Studies on prevalence and epidemiology of obstructive urolithiasis in pashmina goats of Ladakh region in Jammu and Kashmir

Abstract

Urolithiasis is a common problem in small ruminants and causes great economic loss to owners in form of mortality and cost of medication. A detailed study was carried to know the pattern of occurrence of obstructive urolithiasis in pashmina goats of Ladakh and to identify some of the major etiological factors responsible. One Hundred (100) pashmina goats of All India Co-oridanted Researh Project on Changthigi Goats (ACRIP-CG) were screened for obstructive urolithiasis for a period of 3 years from September 2014 to September 2017. Goats with history of urinary retention and other related clinical signs were classified as having urolithiasis. The data so generated were analyzed to find the occurrence (%) and distribution of cases according to age, sex, season, and castration status. During this period 14 cases of urolithiasis were reported, which constituted a farm incidence of 4.66%, only male sex were affected and age-wise farm prevalence of obstructive urolithiasis was 42.85% (6/14) in below 2 years age group and 35.71%(5/14) in age groupof 2-3 years and 21.42% (3/14) in the age group of 2-3 years age. Highest number of cases of urolithiasis were observed in winter 7 (50%), followed by spring 3 (21.42%), summer 2 (14.2%) and autumn 2 (14.2%). Out of total goats affected with urolithiasis 10 (71.42%) were castrated and only 4 (28.57%) were not castrated.