Clinical Case Studies on Selected Diseases of Veterinary Importance in and Around Kombolcha, South Wollo, Ethiopia
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2023
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Addis Abeba University
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Descriptive designed case study was performed from animals presented to Kombolcha, Dessie, and Harbu City Administration Veterinary Clinics from October 2022 to June 2023. The study was conducted with the purpose of identifying and organizing case reports of individual patient animals. Accordingly, different clinical cases of infectious and non infectious diseases and their therapeutic management in different species of animals with different breed, age, sex, and physiological parameters were examined. The method of clinical examination involves owner compliant, physical and general examination and then tentative diagnosis. Appropriate sample/s was/ were taken from the patient animal and sent to the laboratory to confirm the cases. Animlas were treated and managed using locally available broad spectrum therapeutic agents along with supportive therapy following the manufacturer’s instructions. To know the status of recovery, the animals were then well followed either at clinic or at home visit or by phone calling. The final diagnosis was based on the tentative diagnosis, treatment response, and laboratory test results. A total of 19 clinical cases comprised of 39 total animals were compiled during the study period. From the compiled cases, 13 (33%), 20 (51%), 4(10%), 1(3%) and 1(3%), were cattle, sheep and goats, camels, donkey and chickens, respectively. In addition, the result revealed, good prognoses were obtained in 33 (85 %) of the cases, whereas 6 (15 %) animals were died. From the total compiled causes, six (32 %), five (26
%), four (21 %), one (5 %), and three (16 %) were caused by bacteria, viruses, parasites, metabolic issues, and other alignments, respectively. Finally, each case were compiled and placed together using a case report format including a summary, an introduction, a description of the case, tentative and definitive diagnosis, the results of laboratory test, case management and treatment outcomes, and a discussion for each case. Therefore, study gives suggestion about recognition of the commonly found cases of veterinary importance in the study area. In addition, early treatment and uncomplicated cases were having higher chance of recovery. Public awareness and improving veterinary services were recommended for better handling of clinical cases of animals in the study area.