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    Case Reports on Selected Clinical Cases of Animals in and Around Bishoftu, Ethiopia
    (Addis Ababa University, 2023) Mulubirhan Rahimto; Abdi Feyisa
    The majority of Ethiopians rely on livestock for their livelihood, but its viability and sustainability are limited by a variety of constraints, the most significant of which are livestock diseases. This case study was done with the objective of handling and organizing case reports on selected clinical cases involving various animals in and around Bishoftu town, Ethiopia. The study was conducted from November 2022 to June 2023 in clinics: Professor Feseha Gebreab Memorial Veterinary Teaching Hospital (VTH) and Society for the Protection of Animals (SPANA) Equine Clinic found in the College of veterinary medicine and agriculture (CVMA) and on a private farm in Bishoftu town and its vicinity. The examination method involves owner complaints, clinical examinations, and postmortem examinations. Animals were treated with broad-spectrum antimicrobials and supportive drugs based on a tentative diagnosis. Simultaneously, samples from the individual animals were collected and processed to reach a definitive diagnosis. The cases were followed until the animal recovered, either in the clinic or at home. A total of 51 animals were examined, of which 43.1% were ruminants and 56.9% were equine, swine, chicken, and canine. Based on clinical findings and laboratory results, the diseases in the presented cases were caused by bacteria, viruses, fungi, protozoa, parasites, metabolic disorders, and tumors. Of the treated animals during the study 80.4% of the treated animals were recovered, 15.7% (six chickens, one horse, and one puppy) died, and two heifers remained refractory. It was observed that the primary causes of clinical cases were bacteria, followed by viruses, metabolic abnormalities, and parasites. In general, most animal diseases might be cured with prompt and appropriate care and treatment. In this study, delancey of admission of diseased animals, lack of confirmatory diagnosis and appropriate treatment were the cause of delay recovery and animal death. It is recommended to perform a confirmatory diagnosis in order to initiate efficient treatment and control measures that protect the health and welfare of animals and restrict the transmission of disease.
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    Case Reports On Selected Clinical Cases of Domestic Animals Presented To Animal Health Facilities in and Around Adama and Bishoftu, Ethiopia
    (Addis Ababa University, 2021) Bethel Befekadu; Abdi Feyisa
    Animals play significant roles in human lives and economic well-being of countries. Thus, if people want to use animals, they must keep them healthy and handle carefully. Despite considerable efforts to prevent domestic animal diseases, their impact remains to be severe across the world. In Ethiopia, although extensive works have been done in veterinary clinics and hospital to diagnose and treat animal diseases, most of the works are being done empirically and getting well-documented data on clinical cases is challenging. Therefore, this study was aimed to give scientific documents on selected clinical cases of domestic animal in Adama and Bishoftu towns. The case handling began with the owner‘s complaint, then detailed clinical examinations and treatments were prescribed tentatively and later confirmatory laboratory diagnoses were done either to continue or alter treatments, and recommend prevention and control approaches. The animals were followed until they were fully recovered, either at the clinic during subsequent therapies or at home for diseases with prolonged recovery. Each case report was compiled following a scientific case reporting format and different diagnosis and treatment approaches were used depending on the types of the cases. A total of 19 case reports including 24 single animals and 2 flocks are included in this study. Cattle, small ruminants, dogs, chickens, and rabbit were among the domestic animals addressed. These case reports also include diseases that affect different body systems and various causative agents including bacterial, viral, parasites, fungal, metabolic, hormonal, mechanical and tumor cases. Therefore these case reports address and set scientific steps of disease diagnosis methods, rational treatment approaches of different diseases including treatment trial and prophylactic drug usage and gives evidences for the presence of some uncommon diseases and their impact.
