Participatotory Apprisal And Seroprevalence Study Of Foot And Mouth Disease In Borana Pastoral System South Ethiopia

Participatory appraisal and conventional veterinary investigation methods were applied to rnalidate Barana pastoralists' knowledge on cattle disease and to investigate the epidemiology of rnFoot and Mouth disease ( FtlD), respe-ctivcly in Barana pastoral production system of Southern rnEthiopia. Furthennore, detcnnin3ti oll of seroprevalencc of FMD and assessment of associated rnrisk factors (including serotyping of the c irculating FMD vims) were conducted. The rnparticipatory methods used were clinical observation. matrix scoring, proportional piling. and rnseasonal calendars. Seroepldcmiological investigations were perfomlcd using JABC ELISA a nd rnliquid phase blocking ELISA techniques. rnThe analysIs of matrix sconng showed good level of agreement ("- 0.569·0.956) among {he 12 rnmfomlant groups for the disease indicators. Borana PaslOralists descriptions of catt le diseases rnmuch 0 'erlap V nh III odem clcrinary descriptions. T he result 0 fp roportional piling indicated rnthat about .f 1° o of callie population suffered from 'arious diseases and 8.8 ~ 0 died in the past one rn~car (F~tD recorded the highest incidence of 16.1 °/0 and mortalll) of 1.1°/0 ). Cahes recorded the rnhtghest mean incidence of clinical F~ID lHoyale: 8.5°/0). While 100'cst in chronic FMD rn(COl/dille; O .2~n ). Climcal F)'lD caused the highest mortality (2.8 % ) in cah-cs compared to adults rn(0 .3°/0 ). :cconhng 10 the s ea sonal calendar. the highest inCidence of aClite F~lD (Hooyale) was rnrecorded dunng the long dr: season (Bo l/na) compared to cold dry season (lIagtl.l:l'£l). rnrhe overall seroprcvalencc of Ff.1D as 21 %) (11 = 920). herd infection rate. on the other hand, rnwas 59°(1 (n 116). Slgnlficantl} higher herd seroprc'alencc as recorded 111 Yabello dlstnct rn(61 ~o ). followed by DIITC (59% ) and ),loyale (52) districts. Similarly. Yabello district recorded rnthe highest Fr.! D seropre alcnce (26.1° /0) on anll11al basis. From the various !"Isk factors analY/cd, rnPeasant AssoCIations (PAs). herd sizc=. sex and age were seen to be siglllficantly aSSOCiated rn(P

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