Volume 13, Issue 2: 2023 - Article 14

Retrospective survey of cases of reproductive diseases and disorders in animals presented for veterinary care at the Senator Ali Sheriff Veterinary Hospital, Maiduguri and State Veterinary Clinic Damaturu, Nigeria from 2010 to 2022
Rahmatu I. Ali ^1*, Suleiman O. Asuku ¹, Abdulhamid Abba ², Abdulrahman I. Adamu ³, Isa M. Alkali ¹ and Adamu Ali

1 Department of Theriogenology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Maiduguri, Nigeria.
² Veterinary Teaching Hospital, University of Maiduguri, Nigeria.
³ Department of Public Health, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Maiduguri, Nigeria.
⁴ Senator Ali Sheriff Veterinary Hospital, Maiduguri, Nigeria.

Abstract
This study investigated the occurrence of reproductive diseases and disorders (RDD) in animals presented for veterinary care at the Senator Ali Sheriff Veterinary Hospital Maiduguri (SASVHM) and State Veterinary Clinic Damaturu (SVCD), Nigeria from 2010 to 2022. A total of 12,147 cases were presented at the SASVHM, while a total of 19,481 cases were presented at the SVCD during the study period. 1081 (8.9%) of the 12,147 cases presented at SASVHM were RDD, while 2033 (10.4%) of the 19,481 cases presented at SVCD were RDD. Out of the 1081 RDD cases presented at the SASVHM, 106 (9.8%) were in males, while 975 (90.2%) were in females. At SVCD, out of the 2033 RDD cases, 215 (10.6%) were in males, while 1818 (89.4%) were in females. There was significantly (p < 0.05) higher number of cases of RDD in females than in males in both hospitals. Pregnancy toxemia, dystocia, mastitis and retained placenta were the most frequent RDD in females in both SASVHM and SVCD, while orchitis, brucellosis, phimosis and paraphimosis were the most frequent RDD recorded in males in both hospitals. The occurrence of RDD was highest in caprine species, followed by ovine, and then the bovine and equine species. Cases of RDD occurred more frequently in the dry season than rainy season in females at both SASVHM and SVCD. In males, RDD cases were more frequent in rainy season at SASVHM, but were more frequent in dry season at SVCD. It was concluded that RDD accounted for 8.9% of the total number of cases presented for veterinary care at SASVHM and 10.4% of all cases presented at SVCD between the years 2010 to 2022, and that the most frequently recorded RDD in both hospitals/clinics were pregnancy toxemia and dystocia in females, and orchitis and brucellosis in males.

Keywords: Retrospective study, Reproductive diseases and disorders, Veterinary Hospital/Clinic, Maiduguri, Damaturu, Nigeria.

How to cite this article:
Ali RI, Asuku SO, Abba A, Adamu AI, Alkali IM and Ali A (2023). Retrospective survey of cases of reproductive diseases and
disorders in animals presented for veterinary care at the Senator Ali  Sheriff Veterinary Hospital, Maiduguri and State Veterinary
Clinic Damaturu, Nigeria from 2010 to 2022. Journal of Veterinary and Applied Sciences, 13(2): 300 – 311.

* Correspondence: E-mail: rahmatu44@unimaid.edu.ng    Phone: +2348034059615

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