Vol. 12, Issue 3 (2023)

Author(s):
Mona Sharma, Anjali Devi and Rita Bharti

Abstract:
Livestock is the prime source of income for farmers in India. From small scale to mid-size scale farmers relays on the livestock based income through milk, meat and other products. India has large livestock populations in organized and unorganized farm. The major population is under unorganized. As larger the population size, there are many different diseases prevailing in India. Different diseases like, foot and mouth diseases (FMD), Bovine brucellosis, Tuberculosis, Bovine mastitis, Equine Herpes virus (EHV), Equine piroplasmosis etc., are major diseases which causes the significant economic loss to the farmer. Disease knowledge, awareness, and its prevention and control should be known to farmer so that they can take all precautionary steps to prevent their livestock from the illness. Therefore, the aim of this review is, to concise the important diseases of livestock in India that are commonly and frequently seen over the period of year.