HEALTH CARE AND STATUS OF FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE (FMD) IN ANIMALS OF BANASKANTHA DISTRICT

S.S. CHAUDHARI¹*, A.S. SHEIKH², B.K. ASHWAR³, J.H. PATEL^4
1Department of Veterinary Extension, College of veterinary Science and Animal Husbandry, Sardarkrushinagar Dantiwada Agricultural University, Sardarkrushinagar, Gujarat, India
²Department of Veterinary Extension, College of veterinary Science and Animal Husbandry, Sardarkrushinagar Dantiwada Agricultural University, Sardarkrushinagar, Gujarat, India
³Animal Husbandry Polytechnic, Sardarkrushinagar Dantiwada Agricultural University, Sardarkrushinagar, Gujarat, India
⁴Kankuba Pashupalan Vidyapith, Institute of Dairy Sciences, Ganpat University, Ganpat Vidyanagar, Gujarat, India
* Corresponding Author : dr.sandip1989@gmail.com

Received : 26-02-2016     Accepted : 27-04-2016     Published : 14-08-2016
Volume : 8     Issue : 28       Pages : 1610 - 1614
Int J Agr Sci 8.28 (2016):1610-1614

Keywords : Dairy farmer, Veterinary doctor, FMD, Vaccination
Academic Editor : Dr Vikas Vohra, Mehul Patel, Manoj Kumar Sharma, Dr Devesh Giri, Deepak Upadhyay, S. K. Das, Om Prakash Choudhary, Dr Mohan Singh Thakur, Dr Rizwan Jeelani
Conflict of Interest : None declared
Acknowledgements/Funding : None declared
Author Contribution : None declared

A study entitled “Status of FMD vaccination in Banaskantha district of Gujarat” was undertaken during 2013-14. Two separate semi-structured interview schedules for farmers and veterinary Doctors were used. The data was collected from randomly selected 120 farmers spread over 12 villages in two Talukas and 20 Veterinary Doctors posted in the district. Farmers considered reduction in milk yield as important loss due to FMD. The coverage of animals through vaccination against FMD was very dismal. Moreover, goat and sheep were not included in vaccination. Majority (82.50%) of dairy farmers reported occurrence Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) and cattle (74.16%) is most susceptible for FMD disease as compared to buffaloes. It might be due to the fact that 75.00 per cent of Doctor respondents considered losses due to mortality more important than morbidity. Majority (65.00%) of respondents revealed that incidence of disease once in a year. Nevertheless, 75.83 per cent respondents reported their animals were more susceptible to disease in rainy season. Higher number of respondents called to doctors for treatments of affected animals. Maximum (65.00%) dairy farmers were reporting disease to the nearest veterinary hospital and affected animals were treated by veterinary doctors.