ÓÄÊ 619:616-006.446:636.22/.28
DOI 10.3861/2071-8020-2025-5-7-10
Original Empirical Research
Budulov N. R.
Abstract. The author assessed the epizootic state and the implementation of health-improving measures to eliminate leukemia of cattle in Dagestan Republic for 2024. The complex of anti-leukemia measures, carried out by veterinary specialists, significantly reduced the intensity of the epizootic process of leukemia. The number of cattle, infected with leukemia, decreased on 38,0%, compared to 2023. On the beginning of 2024 96 leukemia – affected settlements were registered in the region, 19 new were identified during the designated year, 55 were rehabilitated, and on 01.01.2025, 60 were officially declared dysfunctional, including 9 on agricultural enterprises, 5 – in peasant (farmer) farms, and 46 in private subsidiary farms. A larger number of officially declared leukemia-affected settlements has 23 in Kizlyar district, 14 – in Botlikhsky, Babayurt, Tlyaratinsky districts and Makhachkala – 4 each, Gunibsky, Rutulsky – 2 each, Dahadayevsky, Tarumovsky, Tsumadinsky, Tsuntinsky, Charodinsky, Shamilsky municipalities and Yuzhno-Sukhokumsk – 1 each. According to the results of monitoring studies, differences in the epizootic situation were revealed in connection with the territorial occurrence of leukemia. In particular, all the unfavorable points, announced (60) in 2024 are actually located in the flat area of the republic. From these, 25 (41,7%) are located in the municipal districts of the highlands and 2 (3,3%) of the mountainous zone. Currently, the spread of leukemia mainly occurs among private livestock. An analysis of health-improving measures against bovine leukemia was also carried out. Health-improving antiepizootic measures to eliminate the disease in the region consisted in identifying of animals infected with the leukemia virus during routine laboratory tests and further excluding them 7 from the herd for slaughter without overexposure. The data obtained are important for monitoring and timely adoption of preventive measures that prevent the spread of the disease. The work on improving of the health of livestock from leukemia in republic continues.
Keywords: leukemia, bovine leukemia virus, BLV infection, assessment, spread, immune diffusion reaction, disadvantaged area, Republic of Dagestan.
Autor affiliation: Budulov Nurdin R., D. Sc. in Veterinary Medicine, Chief Scientific Researcher of the Laboratory of Infectious Pathology of Farm Animals of the Caspian Zonal Research Veterinary Institute – branch of the Federal Agrarian Scientific Research Center of the Republic of Dagestan; 88, Dakhadaeva st., Makhachkala, 367000; phone: 8-963-7939455; e-mail: budulov1951@mail.ru – responsible for the correspondence with the editorial board.
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