Pachnoda interrupta (Olivier) (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) is a damaging pest of sorghum, other cereals and horticultural crops such as maize, wheat, barley, bananas, guava etc. in Africa which at times results in complete ...
Belette-Gera Forest is one of the Afromontane rain forests in south western Ethiopia. The diversity and abundance of insect communities within the forest are not studied and there is no documentation of the insect fauna ...
The study was conducted during 2011-2014 in Bedele District, Illubabora Zone of
southwestern Ethiopia. The aim was to investigate feeding ecology of the African civet in
the wild to assess the effect of time range on the ...
Ecological studies of the African civet (Civetticits civetta) was carried out in Hawassa and
Wondo Genet areas of Ethiopia, during July 2012 – March 2014. Civetry distribution and
density, population density, diet analysis, ...
Feeding behaviour, activity pattern and traditional medicinal use of the tree hyrax (Dendrohyrax
arboreus) were investigated by direct observations and by questionnaire interview method
between July – December 2015 in ...
Intestinal parasitic infections (IPIs) which are neglected globally remain among substantial public health concerns in Ethiopia. Up-to-date epidemiological information on these infections is indispensable to effectively ...
Species composition, habitat association and altitudinal distribution of rodents and shrews
were assessed in Chato Protected Area (CPA), Ethiopia between July 2015 and March, 2016.
The area was stratified based upon ...
This study was conducted to assess human wildlife conflict with special emphasis on pest primates around Chato forest, Horo district, Western Ethiopia. The study was carried out from September2016 to June 2017. The main ...
The length-weight relationship, condition factor, feeding and reproduction of O. lIiloticus from Lake Chamo,
Ethiopia were studied from March 1996 to March 1997. The length-weight relationship of 1473 fish ranging in ...
Visceral leishmaniasis (VL) caused by Leishmania donovani is widespread in Ethiopia, particularly in the north and north-west of the country. Studies to investigate the ecology and behavior of sandflies and their epidemiological ...
Fifty grasspea populations that were selected based on administrative regions and different
altitude classes were used in tins study. A total of 1199 entries were evaluated for 14 qualitative
and quantitative morphological ...
Malaria is one of the most important diseases in the world that is caused by a protozoan parasite of genus Plasmodium. It mostly affects (90%), Sub-Saharan African countries including Ethiopia. It was estimated that about ...
Anemia is a significant health challenge in both low- and high-income countries with major
consequences in public health as well as socio-economic development. It is regarded as a major
risk factor for unfavorable outcome ...
Three phosphate solubilizing bacteria coded as Jim41, GimlO and Hagl2 were
isolated from Jimma, Gimbi and Hageremariam soils, respectively. They were
characterized to generic level and found to belong to pseudomonas ...
Diarrhea disease is defined as passage of three or more loss of watery stool in 24 hours period. It is caused by both opportunistic and non-opportunistic parasites. Diarrhea can affect all people all over the world. However, ...
A survey aimed to study species composition, seasonal abundance and infection rate of
phlebotomine sandfly species were carried out in a village called Diteta, where new cases of
visceral leishmaniasis (VL) have been ...
Under laboratory conditions, ART-l (LDso= 290 conidia/ml) was more efficient in destroying nematodes
than ART-2 (LDso= 725 conidia/OIl), Investigation on the growth of MeloidogYlle incognita-infected
tomatoes in the ...
Swvey was carried out during 2004 main cropping season to investigate the abundance
and distribution of stemborers, with emphasis on C. partellus in central and eastern
Ethiopia. Three species of stemborers, Chilo partellus ...
In the search of vaccines and dmgs for the control of diseases the availability of animal
models is vital. Cutaneous leishmaniasis, caused by L. aethiopica is an endemic disease in
Ethiopia. Availability of an animal ...
This study evaluated the suitability of Niger seed cake (NSC) and linseed cake (LSC) inclusion as potential plant protein sources in Nile tilapia, Oreochromis niloticus, diets. A series of four experiments were conducted ...