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Volume
23 (7):724-732, 2019.
Epidemiology
of caprine tuberculosis in Ethiopia
Ketema Tafess1, Gobena Ameni2, Fufa
Dawo3* and Teshale Sori1
1Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Addis Ababa University, P O Box 34, Debre Zeit, Ethiopia, 2Aklilu
Lemma Institute of Pathobiology, Addis Ababa University, P O Box 1176, Addis
Ababa, Ethiopia, 3AdamiTullu Agricultural Research Center, Oromia
Agricultural Research Institute, P O Box 35, Baatu (Zeway), Ethiopia
ABSTRACT
Tafess K, Ameni G, Dawo F, Sori T, Epidemiology of caprine tuberculosis in Ethiopia, Onl J Vet Res., 23
(7):724-732, 2019. A
cross sectional study of caprine tuberculosis was conducted on 626 goats at Adami Tulu Agricultural Research Center and smallholder
farmers (Ethiopia). Single intradermal tuberculin test, post mortem examination
of suspect goats and bacteriological culture was done to confirm tuberculosis.
Taking the cut off value at 3.5 millimeters (mm), there was significant
difference (p<0.005) in prevalence of caprine tuberculosis between Adami Tulu Agricultural Research Center, and households
around Adami Tulu town (3.14% and 10.2%, respectively).
Prevalence was not affected by sex, age or flock size (p>0.05). We found
that goats reared in small farms were 9.36 more likely to acquire mycobacterial
infection than those in the station. Gross tuberculous lesions were detected in
2 of 8 tuberculin positive goats then slaughtered for tubercles and culture of Mycobacteria.
We report incidence of tuberculosis in goats in Adami
Tulu Ethiopa. WE find that further study is required
to isolate mycobacterial species and strains which infect goats and human where
raw milk is consumed
Key words: Caprine tuberculosis, Goats,
Prevalence, Tuberculin test, Post mortem lesion.
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