A cross sectional study was conducted from November 2017 to May 2018 in and around Akaki Kality Sub-city of Addis Ababa and Sululta Town with major emphasis of isolation and identification of pathogenic Staphylococcus species and determination of antimicrobial susceptibility pattern of...
A cross-sectional survey was conducted from November 2018 to May 2019, using semi-structured questionnaire from Yabello woreda in purposively selected kebeles. All participants respond that sheep and goats were used natural pasture freely available at winter and summer, watering available in winter...
Staphylococcus aureus (S.aureus) is one of the predominant causative agents of mastitisrnin dairy herds. Mastitis has a negative impact through economic losses in the dairy sectorrnacross the globe. A cross sectional study design was conducted from November 2018 tornMay 2019 with the objectives to...
A cross sectional study of MERS CoV in camel was conducted between February 2018 to Aprilrn2019 in three selected sites of Amibara district of Afar Region, Northeast Ethiopia. The studyrnwas aimed to observe the current sero-prevalence status of MERS, assess the presence of activerncases through...
Semen extenders used in Ethiopia are imported and expensive. Pregnancy detection is mostlyrnthrough rectal palpation. This study was designed to compare conception rates of frozen semenrnprepared by commercial (Bioxcell) and homemade (Tris egg yolk) extenders. Further, evaluaternadvanced methods of...
Anthrax is a zoonotic disease caused by Bacillus anthracis (B. anthracis), a grampositive,rnnon-motile, and spore-forming bacterium. Animal anthrax is an important andrnzoonotic disease in Ethiopia and only few of those cases were isolated by laboratory.rnOutbreak investigation of anthrax suspected...
Brucellosis is one of the neglected infectious zoonotic diseaseswith a serious public health importance worldwide. In pastoralist communities of Ethiopia, brucellosis is a major public health problem and has serious economic impact on livestock sectors. A cross-sectional study was conducted from...
Rotavirus is a major pathogen responsible for diarrheal disease in calves resulting in loss of productivity and economy of farmers. However, various facets of diarrheal disease caused by rotavirus in calves in Ethiopia are inadequately understood. A cross sectional study was conducted with the aim...
Foot and mouth disease is a highly contagious viral disease of cloven-hooved animals with significant economic impact. Outbreak investigation was conducted in Tigray, Oromia and SNNPs regional states of Ethiopia from September 2018 to May 2019. Purposive sampling was conducted in the respective...
Mosquito borne diseases poses an immense veterinary and public health concern and arernmajor impediments in the path of socio-economic development. West Nile Virus is arnwidely distributed mosquito-borne Flavivirus. Environmental management strategies thatrnreduce or eliminate mosquito breeding...
A cross-sectional study was conducted from November 2018 to May 2019 in Adama and Modjo. The main objectives of the study were to isolate and identify selected zoonotic pathogens from dairy cattle, to assess practical usage of drugs and to determine the in vitro antimicrobial resistance profiles of...
Capri poxviruses (CaPVs) represent one of eight genera within the chordopoxvirus (ChPV) subfamily of the Poxviridae. These viruses are responsible for some of the most economically significant diseases of domestic ruminants in Africa and Asia. CaPV infections are generally host specific and they...
Salmonella is one of important zoonotic pathogens and its occurrence in animals poses a continuous threat to human health. The occurrence, public health aspect and associated factors of Salmonella in most low and middle income countries like Ethiopia is largely unknown and this demands a study in...
In this study a total of 143 head (97 lamb and 46 goat kid) were randomly selected from 3 villages, Awash Fentale district, Afar Regional State, Ethiopia. To determine the serum IgG concentration of lamb and goat kid in the study area and to determine effect of parity, age, birth type, sex and dam...
In Ethiopia, the contribution of poultry production to small holder farmer and country economy is still restricted by various factors mainly due to infectious and non-infectious diseases. To contribute to this end a case study with a purposive sampling was conducted from October, 2018 to May, 2019...
Questionnaire survey to assess knowledge and attitude of trypanocidal drug utilization practices, entomological survey to know apparent cyclical vector density and other mechanical vectors responsible for trypanosome infection transmission and parasitological study to elucidate the prevalence of...
Ticks cause substantial losses in cattle production, in terms of diseases, reduced productivity and fertility and often death, and are economically the most important ecto-parasites of cattle. A cross-sectional study was conducted in three districts (Dangur, Mandura and Pawi) of Metekel zone,...
In small ruminants metacestodes are important as a main cause of organs and meat condemnation contributing to a significant financial loss and they cause human diseases, especially in poor and developing countries. A cross sectional study was conducted between November 2018 and March 2019 with the...
Lung, heart, kidney and liver are vital organ of the body and susceptible to various disease conditions and parasites that affect the total health status of cattle and camel. There is an increase in demand of carcass and organ consumption but the production capacity become decreasing due to the...
Matching of field isolates of infectious bursal disease viruses with vaccine strains is an important pre-requisite for production of effective vaccine. In this study isolation and characterization of infectious bursal disease virus was done from outbreaks reported from commercial poultry farms with...