Prevalence of Some Livestock Diseases at The Teaching Veterinary Hospital (TVH), Alkadaru, Khartoum North, Sudan.

Abstract

This research aimed at focusing on the incidence of some diseases that affect livestock health and production during January 2018 in Khartoum North. A total of 384 animals (158 cattle,45 sheep,142 goats , one donkey and 38 camels) were presented to the Teaching Veterinary Hospital (TVH),College of Veterinary Medicine , University Of Bahri , with different health problems. Blood fecal and milk samples were taken for the investigation of blood parasites (BPs), Brucellosis (BR), internal parasites (INPs) and Mastitis (MAs) respectively. Five ml. of blood samples were taken from the jugular vein of each animal and blood smears were made for Brucellosis Ps, serum samples were obtained for BR test, fecal samples were prepared for INPs examination and milk samples were subjected to California Mastitis Test (CMT) for MAs . Out of 201 cases΄ blood smears examined, 132 (65.67%) were positive for BPs, theileriosis 93(70.45%) , babesiosis,27(20.45%) and 12 anaplasmosis (9.09%). Thirty five cases΄ fecal samples were examined for INPs out of which 8 (22.86%) were only positive , 6 nematodes (17.14%) , one trematodes (2.86%) and coccidia(2.86%). A total of 169 samples of serum were tested for brucellosis and only 4 cows (2.96%) and one goat (0.59%) were positive . Five milk samples of cows were examined for MAs and 4 (80%) of them were positive. It is concluded that animal productive and reproductive activities are adversely affected by certain diseases and some of them are zoonotic and affect human health and performance. Veterinary hospitals or clinics are important health services centers as they reflect field health problems to be solved by the veterinary authorities.