A multi tage cr s ti nal erologicul study, que Ii nrHllr survcy and particip I ry apprai alrnwere nducted n c ntagiou caprinc plcuropn umonia ( ' PI' fr m r. 2 07 to pril,rn200 orana and uji 10.land , .'outh rn i-:.thiopiu. to determin the pn.:valcn of thrnid ntif) the ri k fact rs for the curren e of the di. ca ' and t a s th p~rceptionrnof the c mmunity on PP in parti ular and th r goat di . e in general. t tal f 951 erumrnsampl 900 from goats and 51 from h ep) were lIe ted and te ted u mg omplem ntrnFixati n Te t ( FT). Que tionnaire ur ey were condu ted with 69 rand mly I ctedrnhou ehold . Participatory di ea apprai al wa d ne ith 12 in~ rmant gr up ' in 12 differ ntrnvillage th group size varying fr m 5-12 informant and with a t tal f 120 in~ rmant. ut ofrnthe 900 goat sera samples te ted 119 (13.2%) w re erop itie for PP, giving an overallrnseroprevalence of 13.2 % (95% I 11.0%-15.4%) in th tudyarea. r pr ",alence of 18.3%rn(95% 1=14.3%-22.7%), 11.6% (95% 1- 8%-15.2%) and 9.6% (950rn/0 I 6. %-12.6% w rernrecorded in Liban, Teltale and Moyale District, re p ctively. h er prealenc rec rdedrnamong the district was significantly difD rent (p