| sero-prevalence of lumpy skin disease in selected districts of west wollega zone, ethiopia. | lumpy skin disease (lsd) is an economically devastating emerging viral disease of cattle caused by a virus associated with the neethlig poxvirus in the genus capripoxvirus of the family poxviridae. a cross-sectional study was conducted from october, 2012 to may, 2013 in two districts of western wollega of oromiya regional state, with the objectives to determine animal and herd level seroprevalence of lumpy skin disease in the study area. the study population comprised of indigenous and crossbred ... | 2015 | 26082259 |
| prevalence and major bacterial causes of bovine mastitis in asella, south eastern ethiopia. | a cross sectional study was conducted in and around asella town from november 2007 to april 2008 on dairy cows to determine the prevalence of mastitis, impact of risk factors and isolate the dominant mastitis causing bacteria on total of 223 lactating cows, of which 92 were indigenous arsi, and 131 holstein zebu cross by using clinical examination and california mastitis test (cmt). of these 144 (65.6 %) were positive by clinical examination and cmt for clinical and sub clinical mastitis, with p ... | 2009 | 19333772 |
| cattle husbandry in ethiopia is a predominant factor affecting the pathology of bovine tuberculosis and gamma interferon responses to mycobacterial antigens. | bovine tuberculosis is a major economic problem and a potential public health risk. improved diagnostics like the gamma interferon (ifn-gamma) test with esat6 and/or cfp10 could contribute to the control program. we assessed ifn-gamma responses in zebu (ethiopian arsi breed) and holstein cattle kept indoors or in a pasture to tuberculin purified protein derivative (ppd) and an esat6-cfp10 protein cocktail. furthermore, the intensity and distribution of pathology of bovine tuberculosis were compa ... | 2006 | 16960115 |
| the use of herbal preparations for tick control in western ethiopia. | information on the traditional tick control methods used in keffa, illubabor and wellega provinces in western ethiopia was obtained from 86 veterinary clinics and 865 peasant farmers through a questionnaire survey. latexes of euphorbia obovalifolia and ficus brachypoda, juice of crushed leaves of phytolaca dodecandra and vernonia amygdalina, fruit juice of solanum incanum, crushed seeds of lepidium sativum mixed with fresh cattle faeces, juice of crushed leaves and bark of calpurnea aurea and co ... | 2000 | 11212935 |
| epidemiology of infectious keratoconjunctivitis in cattle in south-east ethiopia. | the aim of the study was to determine the prevalence of infectious keratoconjunctivitis on cross-breed dairy farms and to evaluate factors that influence its distribution. a total of 11 dairy farms and one cattle cross-breeding farm in different parts of arsi region, south-east ethiopia were clinically and bacteriologically investigated from february 1989 to december 1990. out of 5221 local zebu and cross-breed dairy animals, 110 were found to have different degrees of infectious bovine keratoco ... | 2000 | 10842466 |
| characterization of service intervals and frequency of short oestrus cycles in zebu (bos indicus) cows in ethiopia. | data collected over a 10-yr period on 1,778 service intervals in 1,111 arsi (bos indicus), cows at the ethiopian ministry of agriculture ranch were analyzed. conception rate to first service was 48%, cows calving from june to february being more likely to conceive at first oestrus. overall interval between services in animals returning for insemination averaged 53 +/- 40 (sd), range 6-262 d. there were (6%) "short" cycles of less than 17 d, mostly during the first (69%) and second (30%) interval ... | 1991 | 1747194 |