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A preliminary survey of major diseases of ruminants and management practices in Western Tigray province, northern Ethiopia
BACKGROUND: Despite the highest population, the productivity of Ethiopian livestock is low, and the direct contribution to the national economy is limited. Poor genetic potential, shortage of feed in quantity and quality, poor health care and management practices are the main contributors to low pro...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6158858/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30257672 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12917-018-1621-y |
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author | Welay, Getachew Mebrahtu Tedla, Dawit Gebremichael Teklu, Gebreyohans Gebru Weldearegay, Shishay Kahsay Shibeshi, Mearg Belay Kidane, Haftom Hadush Gebrezgiabher, Berhe Beyene Abraha, Teklehaymanot Huluf |
author_facet | Welay, Getachew Mebrahtu Tedla, Dawit Gebremichael Teklu, Gebreyohans Gebru Weldearegay, Shishay Kahsay Shibeshi, Mearg Belay Kidane, Haftom Hadush Gebrezgiabher, Berhe Beyene Abraha, Teklehaymanot Huluf |
author_sort | Welay, Getachew Mebrahtu |
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description | BACKGROUND: Despite the highest population, the productivity of Ethiopian livestock is low, and the direct contribution to the national economy is limited. Poor genetic potential, shortage of feed in quantity and quality, poor health care and management practices are the main contributors to low productivity and production. Data on animal disease and management practices are not in place, in this regard; we estimate the burden of animal health ailments and management practices in ruminants via simple cross-sectional study design in randomly selected peasant associations in western Tigray of northern Ethiopia. RESULTS: A preliminary disease survey in ruminants and their management practices comprising of cattle, sheep and goats was undertaken to evaluate the existence, burden of ruminant diseases and management practices. A total of 121 randomly selected household respondents of Maikhadrah and Bakhar (26.2%), Dansha (19.7%), Adi-Hirdi (18.0%), Adi-Remets and Inda-Selassie (36.1%) sub-districts were inspected throughout the study period. Most (81%) of farmers feed their animals on free grazing in the open environment travelling from highlands and midlands to lowlands in search of adequate feed (different species of grasses) and crop residues during the wet season up to the beginning of the dry season. Majority of farmers (43.8%) had veterinary access from governmental veterinary officers. Thirty-four (33.9%) of the respondents got veterinary access from illegal drug dealers in mini shops or market. Among the major disease constraints identified; Tick infestation (89.3%), lice infestation (68.6%) mange mite infestation (77.7%) lumpy skin disease (LSD) (42.1%), trypanasomiasis (62.8%) bovine pasteurellosis (52.1) mastitis (13.2%), sheep and goat pox (15.7), abortion (19.0%), dystocia (24.8%), retained fetal membrane (25.6%), prolapsed uterus (13.2%) delayed heat period (38.8%) were most endemic ailments directly affecting livestock production and farmers livelihood. CONCLUSION: In conclusion management practices in livestock production is poor to a large extent. Burden and endemicity of livestock diseases are substantially higher. The data obtained could be the source of facts for planners in animal health service delivery system in this sub region. ELECTRONIC SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL: The online version of this article (10.1186/s12917-018-1621-y) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users. |
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spelling | pubmed-61588582018-10-01 A preliminary survey of major diseases of ruminants and management practices in Western Tigray province, northern Ethiopia Welay, Getachew Mebrahtu Tedla, Dawit Gebremichael Teklu, Gebreyohans Gebru Weldearegay, Shishay Kahsay Shibeshi, Mearg Belay Kidane, Haftom Hadush Gebrezgiabher, Berhe Beyene Abraha, Teklehaymanot Huluf BMC Vet Res Research Article BACKGROUND: Despite the highest population, the productivity of Ethiopian livestock is low, and the direct contribution to the national economy is limited. Poor genetic potential, shortage of feed in quantity and quality, poor health care and management practices are the main contributors to low productivity and production. Data on animal disease and management practices are not in place, in this regard; we estimate the burden of animal health ailments and management practices in ruminants via simple cross-sectional study design in randomly selected peasant associations in western Tigray of northern Ethiopia. RESULTS: A preliminary disease survey in ruminants and their management practices comprising of cattle, sheep and goats was undertaken to evaluate the existence, burden of ruminant diseases and management practices. A total of 121 randomly selected household respondents of Maikhadrah and Bakhar (26.2%), Dansha (19.7%), Adi-Hirdi (18.0%), Adi-Remets and Inda-Selassie (36.1%) sub-districts were inspected throughout the study period. Most (81%) of farmers feed their animals on free grazing in the open environment travelling from highlands and midlands to lowlands in search of adequate feed (different species of grasses) and crop residues during the wet season up to the beginning of the dry season. