Seroprevelance and risk factors of contagious bovine pleuropneumonia in Khartoum state 2016-2017

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Across-sectional study was conducted from 2016 to 2017 in various pastoral areas in Khartoum state, Sudan; to determine Seroprevelence and risk factors of contagious bovine pleuropnumonia (CBPP).

A total of 386 sera were examined for the incidence of specific antibodies against Mycoplasma mycoides subsp mycoides small colony (MmmSC), using a competitive enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay(c.ELISA).

well designed questionnaire from the animal owners and the pastoralists was used to evaluate the risk factors in this study which were include the geographical location, age, sex, breed , herd structure, herd size , introducing of cattle and the health of introduced cattle ,exposuring , passage of nomads, Sharing other herd in grazing land, community knowledge ,antibiotics treatment, number of sick animals ,number of dead animals, neighbouring health Status, selling or transferring.

The overall seroprevalences in this study was 45.3% and with regard to the risk factors some of them have significance association: the community knowledge,Age, Sex, the breed , herd structure, herd size and the number of dead animals the P- value was less than 0.05 for all of them.

Punctual diagnosis, isolation and stamping out of the outbreaks, serious surveillance, followed by authoritarian cattle movement control should be implemented by Khartoum state Veterinary Services to eliminate thedisease.