Vol. 9(2), pp. 63-68, February 2021
DOI: 10.14662/ARJASR2021.040
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ISSN: 2360-7874
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Research paper

Case Based Study of Gastro Enteritis and Gastrointestinal Parasitosis in Crossbred Dairy Calves Reared by Harc, Dairy Farm Central Areas of Ethiopia

 

Fekadu Gutema¹, Beksisa Urge¹, Tamirat Siyoum¹, Temesgen Kassa¹, Helen Aklilu¹

 

¹Holata Agricultural Research center, Animal Health research program, Holata, Ethiopia

Corresponding Author:fikadu881@gmail.com

 

Accepted 1 February 2021

Abstract

Calf diarrhea has been regarded as the most common cause of neonatal morbidity and mortality. A case study was conducted from September 2018 to August 2019 as health monitoring and routine follow-up of cross breed calves in HARC dairy farm with objectives of determining gastrointestinal health problems of calves in the farm. A total of 469 clinical cases of crossbreed calves were diagnosed with gastrointestinal health problems. Among these, 95.75 %( 449) of the cases were diagnosed as gastroenteritis of crossbreed calves whereas 4.05 %( 19) of the calves suffered from GIT parasitosis cases. The analysis indicated that, diarrhea was the major syndrome of gastroenteritis in calves. The syndrome of diarrhea showed a statistically significant association (p-value=0.00^*) with gastroenteritis. Sex wise evaluation of gastroenteritis and GIT parasitosis showed no statistically significant difference of the cases between male and female calves (P=0.0116). Beside this, majority of the male and female calves were diagnosed and experienced cases of gastroenteritis. Generally, the gastrointestinal health problem is the major contributing factor to calf morbidity and mortality in HARC dairy farm. Therefore, appropriate prevention and control measures of gastrointestinal health problems should be instituted and adopted against diseases of calves and enhance replacement females and economic gain from the dairy sector.

 

Key words: Calves, Dairy, Diarrhea, Gastroenteritis, GIT parasitosis, Holata, , Ethiopia

 

How to cite this article (APA Style): Gutema, F., Urge, B., Siyoum, T., Kassa, T., Aklilu, H. (2021). Case Based Study of Gastro Enteritis and Gastrointestinal Parasitosis in Crossbred Dairy Calves Reared by Harc, Dairy Farm Central Areas of Ethiopia. Acad. Res. J. Agri. Sci. Res. 9(2): 63-68