The present study was undertaken to record the incidence and etiologies of anaemia in sheep and goats presented to Veterinary Hospital, Veterinary College and Research Institute, Namakkal in Tamil Nadu. | 2021 10 03 1177-1183 International Journal of Current Microbiology and Applied Sciences ISSN 2319-7706 Volume 10 Number 02 2021 Journal homepage http Original Research Article https Demographic Study of Incidence and Etiologies of Anaemia in Sheep and Goats in and around Namakkal Tamil Nadu Banka Pushkar Rajendra1 S. Sivaraman2 G. Senthil Kumar2 and P. Balachandran3 1 Department of Veterinary Clinical Medicine 2Department of Veterinary Clinical Complex 3 Department of Veterinary Pathology Veterinary College and Research Institute Namakkal- 637 002 Tamil Nadu Veterinary and Animal Sciences University Chennai India Corresponding author ABSTRACT Anaemia is a decrease in the total amount of red blood cells or haemoglobin in the blood or a lowered ability of the blood to carry oxygen. Keywords 263 sheep and 1836 goats presented to the Veterinary Clinical Complex Veterinary College and Research Institute Namakkal Tamil Nadu were Sheep Goats Anaemia screened for the study from September 2019 to August 2020. Incidence of Incidence Etiology anaemia was the highest in sheep and goats under 3 months of age and in Article Info the winter season. Various etiologies observed in sheep included ectoparasitic infestation n 20 per cent endoparasitic infection Accepted 10 February 2021 n 7 per cent mixed infection n 4 per cent and other Available Online conditions n 5 per cent whereas in goats ectoparasitic infestation 10 March 2021 n 84 per cent endoparasitic infection n 29 per cent mixed infection n 8 per cent and other conditions n 11 per cent . Introduction million sheep which increased by per cent over previous census Tamil Nadu India being an agrarian economy has a million Namakkal thousand and significant proportion of the people depending million goats which increased by directly or indirectly on agriculture and per cent .
