Indian Journal of Veterinary Surgery
  • Year: 2016
  • Volume: 37
  • Issue: 1

Occurrence of bovine hoof affections in Anand district of Gujarat

  • Author:
  • M.S. Bhatia1, D.B. Patil2, P.V. Parikh3, J.J. Parmar4,, T.A. Mehta1, P.K. Rajput1, A.J. Pal1, N.R. Amin1, S. Parnerkar5
  • Total Page Count: 3
  • Page Number: 54 to 56

1MVSc Scholar, Department of Surgery and Radiology, College of Veterinary Science and Animal Husbandry, Kamdhenu University, Gandhinagar

2Director of Research and Dean PG Studies, Kamdhenu University, Gandhinagar

3Professor and Head, Department of Surgery and Radiology, College of Veterinary Science and Animal Husbandry, Kamdhenu University, Gandhinagar

4Assistant Professor, Department of Surgery and Radiology, College of Veterinary Science and Animal Husbandry, Kamdhenu University, Gandhinagar

5Professor, Department of Animal Nutrition, College of Veterinary Science and Animal Husbandry, Kamdhenu University, Gandhinagar

Anand Agricultural University, Anand-188 001, (Gujarat)

*Corresponding author; E-mail: jigneshparmar2000@gmail.com

Online published on 7 October, 2016.

Abstract

The present study was undertaken in and around Anand district of Gujarat to investigate the occurrence of hoof affections among 6192 cattle and 1554 buffaloes. Study revealed 955 animals (12.71% cattle and 10.81% buffaloes) affected with hoof affections. The breed wise occurrence was higher in HF crossbreds (12.77%), followed by Gir (12.65%) and Kankrej (12.32%), while in buffaloes Mehsani breed had highest occurrenece (20.92%), followed by Surti (17.92%), Murrah (14.06%), non-descript (11.59%) and Jafrabadi (8.29%) breeds. The incidence was more in hind limbs (62.20%) and lateral claws (64.14%) than in forelimbs (42.66%) and medial claws (57.34%). Further, the incidence was high in cattle (14.00%) and buffaloes (11.46%) kept on kachha floor, while less under comfortable housing in cattle (10.43%) and buffaloes (9.11%). Among the affected animals 24.10% were maintained on 8090% concentrate feed. Among the different foot lesions recorded, the incidence of overgrown hooves (44.82%) was highest, followed by white line separation (12.67%). Serum concentrations of total proteins, albumin, globulin, Ca, Mg and P were low; with higher Na and lower K. In hoof shavings, Zn, Ca and P concentrations were significantly lower, while Cu and Mn concentrations were higher in affected animals.

Keywords

Buffalo, Cattle, Hoof affections