Vol. 10, Special Issue 7 (2025)

Author(s): Siddanna Manashetti, Bhuvaneswari, D Selvi, Ganesan R, P Vijayalakshmi and N Devadevi

Abstract: A retrospective study was conducted to understand the epidemiology of diseases affecting goats from the cases reported to the Department of Veterinary Medicine, Veterinary clinical complex, RIVER, Puducherry, for a year from January 2023 to December 2023. A total of 235 caprine cases reported were grouped under 32 different diseases/conditions based on tentative diagnosis. The commonly reported diseases were Parasitic (ectendoparasites) (24.9%), Lactacidosis (12.3%), Infectious enteritis (9.7%), Simple indigestion and Bloat (9.27%), Haemoprotozoan diseases (6.3%), Respiratory tract infection (RTI), (5.15%), Polioencephalomalacia (PEM) (5.1%), Peste des Petits Ruminants (PPR) (4.6%) and the rest of the diseases had percentage of occurrence lower than 3%. Out of the total cases, 33.19 per cent were males and the rest 66.8 percent females. Animals aged between 0-3 months had a high occurrence (45.1%) followed by 3-6 months (17.87%). Diseases of the digestive system were most commonly reported (33.79%). The Occurrence of diseases was highest (34.0%) in monsoon season (September-November), followed by 27.7% in the summer season (March-May), 20.4% in the winter season (December), and lowest (17.9 %) in the pre-monsoon season (June-August). The findings of this study highlight the epidemiological pattern of disease occurrence and identify the possible risk factors in the Puducherry region, which will aid in effective therapeutic management and control strategies, including appropriate vaccination programs, deworming, tick control, etc.