Camel Management and Status of Camel Brucellosis in Jijiga Zone South East Low land Areas Somali National Regional State Easern Ethiopia
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2006-06
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Addis Ababa University Faculty Of Veterinary Medicine
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A cross-sec tio nal Clwlcmio \ogicai study was carried out from October 2005 to March 2006 10
delL'11111l1C tht: S I.;roprc\a1cncc 0 r c ame\ b n1cc llosis in s Ollth cas! 10\\ I and a rcas 1 n JiJ iga lone,
Soma li 1\a1l011 '-11 Regional State (SNRS). to characterize the management system. determine the
scroprcva\cnce of camel brucellosIs and identify the risk faclOrs that contribute to the OCCU1Tcncc
of bmccllosis. A simple ra ndom sampling method was used to seleci 822 camel and 185 he rds
(households) 59~ camels <lilt! 133 herds \\cre selected fr0111 JiJigaarea whi le 218 camels and 52
hcn.l3 ,\crL' sclt:ctcu from Babllc area. Serum samples were collected frolll all camels (8.22):;
years old or ahO\ c. The blood samp les were screened by RB PT and all RBPT posi ti\ c rcactors
\\ere further Icsted by the CFT for confimlatloll. Add itionally. a struc tured 411estionnalrc format
was prepared and admll11stercd to hundred of the 185 selected households to collect infonllatlon
about <ll11mal allnblltes and f~lfIll attribu tcs. The res ults showcd th at signifi c<llll proportions of the
households k cpt camel together \\ ith cattle a nd s hoats (40%) and only \\ ith cattle (320
/0 ). The
camel herd \\as dominated by pregnant animal!' (21.8°'0). lac tating animals (21 .1 ° 0) and l11<1turc
llon-Iaclalmg <lnllll.ds (19.30 0) The most important diseases affec ting camels III the area as
menlloned h~ the household~ \\ere trypanosolllosis (93%). an thrax (801J 0). pnClll1l01113 (70°0).
hent neck \59"0). <lb~ce~~ (59"0). cndoparasllcs (5 ~ 0·0 ) and cctoparasites (51°o). Camel
managcmen! practlces like herdlllg and watenng. milkmg and dch\'cry and matlllg asslstancc
\\cre mainly the responslbtlilies of adult and young males, In thiS study. the o\-crall
s\.'ropre\alcnce of brucella <llltJboclies 111 camels was 2. ~ 3'~/0( 95°o C[ 1.6-3.8). Among the
p("ltclltJal r IS\.;. fac tors consIdered (se\. a gc. h crd s in a nd parity). none of them had slgl1lficallt
effect all lllthnclual al1l111al seroprcvalcncc (p>0.05). The he rd level seroprc\alence \\as 10.3°u
(95 0 oCI= 6.7-15.7). Although the herd le\'eI seroprc\'alcnce was higher in JiJlga (12°/0 ) than III
Bahik (5.811 ,,). the liJffercnc( \\as not stallstlcally sign ificant The herd !c\c[ seropre\akncc \\as
slg1l1licantl~ lllCfeasJIlg \\ IIh the Illcrement of thc herd size (p<O.O \ ). It can concluded thus camel
brucellOSIS had 10\\ pre\ alenee III the areas and herd size \\ as the Important nsk factor for the
occurrence of the (ilscase at herd Ic\d
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camcl. brucellOSIS. scropre\'alence. management. fisk facto r. JiJ lga, Bablle