SPREAD OF DISEASES OF NON-CONTAGIOUS ETIOLOGY IN SHEEP AND GOATS IN THE STAVROPOL TERRITORY

Abstract

The article contains up-to-date information for 2020-2021 on veterinary
records of the morbidity of sheep and goats in farms of various forms of ownership in the
Stavropol Territory. The nosological profile of diseases of non-contagious pathology is represented by diseases of metabolism, digestive and respiratory systems, postpartum inflammatory pathology and diseases of young animals with the description of their main predisposing
causes, designation of the etiological structure of diseases of non-contagious pathology, determination of the share distribution of morbidity and mortality in sheep of various age
groups. The total reflection of the existing situation on the morbidity of sheep and goats is
clearly illustrated.
An analysis of the results of statistical reporting showed that in 2021, compared to
2020, there was a tendency to reduce the number of sheep and goats that were subjected to a
general comprehensive medical examination by 0,7 %, and the number of biochemical studies
of blood serum of small cattle decreased by 75,19 %. In adult animals, the number of primary
registered diseases of non-contagious etiology increased by 43%, while mortality was
38,57%. Out of the total number of non-contagious pathologies of small ruminants, the number of diseases of the gastrointestinal tract increased by 202,65 %, metabolic diseases and obstetric-gynecologic pathologies increased by 264,0 and 148,54 %, respiratory diseases by
81,06%. The number of cases of intoxication increased by 60,5 %, however, the number of
mastitis and injuries decreased by 35,17 % and 11,46 %.
The morbidity of non-contagious diseases in young animals at the age of: 1-10 days
and from 10 to 30 days decreased by 7,59 % and 52,71 %, however, the morbidity of young
animals older than 30 days increased 3 times. The mortality of young animals aged 1-10 days
decreased by 26,59 %, in young animals from 10 to 30 days of age it decreased by 35,46 %,
and in young animals older than 30 days it decreased by 82,21%.
Tracking and processing of the available information documents the prevalence of diseases of non-contagious etiology, clearly confirms the expediency of radical changes in strategic positions of improving the confrontation in the covered issues.