SEROPREVALENCE OF BRUCELLOSIS IN LIVESTOCK AND HUMAN IN ASAYITA AND MILLE DISTRICTS OF AFAR REGION, ETHIOPIA
dc.contributor.advisor | Dr. Gezahegn Mamo, Dr. Rea Tshopp | |
dc.contributor.author | Abdulkadir, Mohammed | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2019-12-19T11:17:05Z | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2023-11-08T11:38:09Z | |
dc.date.available | 2019-12-19T11:17:05Z | |
dc.date.available | 2023-11-08T11:38:09Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2019-06 | |
dc.description.abstract | Brucellosis is one of the neglected infectious zoonotic diseaseswith a serious public health importance worldwide. In pastoralist communities of Ethiopia, brucellosis is a major public health problem and has serious economic impact on livestock sectors. A cross-sectional study was conducted from November 2017 to April 2018 in one-health approach to estimate he sero prevalence and associated risk factors of brucellosis in livestock (cattle, camel, sheep and goats) and human in Mille and Asayita districts, Afar Region. A total of 562 livestock (goats, sheep, cattle and camel) and 172 human sera from pastoralists who own these livestock were tested using indirect/competitive ELISA. Based on the result, the overall seroprevalence of brucellosis in livestock (small ruminants, cattle and camel) was 9.07% [95% CI=6.6-11.45]. The highest seroprevalence was recorded in cattle 16.67% [95%CI:9.3-24] while the lowest seroprevalence was observed in camels 3.7% [95%CI: 0.4-7.9]. The differences in sero positivity between livestock species in study area were statistically significant (p=0.014). Other risk factors (districts and sex) did not show a statistically significant difference between the categories (p>0.05). On the other hand, the overall sero prevalence of human brucellosis in the pastoralist livestock owner was 48.8% [95%CI: 41.2- 56.3] using indirect ELISA test. Higher human brucellosis sero prevalence was recorded in Mille district (63.1%) than Asayita (35.2%). | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | http://etd.aau.edu.et/handle/123456789/20443 | |
dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
dc.subject | Brucellosis | en_US |
dc.subject | Pastoralists | en_US |
dc.subject | Livestock | en_US |
dc.title | SEROPREVALENCE OF BRUCELLOSIS IN LIVESTOCK AND HUMAN IN ASAYITA AND MILLE DISTRICTS OF AFAR REGION, ETHIOPIA | en_US |
dc.type | Thesis | en_US |