Open Access Research Article

Prevalence of Pigeon Diseases in Sylhet District, Bangladesh

S Islam1*, MRN Akhand2, MB Khan1 and MK Hossain 3

1Department of Physiology, Sylhet Agricultural University, Bangladesh

2Department of Biochemistry and Chemistry, Sylhet Agricultural University, Bangladesh

3Department of Surgery and Theriogenology, Sylhet Agricultural University, Bangladesh

Corresponding Author

Received Date: July 02, 2020;  Published Date: July 29, 2020

Abstract

The study was conducted to determine the occurrence of different diseases in pigeon from January to December 2019 at Sylhet District in Bangladesh. A total of 723 pigeons either infected or dead were collected and examined to diagnose the diseases followed by clinical history, clinical signs, and postmortem lesions and laboratory examination. The data were analyzed by using chi-square test. The result, the proportion of bacterial diseases, viral diseases and parasitic diseases were 22.48%, 66.06% and 11.46% in young and 53.31% of viral, 17.4% of bacterial and 29.27% in adult pigeon respectively. While the proportion of infectious diseases was significantly higher in adult (60%) than the young pigeon (40%; P<0.005), viral diseases were the most affected the young than adult pigeon. In pigeon the occurrence of bacterial diseases was significantly higher in rainy season (34.29%) as well as summer season (17.10%) compared to winter season (15.05%; P< 0.005). However, the percentage of viral diseases was significantly highest in summer season (70.97%) as well as winter season (59.48%) compared to rainy season (47.43%) and whereas the parasitic diseases were highest in winter season (23.42%) compared to rainy season (18.29%) and summer season (13.98%). In conclude diversified diseases are prevalent in pigeon. Therefore, proper vaccination and bio-security practices and preventive measures are recommended.

Keywords: Bangladesh; Infectious disease; Pigeon; Occurrence; Sylhet

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