Studies on the prevalent Surgical Affections of Sheep and Goats in Kuwait

Abstract

In the present study, a total number of 658 small ruminants (385 sheep and 273 goats, representing 58.4% and 41.5% respectively) suffered from different surgical affections were admitted to referral hospital belonging to public authority for agriculture affairs and fish resources – Kuwait in three years study period from May/2017 to May/2020. The cases were distributed on the age of the affected animals. The highest incidence was recorded in sheep aged 3 to 4 years old (27%) and in goats aged less than one-year old (35.5%). From the obtained data, male affected animals were 253 ones representing 38.4% (167 rams and 86 bucks representing 43.4% and 31.5% respectively). On the other hand, female affected animals were 405 ones representing 61.6% (218 ewes and 187 goats representing 56.6% and 68.5% respectively). Regarding affected system, urogenital system (18.54%) (sheep, 20.5% and goats, 15.8%) was the highest affected one followed by udder and teat (14.29%) (sheep, 15.6% and goats, 12.5%), digestive system (13.37%) (sheep, 14.5% and goats, 11.7%), integumentary system (13.07%) (sheep, 12.2% and goats, 14.3%), musculoskeletal system (12.31%) (sheep, 10.1% and goats, 15.4%), abdominal wall (10.49%) (sheep, 10.6% and goats, 10.3%), eye (9.42%) (sheep, 8.3% and goats, 11.0%), ear (5.47%) (sheep, 4.2% and goats, 7.3%) and respiratory system (3.04%) (sheep,3.9% and goats 1.8%). The urogenital affected cases in sheep (79 cases) were dystocia (38, 48.1%), vagina prolapse (19, 24.1%), scrotal hernia (12, 15.2%), chronic septic orchitis (4, 5.1%), penile affections (3, 3.8%), and scrotal hematocele (3, 3.8%), while the urogenital affected cases in goats (43 cases) were dystocia (21, 48.8%), hypospadias (5, 11.6%), vagina prolapse (4, 9.3%), penile affections (4, 9.3%), chronic septic orchitis (3, 7.0%), scrotal hematocele (3, 7.0%), and hermaphrodite (3, 7.0%). The udder and teat affected cases in sheep (60 cases) were chronic septic mastitis (27, 45.0%), gangrenous mastitis (19, 31.7%), supernumerary teats, (5, 8.3%), teat fistula (3, 5.0%), teat obstruction (5, 8.3%), and teat warts (1, 1.7%), while the udder and teat affected cases in goats (34 cases) were chronic septic mastitis (14, 41.2%), supernumerary teats (9, 26.5%), teat fistula (5,14.7%), gangrenous mastitis (3, 8.8%), teat obstruction (2, 5.9%) and teat warts (1, 2.9%). The digestive affected cases in sheep (56 cases) were ruminal foreign body (28, 50%), rectal prolapse (17, 30.4%), atresia ani (2, 3.6%), rectal carcinoma (3, 3.8%), abomasum displacement (3, 5.4%), ruminal fistula (2, 3.6%), and dental malocclusion (1, 1.8%), while the digestive affected cases in goats (32 cases) were ruminal foreign body (13, 40.6%), atresia ani (5, 15.6%), rectalprolapse (4, 12.5%), dental malocclusion (3, 9.4%), rectal carcinoma (2, 6.3%), ruminal fistula (2, 6.3%), tongue protrusion (2, 6.3%), and tongue tumour (1, 3.1%).