Contagious bovine pleuropneumonia: Seroprevalence and risk factors in Western Oromia, Ethiopia
Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research
| Field | Value | |
| Title | Contagious bovine pleuropneumonia: Seroprevalence and risk factors in Western Oromia, Ethiopia | |
| Creator | Daniel, Garuma Abdurahaman, Mukarim Tuli, Getachew Deresa, Benti | |
| Description | Contagious bovine pleuropneumonia (CBPP) is one of the most important threats to cattle health and production in Ethiopia. At the livestock farm of the Bako Agricultural Research Center, an outbreak of respiratory disease of cattle occurred in May 2011, and many animals were affected and died before the disease was diagnosed. Therefore, this study was designed to determine the seroprevalence of CBPP antibodies in selected districts of Western Oromia Region and to assess the potential risk factors for the occurrence of the disease. A crosssectional study was conducted from November 2013 to March 2014 in three selected districts of Western Oromia Region. A total of 386 sera were examined for the presence of specific antibodies against Mycoplasma mycoidesmycoides small colony (MmmSC), using a competitive enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. The risk factors that were evaluated in this study were geographical location, age, sex, breed and body condition. The overall seroprevalence in this study was 28.5%. The seroprevalence of Mycoplasma mycoidesmycoides small colony antibodies at the district level was 40.3%, 19.0% and 5.7% in Gobbu Sayyo, BakoTibbe and Horro districts, respectively. There was a statistically significant variation ( p 0.05) in the prevalence of antibodies amongst the districts. However, animal-related risk factors, such as age, sex, breed and body condition, were not significantly associated ( p 0.05) with the serological status of the animal. This study showed that the overall prevalence of CBPP in Western Oromia Zones was high. This warrants the implementation of appropriate preventive and control measures to minimise the economic losses associated with the disease.Keywords: Seroprevalence, CBPP, risk factors, c-ELISA, Western Oromia Zones, Ethiopia | |
| Publisher | AOSIS | |
| Date | 2016-05-12 | |
| Identifier | 10.4102/ojvr.v83i1.958 | |
| Source | Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research; Vol 83, No 1 (2016); 5 pages 2219-0635 0030-2465 | |
| Language | eng | |
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