Publications

female genital tract abnormalities of zebu cattle slaughtered at bahir-dar town, north-west ethiopia.	a study was conducted to assess the type and prevalence of abnormalities occurring in the female reproductive tracts of 201 zebu cattle of fogera type (161 cows and 40 heifers) slaughtered at bahir-dar town, north-west ethiopia. out of the 201 female genital tracts collected and examined, abnormalities were recorded in 74 (36.8%). the most common abnormalities encountered were ovariobursal adhesion (5.5%), endometritis (3.9%) and cystic ovaries (3.5%). other abnormalities recorded were ovarian h ...	2006	17243479
bovine mastitis and its association with selected risk factors in smallholder dairy farms in and around bahir dar, ethiopia.	three hundred fifty one (195 local zebu and 156 holstein x local zebu crosses) lactating cows of smallholder farms in bahir dar 'milk shed' were examined from september 2003 to march 2004 to determine mastitis prevalence, isolate pathogens and identify the role of some potential risk factors. clinical prevalence was determined through examination of abnormalities of milk, udder or cow. california mastitis test (cmt) was used for determination of subclinical mastitis prevalence. clinical prevalen ...	2008	18575970
lumpy skin disease in cattle in central ethiopia: outbreak investigation and isolation and molecular detection of the virus.	the study was a combination of two investigations into active outbreaks of lumpy skin disease (lsd) in cattle in central ethiopia and a retrospective analysis of outbreak reports between january 2007 and december 2011 covering the entire country. active outbreaks were investigated in four districts of central ethiopia: adama, wenji, mojo and welenchiti. a semi-structured questionnaire was used to acquire data at individual and herd levels, and tissue samples were collected for viral isolation an ...	2014	25812211