Cattle Foot And Mouth Disease Prevalence And Its Deteminants In Selected Districts Of Tigray Region Ethiopia

A cross-sectional serological study and questionnaire survey were conducted in two districts of Tigray Regional State with the objectives of determine the seroprevalence of FMD and assess potential risk factors associated with FMD occurrence in selected districts of Tigray region. The study was conducted from November 2014 to April 2015. A total of 400 cattle sera sample were collected and tested for antibodies against FMDV using 3ABC ELISA. Out of the total sera 39 (9.8%) were sero-positive and within districts Sheraro 30 (15%) and Seasie Tseada Emba 9(4.5%). Significantly higher prevalence was observed with different Peasant Association in that Adiaser 19.1% whereas lower prevalence was recorded in Saze 2.9%. There was a strong significance difference (p=0.000) in FMD prevalence between lowland 15% and highland 4.5%. Seroprevalence in different age groups showed significant variation 4.5% (8/177), 14.1% (28/198) and 12% (3/25) in age groups ≤ 4, 4-10 and >10 years (P

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