Veterinary Science & Technology

Animal Products, Veterinary Drug and Animal Feed Quality Assessment Center, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

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• Research Article   
  Sero Prevalence, Associated Risk Factors and Knowledge, Attitude and Practice of Farmers towards the Contagious Bovine Pleuro Pneumonia in Selected Districts of West Arsi Zone of Oromia Regional State
  Author(s): Misgana Amenu, Hussen Bedu*, Tolesa Neggasa and Tefere Benti
  
  Contagious bovine pleuropneumonia (CBPP) remains a huge threat to cattle production in sub–Saharan African countries like Ethiopia. A cross sectional study was conducted between September, 2020 to June, 2021 to determine seroprevalence, to identifying animal and herd level risk factors and to estimate knowledge, attitude and practice (KAP) of farmers toward CBPP disease, in districts of Kofele and Siraro. A total of 384 animals were randomly selected with no history of vaccination against CBPP and serum samples were collected and tested by competitive ELISA. Questionnaire survey from 74 cattle owner was collected and data obtained from both serological and questionnaire surveys were analyzed by using SPSS software version 25. The results indicated that, the overall animal and herd level seroprevalence of CBPP were 16.14% (62/384) and 43.24% (32/74) respec.. Read More»
  DOI: 10.37421/2157-7579.2022.5.142

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