Cryptosporidiosis is an important disease in both animals and in immunocompromised individuals especially those with HIV/AIDS. C. parvum is the most important zoonotic pathogen, mostly transmitted from calves but other zoonotic Cryptosporidium spp. like C. meleagridis, C. felis, C. canis, C. muris,...
Retrospective and participatory studies were conducted from November 2007 to May 2008 to study the distribution, management and performance of Sheko cattle in lowland, mid land and highland agro ecological zones of Bench Maji Zone, South Western Ethiopia. 120 households owning Sheko cattle were...
Study on reproductive performance of 18 AI bulls and on the efficiency of AI operations wasrnconducted at the National Artificial Insemination Center and in ten purposively selected areasrnof five regional states. This study was also conducted to assess the problems and constraintsrnassociated with...
A cross-sectional study was conducted between October 2007 and May 2008 to detect and determine oxytetracycline and penicillin G residue levels in bulk milk of cows in Debre Zeit and Nazareth dairy farms. A total of 400 bulk milk samples were randomly collected from the respective study dairy...
A cross sectional study comprising serological and questionnaire survey was conducted with the objective of determining the prevalence, extent and distribution of Dourine in selected horse breeding districts of Bale highlands of Oromia Regional State of Ethiopia from September 2007 to May 2008....
A cross sectional study on smallholder dairy production technologies uptake in mixed farming systems in Dejen “woreda†was conducted from September 2007 to May 2008 with the objectives to identify available technologies, their uptake levels and constraints, assess the influences of...
A cross sectional study comprising serological and questionnaire survey was conducted with the objective of determining the prevalence, extent and distribution of Dourine in selected horse breeding districts of Bale highlands of Oromia Regional State of Ethiopia from September 2007 to May 2008....
A cross sectional study comprising serological and questionnaire survey was conducted with the objective of determining the prevalence, extent and distribution of Dourine in selected horse breeding districts of Bale highlands of Oromia Regional State of Ethiopia from September 2007 to May 2008....
A cross-sectional study was conducted from October 2006 to May 2007 to investigate thernproportion of tetracycline residue levels in beef at Addis Ababa, Debre Zeit and Nazarethrnslaughterhouses. A total of 384 muscle and kidney samples were randomly collected fromrnslaughtered cattle in the...
A longitudinal prospective observational study on the concentrations of serum total protein (STP), as a measure of status of passive immunity, and its associations with crude calf morbidity and mortality in dairy farms in Debre Zeit and its surroundings was conducted from October 6, 2006 to May 15,...
A bacteriological study was conducted from September 2006 to March 2007 to estimate the occurrence and distribution of important Gram-negative bacteria with special reference to Aeromonas hydrophila and Edwardsiella tarda from the kidney and intestine of apparently healthy fish and their aquatic...
In this study 59 postpartum crossbred dairy cows were selected from three different farming scales (smallholders, medium sized and large scale dairy farms). Each cow had a normal parturition and had no abnormal uterine discharge by vaginoscopy or no abnormality in rectal palpation. Then the cows...
The study of ovine pasteurellosis was conducted in highland woredas of South Wollo zone of the Amhara region to determine the prevalence rate of Mannheimia haemolytica, Pasteurella trehalosi and Pasteurella multocida from nasal swabs (120) abattoir specimen’s tonsils (75) and lungs (75), and...
This study was carried out in three agro-ecologies in the East Shoa Zone of Oromia Regional State from October 2006 to April 2007. The study areas were Gimbichu (highland), Lume (midland) and Boset (lowland). The objectives of the study were to characterize poultry production system in the study...
A longitudinal prospective observational study on calf diarrhea and mortality in dairy farms inrnand around Addis Ababa was conducted from October, 2006 to May, 2007 with the objectives ofrndescribing incidence of calf diarrhea and mortality and identification of potential pathogensrnassociated...
A study to establish contact points of Peste des Petits Ruminants (PPR) disease in small ruminants was conducted in Basona Werana District, North Shewa Zone, Ethiopia, from October 2006 to April 2007. This study was mainly designed for the identification of the contact of small ruminants at grazing...
A cross sectional study was conducted to determine the prevalence of camel trypanosomoses and to identify the risk factors associated with the disease occurrence in Dello-mena and Sawena districts of Bale zone. Blood samples were collected from 619 camels and examined for the presence of T. evansi...
This study was conducted in Awash Fentale district of Afar region and Metehara town of Oromia region, Ethiopia, in an attempt to determine the serum biochemical parameters of camels as well as to observe the influence of age on the parameters. The mean values of serum enzyme levels of ALP, ALT, AST...
A study was conducted in small ruminants in Awash Fentale Woreda Afar National Regional State, from September 2006 to June 2007, to determine seroprevalence of peste des petits ruminants, to investigate outbreak of the disease and assess postvaccinal seroconversion to the virus. From a total of...
A study on the prevalence of thermophilic Campylobacter species was under taken in selected abattoirs, ,butchers and supermarkets in two cities (Debre Zeit and Addis Ababa)of Ethiopia from November 2006 to April 2007.The study was conducted on raw meat (beef, chicken meat, goat meat, sheep meat and...