Prevalence and risk factors of pre and postpartum complications in crossbred dairy cows of Sylhet, Bangladesh

2016-08-16T19-20-02Z
Source: Annals of Veterinary and Animal Science
Uddin AHMM, Hossain MK, Lucky NS, Roy AC, Islam MR, Uddin ASMA, Hossain MM.
Reproductive complications of crossbred dairy cows are a great concern of dairy producers worldwide that significantly reduce the productivity and profitability. A year round field investigation were conducted with the aim to determine the prevalence of pre and postpartum complications and its associated risk factors in crossbred dairy cows at kanaighat sub-district of Sylhet, Bangladesh, starting from January 2013 to December 2013. A total 535 crossbred dairy cows were subjected to clinical observations that revealed the overall prevalence of reproductive complications was 12.52%.Abortion (2.57%) followed by stillbirth (0.93%) were recorded as major reproductive obstacles in pre-partum situation, whereas retained fetal membrane (2.54%) followed by dystocia (2.50%), uterine prolapsed (1.34%), metritis (1.33%) and pyometra (1.28%) were the major recorded complications in post-partum phase. The risk factors including parity, body condition score, gestation period and management system were significantly (P


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