Sero-Surveillance of Hemorrhagic Septicemia in Buffaloes and Cattle
in Southern
Punjab,
Pakistan
Umer Farooq*, Zaka Saeed1, Muhammad Ather Khan2,
Iftikhar Ali1 and Muhammad Fiaz Qamar
University College of Veterinary & Animal Sciences, The Islamia
University of Bahawalpur; 1Livestock &Dairy Development
Department, Govt. of Punjab, Dera Ghazi Khan; 2Department
of Epidemiology & Public Health, University of Veterinary & Animal
Sciences, Lahore; Pakistan
*Corresponding author: pathophysio@hotmail.com
Abstract
The present investigation was executed to study the sero-surveillance of
hemorrhagic septicemia (HS) in buffaloes and cattle in district Dera-Ghazi-Khan,
Punjab,
Pakistan.
The average geometric mean titers (GMT) recorded against HS in diseased
buffaloes and cattle were 5.7 and 6.1, respectively. The morbidity, mortality
and case fatality rates were 57.58, 52.30 and 90.83% in young buffalo calves;
and 3.17, 1.92 and 60.65%, in adult buffaloes, respectively. Whereas, in case of
young cattle calves, morbidity, mortality and case fatality rates were 8.63,
5.27 and 61.11%, respectively. While in adult cattle, morbidity, mortality and
case fatality rates were 4.83, 2.18 and 45.23%, respectively.
The present study revealed that the mortality, morbidity and case fatality rates
due to HS were greater in young calves than the adults both in buffaloes and
cattle. Furthermore, buffaloes were found to be more
susceptible to the disease than the cattle.