Prevalence and clinico-pathological parameters of PPR infected goats and their response to antibiotic treatment at Panchlaish, Chittagong, Bangladesh

Abstract

The present study was conducted in the Panchlaish Upazilla Veterinary Hospital of Chittagong district during the period of July to September, 2013 to find out the prevalence and clinico-pathological findings of Peste des petits ruminants (PPR) in goats, and to observe the response of PPR-goats to different treatments. During the course of study 202 goats were examined of which 98 were PPR positive. Diagnosis of a PPR case was made following the clinical examinations. The results showes that the median age of PPR-goats was higher compared with the healthy ones. The median per-rectum temperature, heart and respiratory rates were also higher in the the PPR-postive goats. No significant difference was seen on its prevalence in goats belonging to Black Bengal or Jamunapari breeds. Its occurence was also evenly seen in each of the three months-July, August and September. But, prevalence of PPR was significantly higher in the nonvaccinated goats. Some hematological parameters except neutrophil count was lower in PPR goats. The recovery rate from clinical signs was higher in goats treated with parenteral administration of oxytetracycline.

Comparative Efficacy of Different Chemotherapeutic Regimens in the Treatment of Peste des Petits Ruminants in West African Dwarf Goats

“…The heart rate, pulse rate and respiratory rate were also high, deferring from the normal reference values reported by Jackson and Cockcroft (34), Radostits et al, (35), but this occurrence agrees with the report by Naznin et al (37), who reported that the heart rate, pulse rate and respiratory rate in PPR affected goats are high. It could be postulated, also, that the significant increase in the respiratory rate was due to harsh environmental and weather conditions as well as the presence of the virus.…”

“…Naznin et al (37) reported that the recovery rate from clinical signs was higher in goats treated with parenteral administration of oxytetracycline but as seen in the findings of this work, it was observed that the combined therapy using Acyclovir, Oxytetracycline and Ivermectin, had a better efficacy than the other groups treated singly. The recovery rate of the combined therapy and the single-Oxytetracycline treated groups were comparable one week post-treatment.…”

Peste des petits ruminants (PPR) in Africa and Asia: A systematic review and meta‐analysis of the prevalence in sheep and goats between 1969 and 2018

“…The incubation period of the disease is 4–6 days, but can be up to 14 days. Clinical infection varies, and may include fever, oculo‐nasal discharges, oral erosions, pneumonia and diarrhoea (Naznin, Ahaduzzaman, Chowdhury, & Biswas, 2014). The infection period is usually 5–7 days, and death of the infected animal may occur within 10–12 days post‐infection due to severe dehydration and respiratory failure (Diallo et al., 2007).…”

Review and Meta-Analysis of PPR in Goat and Sheep of Bangladesh from 2000 to 2019

“…As initial search results showed 344 workable scientific papers which was downed to 92 after deletion of duplicate papers. There were 39 papers selected after screening of the papers showed in the Figure 1 and among them 34 were particularly on goat (Islam et al, 2013;Karim et al, 2014;Rahman et al, 2012;Kabir et al, 2010;Rahman et al, 2011;Sardar et al, 2006;Sarker et al, 2011;Noman et al, 2011;Alam et al, 2015;Nath et al, 2014;Rabbi et al, 2014;Lucky et al, 2016;Naznin et al, 2016;Parvez, 2014;Rakshit et al, 2015;Siddiqui et al, 2016;Sarker et al, 2015;Ahmed et al, 2017;Alam et al, 2018;Amin, 2016;Bueaza, 2015;Debnath et al, 2015;Mohanto et al, 2018;Khan et al, 2018;Md. Mustafizur Rahaman, 2017;Meher et al, 2017;Sadar et al, 2018;Yousuf et al, 2017), 4 papers dealing on both sheep and goat (Hasan et al, 2012;Mondal et al, 2014;Banik et al, 2008) a single article particularly on sheep (Chowdhury, 2011).…”