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    Clinical Case Repots of Selected Diseases of Veterinary Importance on Different Domestic Animals In and Around Bishoftu Town, East Shoa Zone, Oromia, Ethiopia
    (Addis Ababa University, 2021) Gishu Beriso; Abdi Feyisa
    Ethiopia is known for its highest livestock resource worldwide; however, the benefits obtained from the sector are disproportional due to various factors. The livestock disease is among the principal constraints that hinder productivity either through morbidity or mortality of animals. Although there are no standardized diagnoses or treatment protocols to follow, veterinary health centers in Ethiopia have been handling plenty of clinical cases daily. Thus, these case reports were compiled to provide diagnosis and treatment approaches of various diseases in different species of animals brought to Veterinary Teaching Hospital and SPANA Ethiopia of CVMA from Bishoftu and its vicinity. Young and adult animals with different physiological stages and sexes were examined from December 2020 to June 2021. The clinical case handling began with the owner‘s complaint followed by a physical examination; then, tentative diagnosis and treatments were prescribed after samples were collected for further laboratory confirmations to continue or change the first therapy and recommend control and prevention measures. The animals were then followed until they fully recovered either at the clinic during the subsequent therapy or at their home. A total of 21 animals were examined of these, 7(33.3%) were cattle, 5(23.8%) goats, 4(19.1%) dogs, 3(14.3%) sheep, 1(4.8%) horse, and 1(4.8%) chicken. Of these, 15 (71.4%) were fully recovered, while 5 (23.8%) died and 1(4.8%) was euthanized. Livestock diseases with various causes including viruses, bacteria, parasites, and plant poisoning were handled. Out of these, viral diseases were the most frequently encountered followed by a bacterial disease. During this work, challenges from the owner‘s side and unavailability of drugs, health centers, and inpatient facilities were encountered. These had directly or indirectly affected the treatment outcomes of the cases. Therefore, based on the findings, creating awareness to the livestock owners, establishing animal health centers near them, and consulting suppliers to import drugs with remarkable therapeutic effects were recommended to lessen animals and economic losses of diseases.
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    Clinical Case Studies on Major Diseases of Animals Presented to Animal Health Facilities in Bishoftu Town, Ethiopia
    (Addis Ababa University, 2023) Tsedale Teshome; Abdi Feyisa
    An estimated 2.5 billion people depend on agriculture for their livelihood, and 1.3 billion people are employed by it. Livestock make up about 30% of the income from agriculture in poor nations like Ethiopia. Ethiopia has a significant quantity of livestock; however, the industry is characterized by low output since a variety of diseases are common. Therefore, the goal of this case study was to compile a clinical case report on the major disease of veterinary importance at Fisseha Gebreab memorial Veterinary Teaching hospital of CVMA, Bishoftu, Ethiopia from September 2022 to June 2023. Twenty cases were studied and compiled following the scientific case publishing format where abstract, introduction, case description, tentative diagnosis, laboratory diagnosis and result, treatment, and outcome of the disease were briefly recorded. The findings of each case were finally discussed concerning the findings in other literature and scientific publications. The twenty compiled case studies include ten cases on ruminants, two cases on equines, three cases on poultry, three cases on canines, and one case on pigs. Of a total of twenty cases, nine cases (47.6%) were caused by bacteria, six cases (28.6%) were caused by parasitic agents, four cases (19.05%) by viral particles, and one case (4.7%) were caused by a fungal pathogen. Therefore, clinical diagnosis complimented by laboratory examination is recommended to initiate effective treatment and control measures that safeguard the health and welfare of the treated animal and reduces the spread of infection to other animals or, in the case of zoonotic disease, to humans.
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    Clinical Case Studies on Major Diseases of Veterinary Importance in Bishoftu Town, Ethiopia
    (2018-06) Abdi Feyisa; Fekadu Regassa
    Livestock is the pillar of the livelihood of the majority of Ethiopians, however, profitability of the sector is hindered by multifaceted constraints, of which livestock diseases are the major contributing factors. The current case studies described clinical cases of various diseases and their management in different species of animals brought to Veterinary Teaching Hospital and SPANA, Ethiopia animal health facilities of Addis Ababa University, College of Veterinary Medicine from Bishoftu and its vicinity. Young and adult animals of different species, physiological stages and sexes were examined from November 2017 to June 2018. The examination method involves owner complaint and detail clinical examinations. Animals were treated vigorously based on tentative diagnosis using broad-spectrum antimicrobials and supportive drugs based on the manufacturer instructions. Simultaneously, samples from the individual animals examined tentatively were collected and processed following appropriate laboratory procedures to reach on definitive diagnosis. The cases were then followed until the animal recovered either in the clinic during the successive therapies or at home for the diseases with prolonged recovery. A total of 28 animals were examined of which 89.3% (25/28) were ruminants while 10.7% (3/28) were equine and canine. Among these, 35.7 % (10/28), 28.6 % (8/28), 17.9 % (5/28), 10.7% (3/28), 7.1% (2/28), of the diseases were caused by bacteria, virus, parasites, miscellaneous, and metabolic, respectively based on clinical pictures and laboratory results. Among the treated animals 82.1 % (23/28) were recovered, 14.3 % (4/28) (two goats, one sheep, and one calf) died and one bull was refractory. Therefore, this study showed bacteria‟s and viruses were the most common disease causing agents followed by parasites. In general, highest proportions of animal diseases could be cured if appropriate management and rational drug use applied on time and appropriately. Based on this finding, training of animal health workers, construction of inpatient facility and installing advanced diagnostic tools were recommended to facilitate the routine animal health care works and reduce the losses of diseases.
