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Bovine brucellosis; seroprevalence, associated risk factors andassessment of knowledge, attitude and practice of farm owners in selected districts of east wollega zone, oromia, ethiopia

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dc.contributor.author Wakuma mitiku
dc.contributor.author Motuma debelo
dc.contributor.author Tadele tolosa
dc.date.accessioned 2020-12-19T09:06:23Z
dc.date.available 2020-12-19T09:06:23Z
dc.date.issued 2019-11
dc.identifier.uri http://10.140.5.162//handle/123456789/4326
dc.description.abstract BrucellosisisahighlycontagiousbacterialdiseaseofmajorsocioeconomicandpublichealthimportancewhichcausedbygramnegativebacteriaofthegenusBruce lla.Across-sectionalstudywasconductedoncattleinselecteddistrictsofEastWollegazonebetweenNovember2018andSeptember2019toassessbovinebrucellosisseroprev alence,potentialriskfactors,knowledgeattitudeandpracticeoffarmownersaboutbrucellosis.Thestudyzoneanddistrictswereselectedpu rposively, whilepeasantassociation,herdandindividualanimalswereselectedrandomly.Atotalof488bloo dsampleswerecollectedfrom362localbreedand126crossbreedcattleofabovesixmonthsofage. TheRBPTscreened11Brucellaseropositiveoutof488(2.25%)(95%CI:0.94- 3.5).TheRBPTpositiveserawerefurtherretestedbyusingC-ELISAand6(1.23%)(95%CI:0.25- 2.2)wereconfirmedtobeseropositive.Outof87herdsincludedinthestudy,6(6.9%)(95%CI:3.2- 14.2)wereseropositiveusingCELISAwithatleastoneseropositiveanimalintheherd.Theoverallseroprevalenceofbrucellosisw as1.23%and6.9%atanimalandherdlevelrespectively.Moreover,informationwasgatheredonin dividualanimalandfarmtoassessriskfactorsusingasemistructuredquestionnairepreparedforthispurpose.StatisticalanalysiswasperformedusingSPSS version20softwareprogram.Theresultofmultivariablelogisticregressionanalysisshowedthath erdsize(OR:8.5,95%CI:1.217-19.872,P=0.031),age(OR:6.5:95%CI:1.459- 28.967,P=0.014),pregnancystatus(OR:12.78,95%CI:2.35- 45.725,P=0.009)andabortioncase(OR:8.3,95%CI:6.759- 10.389,P=0.001)werethesignificantriskfactorsforBrucellaseropositivity.Theresultsofquesti onnairesurveyrevealedthatthemajorityofthefarmownersorrespondentsdonothavesufficientk nowledgeaboutbrucellosisandareatriskofacquiringtheinfection.Althoughtheoverallprevalen ceofbovinebrucellosiswaslowinstudyarea,itcouldserveassourceofinfectiontodifferentherdsa stherewerefociofinfectioninherdsandbrucellosisishighlycontagiousdisease.Hencebettercont rolandpreventionmeasuresshouldbeimplementedtoreduceriskofinfectionandtransmissionoft hediseaseinlivestockandhumaninthestudy en_US
dc.language.iso en en_US
dc.subject Bovinex en_US
dc.subject Bovine en_US
dc.subject Brucellosis. en_US
dc.subject EastWollega en_US
dc.subject Ethiopia en_US
dc.subject Oromia en_US
dc.subject Riskfactors en_US
dc.subject Seroprevalence en_US
dc.title Bovine brucellosis; seroprevalence, associated risk factors andassessment of knowledge, attitude and practice of farm owners in selected districts of east wollega zone, oromia, ethiopia en_US
dc.type Thesis en_US


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