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- Title
Prevalence of Bovine Hypodermosis in Water Buffalo (Bubalus bubalis) from Jhelum District, Pakistan.
- Authors
AHMED, Haroon; KHAN, Mobushir Riaz; Panadero-FONTAN, Rosario; SANDEZ, Ceferino López; MUSTAFA, Irfan; GHANI, Abdul; HUSSAIN, Munib; ASIF, Saira; AHMAD, Aftab; NAQVI, Syed Muhammad Saqlan; QAYYUM, Mazhar
- Abstract
Hypodermosis is an endemic disease in semi-hilly and mountainous areas of Pakistan. Keeping in view the importance of buffaloes an epidemiological survey was conducted to determine the prevalence of hypodermosis in district Jhelum Punjab, Pakistan, during the year 2010-2011. Out of 1000 buffaloes examined clinically in the study area, 32 (3.2%) found to be positive for the warble fly infestation. The number of nodules in the infested animals ranged from 1-5 (2.7±1.1). There were significant differences (P<0.05) in the prevalence of Hypoderma spp. when the sex, age and different geographic areas were considered. The Prevalence was higher in males and young animals and also in those animals grazing in hilly and semi-hilly areas. The climatic conditions (temperature, humidity, sunshine and wind speed) favoured the warble fly activity and contributed in the onset of disease.
- Subjects
PUNJAB (Pakistan); PAKISTAN; VETERINARY parasitology; WATER buffalo; VETERINARY epidemiology; DISEASE prevalence; WARBLE flies; DISEASES
- Publication
Kafkas Universitesi Veteriner Fakultesi Dergisi, 2013, Vol 19, Issue 1, p79
- ISSN
1300-6045
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.9775/kvfd.2012.7227