National Academy of Agricultural Sciences (NAAS)
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PRINT ISSN : 2319-7692
Online ISSN : 2319-7706 Issues : 12 per year Publisher : Excellent Publishers Email : editorijcmas@gmail.com / submit@ijcmas.com Editor-in-chief: Dr.M.Prakash Index Copernicus ICV 2018: 95.39 NAAS RATING 2020: 5.38 |
A cross sectional study was conducted on one hundred camel slaughtered at Tamboul slaughterhouse from January to March 2021. The study was carried out to determine the prevalence and type of foreign bodies in rumen and reticulum of camel and to assess the association of risk factors with the occurrence of foreign bodies. Postmortem examination was employed for the recovery of foreign body from rumen and reticulum. A total of one hundred camels were examined using systematic random sampling method. 12% of the examined animals were found positive for indigestible foreign bodies in their rumen and/or reticulum. Risk factors such as age, sex, physiological status and nature foreign bodies were taken into consideration. There was statistical significance difference between prevalence recorded in pregnant animals with prevalence of 87.5% of foreign bodies than empty animals with prevalence of 12.5% of the affected animals. Statistical significant difference were recorded in old animals (>6 years) with prevalence of 75% than adult (1-6 year) with prevalence of 25% (p≤0.05). Prevalence based on sex was showed that 33.3% positive cases observed in male and 66.7% in female individuals. Taking the nature of foreign bodies in consideration 41.7% of them were plastic bags, 33.3%, cloth, and 25.0% were robe. In conclusion, this study proved that the foreign body ingestion found in camel grazing in open areas were contaminated with clothes, plastic material, robes, nails and other indigestible materials could cause serious health problem for free grazing animals.
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