Journal of Veterinary Health Science(JVHS)
ISSN: 2831-3887 | DOI: 10.33140/JVHS
Impact Factor: 0.762
Beksisa Urge
Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research, Holeta Agricultural Research Center, Ethiopia
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Research Article
Foot and Mouth Disease Virus Infection Seroprevalence Study in Dairy Cattle Reared by Smallholder Farmers in Welmera District, Central, Oromiya Ethiopia
Author(s): Beksisa Urge*, Fufa Dawo, Zerihun Alemu, Bayeta Senbeta, Abdi Aliyi and Ayelech Muluneh
Foot and mouth disease (FMD) is a highly contagious viral disease of cloven-hoofed animals and one of the endemic diseases in Ethiopia. A study was conducted to determine foot and mouth disease virus seroprevalence and potential risk factors in welmera district, central Oromiya, Ethiopia. Purposive sampling was performed in the respective district and kebeles where there was recent history of outbreaks. A total of 126 sera samples were collected from randomly selected cattle and tested using ELISA for antibodies against nonstructural proteins of foot and mouth disease virus. The seroprevalence of foot and mouth disease virus infection in Welmera district was 49.2%. The result indicated that seropositivity of FMD infection FMD was higher in females (54%) than in males (46.1%) and this variation was statistically significant (χ2= 12.93, p = 0.001). The associations of seropositivity.. Read More»