author(s)
Hardeep Kalkal and AK Sangwan

abstract
The objective of the study was to investigate the effects of epidemiological factors like location, age, sex, housing and clinical manifestation (diarrhoeic or non-diarrhoeic) on the prevalence of Buxtonella sulcata in buffaloes of Hisar district. Pearson’s chi-squared test was used to find out the relationship between various epidemiological factors and the presence of B. sulcata in the faecal samples. A total of 400 faecal samples were screened under the microscope by sedimentation technique. The overall prevalence of B. sulcata in buffaloes of Hisar district was 54.5%. Sex wise prevalence was in male and female was 61.22% and 52.31%, respectively. Age-wise prevalence in 1-6 months and above 6 months was 56.84% and52.38%, respectively. The effect of either Kutcha (mud) or Pukka (brick and concrete) floor on infection with B. sulcata showed that the prevalence (66.17%) was significantly more buffaloes reared on Kutcha floor than on Pukka floor (42.34%). Buffaloes with diarrhoea were more likely to be B. sulcata positive (86.56%) than the buffaloes without diarrhoea (38.34%).