Prevalence of Clinical Cases of Cats Presented at Veterinary Clinics in Abuja Muncipal Area Council (AMAC) in FCT, Abuja Nigeria
Year: 2024
Type: article
Abstract: The study investigated the prevalence of clinical conditions in cats presented to the two selected Veterinary clinics in Abuja Municipal Area Council (AMAC) from July to November 2023. A total of 591 Cases of pet species were presented to the two selected clinics of which 366/591 (61.93%) were dogs, 209/591(35.36) Cats, 12/591(2.03%) Birds, 2/591(0.34%) Rabbits and 2/591(0.34%) Tortoise. The most occurring clinical Condition in cats were Helminthosis (7.66%)/209 followed by open wound 9/209 (4.31%). October period has the highest number of cases 72/209(34.35%) followed by September 52/209(24.88%) while the month with lowest cat cases was November 23/209(11.00%). The mostly presented breed was Domestic short hair with frequency of 134/209(64.11%) followed by Persian 47/209(22.49%). female were more presented to the selected clinics111/209 (53.11%) than males 98/209 (46.89%), and junior cats aged 7 months to 2 years were mostly presented with the highest frequency of 93/209(44.50%) followed by kittens 46/209(22.01%). Cats with full confinement has the highest frequency 133/209(63.64%) followed by partial confinement 71/209(33.97) while the lowest is nonconfinement 5/209(2.39%). Requests for routine check and vaccination were the major reasons cat owners present their cats to the Veterinary clinics, with a frequency of 71/209(33.97%). Keeping in view these finding, an appropriate prevention and control strategies could be designed and applied against various disease condition in cat in the study area.
Authors: P. U. Umeakuana, B. Ogwuche, J. A. Onah
Institution: University of Abuja
Language: English
Subfield: Small Animals
Field: Veterinary
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W4406187028