Department of Veterinary Medicine Ranchi Veterinary College Birsa Agricultural University, Kanke Ranchi-834 006 (Jharkhand)
*Presently working as Assistant Professor cum Junior Scientist, Department of Veterinary Medicine, B.V.C, Patna.
Online published on 16 November, 2011.
The mortality in age group of 0–30 days in an organized sector (13.6%) was highest. Sex-wise mortality study reveals that the female mortality rate (13.19%) was higher than the male (9.59%) but did not differ significantly. The highest mortality was due to pneumonia (52.97%) followed by pneumoenteritis (18.32%), enteritis (8.91%), parasitic (7.43%) and other causes (10.89%). Highest mortality was observed in summer season (29.41%) and monsoon season (18.32%).
Goat, Season, Mortality
