PREVALENCE OF SOME DISEASES OF DOGS AND CATS AT
THE STATE GOVERNMENT VETERINARY CLINIC IN MAIDUGURI (NIGERIA)
A.
William, S.U.R. Chaudhari1
and N.N. Atsandac2
Department of Veterinary Physiology and
Pharmacology, Surgery and Reproduction and Public Health and Preventive
Medicine, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Maiduguri, P.M.B.
1069, Maidugurii, Nigeria
Abstract
A 3-year
(retrospective) study was conducted to determine the prevalence of diseases;
clinical conditions of dogs and cats presented at the Government Veterinary
Clinic, Maiduguri from January 1995 to December 1997. The prevalent diseases;
conditions of dogs included helminthosis (19.19%), accidental injury) (18.18%),
tick infestation ( 15.15% ), canine distemper (8.42% ), diarrhoea ( 6.73%),
mange ( 7.41%), rabies (5.05%) and babesiosis (4.71%), Prevalent
diseases/conditions of cats included helminthosis (26.67%). tick infestation (
8.89%). diarrhea ( 16.67%), nutritional deficiencies ( 15.56%) and respiratory
infections ( 12.22%). Of highest prevalence in both dogs and cats was
helminthosis (20.93%), followed by tick infestation (13. 70%) and diarrhea
(9.04%) suggesting a poor husbandy of these pets in Maiduguri area. Cases of
automobile accidental injury of dogs were also high, probably due to the same
factors of poor husbandry.