EFFECTS OF GREEN GRASSES ON MORBIDITY AND MORTALITY RATE OF BLACK BENGAL GOATS UNDER QUARANTINE FARM

An experiment was conducted to study the effects of green grasses on morbidity and mortality rate of Black Bengal goats under quarantine farm from September 2013 to February 2014. Eight villeges of Sirajganj Sador upazila under Sirajganj district of Bangladesh was considered for study. Goats were supplied 3 categories of feeds viz. adlibitum green grasses with varieties of leaves, low amount of green grasses with varieties of leaves and very low amount of green grasses in sometimes with varieties of leaves. After 16 days only sound goats were recorded of sick and death goats mainly on the basis of clinical symptom shown by animals and some by laboratory diagnosis and correlation between green grass and morbidity and mortality rate of goats under QF was observed. Morbidity (14.1%) and mortality (7.8%) was the highest at those QF which were supplied of very low amount of green grasses in sometimes with varieties of leaves among those QF which were supplied of adlibitum green grasses with varieties of leaves (morbidity 3.1% and mortality 1.6%) and low amount of green grasses with varieties of leaves (morbidity 9.4% and mortality 3.1%).