PREVELANCE AND POTENTIAL RISK FACTORS ANALYSIS OF CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS IN BUFFALO CALVES IN DISTRICT MARDAN
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Cryptosporidium, Mardan, Calves, zoonotic, buffalo, prevelance
Abstract
Cryptosporidium is a protozoanal infection that affects an ample range of vertebrate including human, animals, birds and fishes and causes acute gastrointestinal infections. The present study was conducted to assess the prevelance of Cryptosporidium infection in a buffalo calves in district Mardan, which causes cryptosporidiosis infections. It is one of the nearly all common infections across the spheroid mainly affecting untamed and prosper nations inclusive of Pakistan. The out-turn of cryptosporidiosis in pass infection to animals were high mortality in neonatal calves and huge economics loss to the dairy farms. Varied risk features such as age, gender, area, season, feeding methods, treatment history, and breeds effects the intensity of cryptosporidiosis. All the specimens were collected in labeled plastic bottles and were stored in refrigerator at 4°C before processing. One hundred samples per tehsil were collected from six tehsil and all the principle information’s were entered in pre-designed question sheet at the time of collection from each farm to secure individuals and herd information’s. All the samples were stained by Modified Ziehl Nielsen acid fast staining and investigate under microscope at 10X and 40X. As a result, 10% prevelance was noticed (60/600x100) in both diarrhic and non-diarrhic buffalo calves on the basis of various parameters like age, gender and season of the year, so in the present study the highest prevelance was describe at the age of less than six months (12.44%), walk behined by 7-12 months (9.04%), while stunted at the age of more than 12 months (7.73%). Likewise, the highest prevelance was observed in buffalo calves in damp season (monsoon) 22.48% and then in sun shine season (pre-monsoon) 9.72% while lowest prevelance observed in freezing season (post-monsoon) 4.5%. Similarly the prevelance of infection was higher in female buffalo calves (11.87%) as compared to male buffalo calves (5.78%) tested for both diarrhic and non-diarrhic.
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Fahad Nawaz Khan
Department of Zoology, Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan, KP, Pakistan
Naimat Ullah khan
College of Veterinary Sciences & Animal Husbandry, Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan, KP, Pakistan
Muhammad Ikram
Department of Pharmacy, Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan, KP, Pakistan
Muhammad Najmus Saqib
College of Veterinary Sciences & Animal Husbandry, Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan, KP, Pakistan
Abdul Saboor Pirzada
Department of Pharmacy, Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan, KP, Pakistan
Hazrat Ali
College of Veterinary Sciences & Animal Husbandry, Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan, KP, Pakistan
Mian Saeed Sarwar
College of Veterinary Sciences & Animal Husbandry, Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan, KP, Pakistan
Shah Faisal
Department of Zoology, Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan, KP, Pakistan
Aina Qureshi
Department of Zoology, Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan, KP, Pakistan
Mahnoor Sarzamin
Department of Zoology, Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan, KP, Pakistan
Ali Khan
Department of Pharmacy, The Professional Institute of Health Sciences Mardan, KP, Pakistan