Data on 553 cases of post-mortem reports spread over 22 years were utilized to study the effect of age and season on disease pattern in Beetal goats under semi-intensive management system. The overall incidence of pneumonia was (56.06%) followed by enteritis (18.63%), pneumoenteritis (11.75%), helminthosis (4.34%), hepatitis (1.08%), toxaemia (1.45%), coccidiosis (1.81%) and colibacillosis (0.72%). Proper identification of cause and sensitivity of drugs will reduce the mortality rate considerably.
Beetal, Disease, Goat, Mortality
