Case-Control Study of Parturient Hemoglobinuria in Buffaloes
Altaf Mahmood*, Muhammad Athar Khan, Muhammad
Younus1, Muhammad Arif Khan2, Hafiz Javed
Iqbal3 and Abdul Ahad4
Department of Epidemiology and Public Health,
1Department of Pathology, 2Department of
Clinical Medicine and Surgery, 3Department of
Parasitology; 4Department of Microbiology, Faculty of
Veterinary Science, University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences,
Lahore, Pakistan
*Corresponding author: malikaltafmahmood @ yahoo.com
Abstract
Population based case control study of parturient
hemoglobinuria was conducted in District Chakwal during April 2009 to January
2011 for quantification of epidemiological risk factors associated with
condition. Data of 180 case–control pairs were analyzed for various hypothesized
risk factors. Odds ratios calculated for ≥7 years age (5.56), ≥7 months
pregnancy (15.80), ≥3 lactation number (6.39), ≥8 liters daily milk yield
(1.07), ≤60 days postpartum period (6.23), previous history of hemoglobinuria
(3.41) and ingestion of cruciferous plants (2.51) were significant (P˂0.05);
whereas, those recorded for cottonseed cake (1), use of mineral mixture (0.81),
use of drugs (1.07), use of oxytocin injection (1.32), vaccination (1), grazing
(0.91) and previous history of diseases other than parturient hemoglobinuria
(1.19) were insignificant (P>0.05). It was concluded that parturient
hemoglobinuria is strongly associated with age, lactation number, stage of
pregnancy, postpartum period and previous disease history of affected animals.