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4. Prevalence and risk factor assessment of Peste des
petits ruminants in goats in Rajshahi, Bangladesh - Subir Sarker, Md.Hemayeatul Islam
Vet World. 2011; 4(12): 546-549
doi: 10.5455/vetworld.2011.546-549
Abstract
The study was carried out to investigate the
prevalence of Peste des petitis ruminants (PPR) in
goats in Rajshahi District of Bangladesh, and its
relation to age, sex, breeds and seasonal
influence. In total, 627 goats were examined where
305 were males and 322 were females. The overall
prevalence of PPR in goats was found to be 20.57%
(n=129). From the various risk factors analysed,
age categories of goats, sex, breed and seasonal
influence were found to be significantly
associated (p<0.01) with the prevalence of PPR.
Findings suggested that the seasonal influence on
outbreaks of this disease was significantly
higher. The clinical prevalence of PPR was highest
in the month of December (31.68%) and lowest in
June (9.52%). The influence of sex on PPR
outbreaks was found to be higher in male (28.52%)
than female (13.04%) goats. As regards to age, PPR
was significantly higher in young (31.06%)
compared to sucklers (13.14%) and adult (10.15%).
The susceptibility of Black Bengal goats to PPR
was higher than other breeds. The results of this
study showed that PPR is an important goat disease
in the studied areas. Thus, an appropriate control
strategy has to be designed and applied, which
could involve prevention of contact with infected
goats and vaccination against the PPR virus.
Keywords: Peste des petitis ruminants, goats,
prevalence, risk factors
