Animal Health Laboratories, Animal Sciences Institute, National Agricultural Research Centre, Park Road, Islamabad; ¹Food and Agricultural Organization, Islamabad; ² Social Sciences Institute, National Agricultural Research Centre, Islamabad; Pakistan

Abstract

    Epidemiology of a respiratory syndrome was studied at Landhi Dairy Colony (LDC), Karachi, Pakistan and its economic impact was estimated. Among 5889 buffaloes examined, 2.3% animals were suffering from this syndrome. From some of the sick animals, Pasteurella multocida, the causative agent of haemorrhagic septicaemia, was isolated. In the present study, an average loss of Rs. 0.2 million per farm was calculated and the extrapolated values for 0.2 and 0.8 million animals present in LDC and other dairy colonies in Karachi were Rs. 225.6 and Rs. 1128.1 million, respectively. 

Key words: Respiratory syndrome, haemorrhagic septicemia, epidemiology, economic impact.