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A Study on the Diversity, Distribution and Relative Abundance Of Medium And Large-sized Mammalian Species in Sheko Forest Priority Area, Bench Maji Zone Southwestern Ethiopia Thesis

Shibru Wega (2017-10)

This study was conducted to assess the diversity, relative abundance and habitat association of medium and large-sized mammas in Sheko Forest priority Area, Bench Maji Zone South Nation and Nationalities People’s Regional ...

A study on medicinal plants utilization and conservation in gera district, jimma zone, south west Ethiopia. Thesis

Netsanet Gonfa (2017-10)

The traditional medicinal plants of Gera District were studied ethnobotanically. The study aimed to document indigenous knowledge on utilization and conservation status of medicinal plants as well as to investigate the ...

Status of Malaria Prevalence in Asendabo District, Jimma Zone Southwest Ethiopia Article

Abdurazak Jemal (2017-10)

Recently malaria associated deaths and illness are decreasing in most malaria endemic areas of the world. The current study was undertaken to assess the status of malaria prevalence in one of malaria endemic areas of ...

Status of indigenous tree species regeneration under exotic plantations in Belete forest, south west Ethiopia Article

Kitessa Hundera (2010-03)

The potential for regeneration of native woody species in exotic plantation stands and in the adjacent natural forest in Belete forest was studied. The objective of the study was to assess the diversity and density of the ...

The Status and Feeding Ecology of Menelik's Bushbuck (Tragelaphus Scriptus Meneliki, Neumann, 1902) in Wof-Washa Forest, North Shoa, Ethiopia Article

Brnesh Hailemariam; Tsegaye Gadisa; Tadese Habtamu. etal (2015)

The status and diet of Menelik’s bushbuck ( (WWF), central highlands of Ethiopia were studied from January was classified into three habitats, the Natural forest, Plantation and Erica woodland.

Statistical Analysis Of Factors Associated With Mortality Among HIV Infected Adult Patients Under Antiretroviral Therapy (ART) In Hossana District Queen Elleni Mohamad Memorial Hospital, SNNPR, Ethiopia Thesis

Gizachew Gobebo (2015-10)

Even though the use of ART has brought a significant reduction in the mortality and morbidity of patients living with HIV/AIDS, a number of patients still die after the start of ART. The main objective of this study was ...

The Spawning Response Of African Catfish, Clarias Gariepinus (Claridae: Teleost) Exposed To Different Piscine Pituitary And Synthetic Hormone Thesis

Gadisa Natea (2015-10)

African catfish (Clarias gariepinus) is generally considered to be one of the most important tropical fish species for aquaculture. However, its production has faced limiting factors like shortage of induced breeding ...

Smallholder farmers' knowledge, perceptions and management of pea weevil in north and north-western Ethiopia Article

Esayas Mendesil; Zekarias Shumeta; Peter Anderson, etal (2015-12)

Pea weevil (Bruchus pisorumL.) is one of the most serious insect pests offield pea (Pisum sativumL.) in Ethiopia. A survey of 400 farmers was conducted in four main pea-growing districts in north and northwestern Ethiopia. ...

Shade Tree Selection and Management Practices by Farmers in Traditional Coffee Production Systems in Jimma Zone, Southwest Ethiopia Article

Kitessa H. (2016)

There is a traditional practice of forest management in coffee producing communities in Ethiopian moist Afromontane forests to increase coffee production. The practice involves removal of big canopy trees with excessive ...

Severe malaria symptoms associated with plasmodium vivax among patients visiting health facilities in mendi town, oromiya regional state, western Ethiopia Thesis

Yohannes Demissie (2015-10)

Malaria is a serious global health problem, a vector-borne infectious disease of humans and other animals caused by unicellular obligate intracellular protozoan parasites of the genus Plasmodium. Five primary species of ...

Severe Malaria Associated with Plasmodium falciparum and P. vivax among Children in Pawe Hospital, Northwest Ethiopia Article

Getachew Geleta; Tsige Ketema (2016-02)

Despite rigorous effort made to control malaria for more than a century, it is still among the main public health problems in leastdevelopedregionsoftheworld.Majorityofdeathsassoci ated with malaria occur in sub-Sahara ...

Semi-forest coffee cultivation and the conservation of Ethiopian Afromontane rainforest fragments Article

Aertsa, Raf; Kitessa, Hundera; Gezahegn, Berecha (2010-12)

Coffea arabica shrubs are indigenous to the understorey of the moist evergreen montane rainforest of Ethiopia. Semi-forest coffee is harvested from semi-wild plants in forest fragments where farmers thin the upper canopy ...

Screening rhizobacteria for biological control of Ralstonia solanacearum in Ethiopia Article

Lemessa F.; Zeller W. (2007)

Bacterial wilt caused by Ralstonia solanacearum (Smith) has become a severe problem mainly on potato and tomato in Ethiopia and no effective control measure is available yet. To explore possibilities for the development ...

The role of traditional coffee management in forest conservation and carbon storage in the Jimma Highlands, Ethiopia Article

Dereje Denu; Philip J. Platts; Ensermu Kelbessa, etal (2016)

Ethiopia has lost 90% of its forest extent. Remnant patches in the southwest are often semi-forest coffee (SFC), a system whereby coffee is managed beneath the canopy. Here, we (1) quantify aboveground live carbon (AGC) ...

The reproductive and feeding ecology of rodents in Sekoru district, Southwest Ethiopia Article

Tsegaye Gadisa; Kitessa Hundera (2015-06)

A study on reproductive and feeding ecology of rodents was conducted in agricultural areas of some selected kebeles (the smallest administrative unit in Ethiopia) of Sekoru district from February 2014 to December 2014. ...

Probiotic Potential Of Lactic Acid Bacteria Isolated From Selected Traditionally Fermented Beverages Thesis

Sebsibie Ayalew (2015-09)

Probiotics are live microorganisms which when administered in adequate amount confer a health benefit to the host. Fermented foods are the major sources of Probiotics. Keribo, Bukuri and Korefe are among the common traditional ...

Prevalence of Tunga peneterans (Siphonaptera: Tungidae) infestation and disease out come in some selected kebeles of Gulliso woreda, West Wollega Zone, Western Ethiopia. Thesis

Taye Berhanu (2015-08)

This study was conducted to assess the prevalence of Tunga penetrans (Siphonaptera: Tungidae) infestation, intensity and disease out come in some selected kebeles of Gulliso woreda, West Wollega Zone, Western Ethiopia ...

Prevalence of Substance Addiction and its Predictor Variables among Youth from Selected Kebeles in JarsoWoreda, Western Wollega Zone, South Western Ethiopia. Thesis

Motile Duressa (2019-10)

The objective of this study was to assess the prevalence of addiction and its predictor variables among youths in Jarso woreda. Community based cross sectional study design used to conducted this study from August 2017 to ...

Prevalence of Salmonella and Shigella in Out Patients of Jimma University Specialized Hospital, Jimma zone, south west Ethiopia Thesis

Tesfahun Lamboro (2014-06)

diseases related to unhygienic food handling practices remain a major public health problem across the globe. The problem is severe in developing countries due to limitations in securing optimal hygienic food handling ...

Population Density of Cordia africana Lam. across Land Use Gradients in Jimma Highlands, Southwest Ethiopia Article

Desalegn Raga; Dereje Denu (2017)

This study was conducted to assess the population density of Cordia africana across land use gradients in the Jimma Highlands of southwest Ethiopia. A transect with a length of 23 km with 1km buffer was established across ...

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