Asfaw YilkalTesfaye Bekele2022-06-202023-11-082022-06-202023-11-082008-06http://etd.aau.edu.et/handle/123456789/32073A multi tage cr s were ti nal erologicul study, que Ii nrHllr survcy and particip I ry apprai al nducted n c ntagiou caprinc plcuropn umonia ( 'PI' fr m 200 orana and r. 2 07 to uji 10\.\land , .'outh rn i-:.thiopiu. to determin the pn.:valcn pril, of th id ntif) the ri k fact rs for the curren e of the di. ca ' and t a s th p~rception of the c mmunity on PP in parti ular and th r goat di . sampl 900 from goats and 51 from h ep) were e in general. t tal f 951 erum lIe ted and te ted u mg omplem nt Fixati n Te t ( FT). Que tionnaire ur ey were condu ted with 69 rand mly hou ehold . Participatory di ea I cted apprai al wa d ne \\ ith 12 in~ rmant gr up ' in 12 differ nt village th group size varying fr m 5-12 informant and with a t tal f 120 in~ rmant. ut of the 900 goat sera samples te ted 119 (13.2%) w re erop iti\e for PP, giving an overall seroprevalence of 13.2 % (95% I 11.0%-15.4%) in th tudyarea. r pr ",alence of 18.3% (95% 1=14.3%-22.7%), 11.6% (95% 1- 8%-15.2%) and 9.6% (950 /0 I 6. %-12.6% w re recorded in Liban, Teltale and Moyale District, re p ctively. h among the district was significantly difD rent (penBorcma and Guji luw/anci ~ C PPI/:.(I/iopia/ Parlicipalury ppmial/Risk fac/orsi. 'eroprevlIlenceThesis