A cross-sectional study was undertaken from September 2004 to March 2005 on selected 40 dairy farms located in Central Ethiopia to determine the prevalence and species of the major protozoal causes of calf diarrhea, and the factors associated with their occurrence. Fecal samples were collected once...
A cross-sectional study was conducted in South Gondar, West Gojjam and Awi zones of Amhara Regional State, between October 2004 and March 2005, to determine the sero-prevalence of brucellosis in cattle and humans as well as to identify the likely potential risk factors. Two stage cluster-sampling...
A cross sectional study of bovine dermatophilosis was undertaken on a total of 2284 cross-bred and 4628 indigenous cattle in urban and periurban areas of Bahir Dar town (mid altitude) and Debre Berhan town (high altitude). The majority (1590 local and 138 cross-bred) animals were found in...
Along with the continuously growing volume of information availability, there is a growing interestrntowards better solutions for finding, filtering and organizing these resources. Automatic textrncategorization can play an important role in a wide variety of more flexible, dynamic ,...
One thousand one hundred and seven local Zebu cattle in two Peasant Associations of Dembia wereda, North Gondar Administrative Zone bordering Lake Tana were examined from September, 2004 to February, 2005. The primary objective was to determine fascioliasis prevalence, characterize hepatic lesions...
A cross-sectional epidemiological study was carried out from September 2004 to March 2005 to determine the seroprevalence of bovine brucellosis in the intensive and extensive cattle production systems of Tigray Region, to identify the risk factors that contribute to the occurrence of brucellosis...
ABSTRACTrnA study on cattle tick dynamics was conducted on three agro-ecological zones of Wolayta, Ethiopia, from August 2004 to March 2005 with the objective of identifying the common species, and determining the tick burden difference of indigenous and Holstein cross. The study was conducted...
In Africa, though the potential for tourism is said to be much higher, the number of touristsrnarrived at the continent and revenue generated from this sector is very low as comparedrnwith the other continents. Lack of technical persons to provide relevant and sufficientrninformation to the...
A cross sectional study of Listeria monocytogenes and other Listeria species was undertaken in major supermarkets, pastry shops and restaurants in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia from September 2004 to March 2005. The study was conducted on milk and milk products (pasteurized cows’ milk, cottage...
A study was conducted to determine the effect of lantana poisoning in eastern Ethiopia by the use of clinical survey, questionnaire survey and controlled experimental trial. For the clinical survey, information were collected through interview, inspecting the clinical signs, gross and microscopic...
A cross-sectional study was conducted from November 2012 to April 2013 to determine the prevalence and characteristics of metacestodes in cattle slaughtered at Addis Ababa abattoirs enterprise, Ethiopia. In addition, a questionnaire was presented to the inhabitants of the city to determine their...
A cross-sectional bacteriological study of goat milk with special reference to mastitis was carried out from September 2004 to March 2005 in Adami-Tulu Jiddo Kombolcha district. A total of 680 milk samples were collected from 30 flocks having 340 lactating goats.The prevalence of mastitis was 69.4%...
An epidemiological study on gastrointestinal tract nematodiosis of small ruminants in three different agro-ecological zones of southern Ethiopia was carried out from August 2004 to April 2005 on 180 gastrointestinal tracts and 2,828 faecal samples collected from sheep and goats to identify nematode...
A seasonal dynamics of tsetse and trypanosomosis study was carried out in selected sites of Southern Nation, Nationalities and Peoples Regional State (SNNPRS). The purposes of the study were to determine the seasonal apparent density of tsetse and prevalence of trypanosomosis, to identify tsetse...
The prevalence of bovine brucellosis was measured in cross sectional study in Jimma zone, Western Ethiopia using RBT and CFT from October 2003 to April 2004. The study animals consisted of 1813 cattle among which were 1305 local breed found in extensive system in five districts and 508 cross breed...
Brucellosis is a widespread infectious disease of livestock and wild life with serious economic and public health impact. Bovine brucellosis causes diminution of much needed human food (milk and meat). Besides, being transmitted to man, it is one of the most important causes of abortion, stillbirth...
A trial aimed to evaluate the efficacy of Deltamethrin (0.4% impregnated odour-baited targets and 1% pour-on formulation applied to animals) in reducing the incidence of bovine trypanosomosis and comparing the corresponding cost-effectiveness of both strategies was conducted in two selected 10X10km...
Trypanosomosis is one of the most devastating diseases, which afflict both people and animals in Africa. The Ethiopian government is placing a great emphasis on tsetse control activities. The control program must fit into the rural development policy of the country and monitoring and impact...
An epidemiological investigation of mechanically transmitted trypanosomosis was undertaken at the three districts (Bahir Dar Zuria, Dembia and Fogera) bordering lake Tana that are located in Amhara National Regional State, Ethiopia. The study was conducted with the objectives of determining the...
Geotechnical investigation is an essential requirement to the design and construction of civilrnengineering projects the behavior of soil properties is very challenging and unique nature.rnGeotechnical engineers usually attempts to develop empirical equations specific to a certainrnregion and soil...