Estimation of Economic Losses due to Haemorrhagic Septicaemia in Cattle and Buffaloes in India

Haemorrhagic septicaemia in cattle and buffaloes*

Haemorrhagic septicaemia (HS) is a highly fatal disease in cattle and buffaloes, caused by specific serotypes of Pasteurella mul tocida. It is a primary pasteurellosis reproducible in susceptible animals with the specific organism alone. The accepted classification of Pasteurella multocida is based on the identification of its somatic and capsu­ lar antigens. On this basis two serotypes designa...

Immunization of Cattle and Buffaloes With a Combined Anthrax, Haemorrhagic septicaemia and Blackleg Vaccine in Iran

A Case-control Study of Haemorrhagic Septicaemia in Buffaloes and Cattle in Karachi, Pakistan, in 2012.

A retrospective epidemiological case-control study was performed in Karachi, Pakistan, from January to April 2013. The owners of 217 dairy cattle and buffalo farms from six different locations in Karachi were interviewed. The aim of the study was to identify risk factors associated with the presence of haemorrhagic septicaemia (HS). Farms with a history of at least one instance of sudden death ...

Progress in control of haemorrhagic septicaemia (Pasteurellosis) in cattle in Iran

Estimation of economic losses due to Peste de Petits Ruminants in small ruminants in India

Aim: To develop a simple mathematical model to assess the losses due to peste des petits ruminants (PPR) in small ruminants in India. Materials and Methods: The study was based on cases and deaths in goats and sheep due to PPR from the average combined data on ovine/caprine as published by Government of India for the last 5 years (2008-2012). All possible direct and indirect losses due to the d...