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    Clinical Case Studies on Selected Diseases of Veterinary Importance in and Around Kombolcha, South Wollo, Ethiopia
    (Addis Abeba University, 2023) Asmamaw Bihonegn; Abdi Feyisa
    Descriptive designed case study was performed from animals presented to Kombolcha, Dessie, and Harbu City Administration Veterinary Clinics from October 2022 to June 2023. The study was conducted with the purpose of identifying and organizing case reports of individual patient animals. Accordingly, different clinical cases of infectious and non infectious diseases and their therapeutic management in different species of animals with different breed, age, sex, and physiological parameters were examined. The method of clinical examination involves owner compliant, physical and general examination and then tentative diagnosis. Appropriate sample/s was/ were taken from the patient animal and sent to the laboratory to confirm the cases. Animlas were treated and managed using locally available broad spectrum therapeutic agents along with supportive therapy following the manufacturer’s instructions. To know the status of recovery, the animals were then well followed either at clinic or at home visit or by phone calling. The final diagnosis was based on the tentative diagnosis, treatment response, and laboratory test results. A total of 19 clinical cases comprised of 39 total animals were compiled during the study period. From the compiled cases, 13 (33%), 20 (51%), 4(10%), 1(3%) and 1(3%), were cattle, sheep and goats, camels, donkey and chickens, respectively. In addition, the result revealed, good prognoses were obtained in 33 (85 %) of the cases, whereas 6 (15 %) animals were died. From the total compiled causes, six (32 %), five (26 %), four (21 %), one (5 %), and three (16 %) were caused by bacteria, viruses, parasites, metabolic issues, and other alignments, respectively. Finally, each case were compiled and placed together using a case report format including a summary, an introduction, a description of the case, tentative and definitive diagnosis, the results of laboratory test, case management and treatment outcomes, and a discussion for each case. Therefore, study gives suggestion about recognition of the commonly found cases of veterinary importance in the study area. In addition, early treatment and uncomplicated cases were having higher chance of recovery. Public awareness and improving veterinary services were recommended for better handling of clinical cases of animals in the study area.
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    “Clinical Characterization, Detection of Canine Parvovirus and Bacterial CoInfections, and Evaluation of Treatment Outcomes in Clinically Suspected Puppies at AAUCVMA Veterinary Teaching Hospital, Bishoftu, Ethiopia
    (Addis Abeba University, 2025) Kemal Ahmed; Abdi Feyisa
    Canine parvovirus (CPV-2) remains a leading and potentially fatal viral disease in canine populations, especially in young puppies. The presence of co-infecting pathogens can exacerbate disease severity and complicate clinical outcomes. This study aimed to detect CPV, characterize clinical signs, identify major bacterial co-infections, and assess treatment outcomes in puppies clinically suspected of CPV infection. A case-series study was conducted over eight months (October 2024 to May 2025) at AAU-CVMA, Professor Fisseha Gebreab Memorial Veterinary Teaching Hospital, Bishoftu, Ethiopia. Thirty fecal samples were purposively collected from diarrheic puppies suspected of CPV-2 infection. Samples were analyzed using microbiological methods and conventional PCR. All the examined puppies exhibited diarrhea, vomiting, and anorexia; 60% (18/30) showed bloody diarrhea. CPV was detected in 28 samples. Ten puppies tested positive for CPV alone, while co-infections with Salmonella or Escherichia coli were found in 16 cases, and two cases had both bacterial pathogens alongside CPV. One sample showed co-infection with Salmonella and E. coli without CPV, and one sample was negative for all tested pathogens. Following antibiotic and supportive treatment, five puppies died, while 25 recovered. The results demonstrate a high rate of CPV and frequent bacterial co-infections in diarrheic puppies, underscoring the complication of canine parvovirus infection with bacterial pathogens. This study highlights the need for further research on the prevalence and molecular characterization of CPV in the study area to improve diagnostic, treatment and prevention strategies