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Serological Investigation of Peste Des Petits Ruminants in East Shewa and Arsi Zones, Oromia Region, Ethiopia
Joint Authors
Gari, Getachew
Serda, Biressaw
Negesa, Dejene
Lemma, Fethu
Asgedom, Hagos
Source
Veterinary Medicine International
Issue
Vol. 2017, Issue 2017 (31 Dec. 2017), pp.1-5, 5 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2017-12-14
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
5
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Peste des petits ruminant (PPR) is an economically important disease of small ruminants with a rapidly expanding geographical distribution.
There are fragmented reports to the occurrence and distribution of the disease in Ethiopia.
A total of 700 serum samples were collected from goats and sheep to detect the presence of antibody against PPR virus using Competitive Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay (C-ELISA).
An overall PPR seropositivity was reported to be 48.43% in the area.
There is no statistically significant difference in the seroprevalence of the disease between sheep and goats (50.85% and 46.68%), respectively.
However, there was statistically significant variation (P<0.05) in the seroprevalence of the disease in young (33.9%) and adult (55.8%) age categories.
The seroprevalence in male and female was 42.07% and 50.09%, respectively, where the variation was statistically not significant (P>0.05).
High seroprevalence of Peste des petites ruminants in the study area indicated the virus circulation and endemicity of the disease.
The disease causes substantial economic losses by affecting the livelihood of the farmers.
Therefore, control measures should be put in place to minimize the loss associated with the disease.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Gari, Getachew& Serda, Biressaw& Negesa, Dejene& Lemma, Fethu& Asgedom, Hagos. 2017. Serological Investigation of Peste Des Petits Ruminants in East Shewa and Arsi Zones, Oromia Region, Ethiopia. Veterinary Medicine International،Vol. 2017, no. 2017, pp.1-5.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1205514
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Gari, Getachew…[et al.]. Serological Investigation of Peste Des Petits Ruminants in East Shewa and Arsi Zones, Oromia Region, Ethiopia. Veterinary Medicine International No. 2017 (2017), pp.1-5.
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American Medical Association (AMA)
Gari, Getachew& Serda, Biressaw& Negesa, Dejene& Lemma, Fethu& Asgedom, Hagos. Serological Investigation of Peste Des Petits Ruminants in East Shewa and Arsi Zones, Oromia Region, Ethiopia. Veterinary Medicine International. 2017. Vol. 2017, no. 2017, pp.1-5.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1205514
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1205514