Participatory disease surveillance of transboundary animal diseases in south Azad Jammu and Kashmir

Transboundary animals diseases (tads) including rinderpest,foot and mouth disease (fmd) and peste-des-petits ruminants (ppr) along with other livestock diseases were searched in south azad jammu & kashmir (ajk). all possible participatory tools of disease surveillance were applied in randomly selected villages of three districts mirpur,bhimber and kotli (south ajk). analysis of data indicated that fmd was the most prevalent and haemorrhagic septicaemia (hs) was the most important disease in the region. other important livestock diseases recorded during pds activity were ppr,enterotoxaemia,prolapse (uterine,vaginocervical) and mastitis. there was no history of rinderpest in ajk since its independence. ppr was noted as an emerging disease of small ruminants causing heavy losses especially in bhimber and kotli. copyright 2015 zoological society of pakistan.