Abstract:
This study aimed to determine the prevalence of most common clinical cases of dog, cat and rabbit reported
at MM Hossain’s Pet Clinic, Dhaka, Bangladesh. One thousand and two hundred (n=1200) clinical cases
were recorded during the period from March 2020 to July 2022. Among them, dog, cat, and rabbit covered
21%, 65.5% and 12.5% cases, respectively. Parasitic disease was the highest prevalent case (25%) in dogs
followed by gastritis (11.51%), wound (10.71%), dermatitis (7.54%), conjunctivitis (6.75%), and kennel
cough (5.16%) (p<0.001). Likewise, parasitic disease followed by wound, viral disease, and diarrhea were
the more prevalent clinical cases in cats (23.31%, 18.05%, 6.77%, and 5.64%, respectively) (p<0.001). In
case of rabbit, traumatic injuries and fracture was the highest reported case (16.67%) followed by parasitic
infestation, diarrhea, and dermatitis (13.33%, 13.33%, and 12.00%, respectively) (p<0.001). Clinical cases
were more prevalent in male dogs than female dogs (56.75% vs 43.25%) (p<0.05), and dogs more than 6
months of age had more reported clinical cases compared to 1-6 months of aged dogs (65.08% vs 34.92%)
(p<0.05). Local breed of cats showed higher prevalence of clinical cases than that of cross breed (66.54% vs
33.46%), male cats had higher prevalence compared to female cats (59.40% vs 40.60%), and cats at the age
of 1-6 months represented higher prevalence than those more than 6 months of age (62.16% vs 37.84%)
(p<0.05). Male rabbits represented as higher reported clinical cases than female rabbits (72.67% vs 27.33%)
(p<0.05). Overall, Parasitic infection/infestation was the prominent reported clinical cases in pet dogs, cats,
and rabbits. Proper prevention and therapeutic management should be carrying out to reduce the prevalence
of parasitic diseases of pets.
