Study on the incidence of various sheep diseases and its rearing status in Kapisa province

Kapisa is the province of Afghanistan which is located in the north part of Afghanistan. North area of the Afghanistan is very suitable for sheep rearing and grazing because it has normal and warm climate condition. Regarding to this study in Kapisa province, there were no major activities have been researched which has related to sheep rearing status, breeding and diseases incidence, so in this study, we had evaluated sheep rearing status, conditions and its diseases incidence in Kapisa province, in order to promote and raise the technical skills of farmers to provide for their herd and know them about suitable place, hygiene and prevention of diseases and give them information about quality production. Data and information’s included to this study were estimated and collected by three (observation, interview and distribution of questionnaires) methods. In observing method we had observed sheep rearing status in four seasons of the year and in the interview method we had gotten reports from the relevant animal health clinics and 50 livestock families in 10 large villages of Kapisa province, which were randomly selected and distributed through questionnaires related to sheep rearing condition and disease incidence, data and information were collected and analyzed by statistical method. According to the results of this research, sheep rearing is carried out in a rudimentary and non-technical way in Kapisa Province. So the way of rearing sheep is mainly for reproduction and serving life (expansionary and multiplicative). Usually all of the ranchers did not know about hygiene and diseases control, according to the reports of Animal Health Clinics, there were 24% of ranchers faced with contagious Caprine pleuropneumonia (CCPP) in their herds. Also the incidence of external parasites were 20%, internal parasites were 17%, FMD morbidity rate were 15%, sheep Pox were 10.66 %, foot rot inflammation 7.66% and other diseases, especially metabolic diseases were 5.33% had been reported from Animal clinics. The main obstacles to the status of sheep rearing in Kapisa are the lack of production and supply of quality food in winter, lack awareness of ranchers about the management and maintenance of sheep technical rearing systems, Insufficient and suitable rearing place for sheep herds in winter, weak economy of ranchers, lack of government attention to the services of veterinary preventions, supports and Absence of stable markets for productions.