tapeworm infection, pneumonia and some cases with the indicative lesions of Newcastle disease.

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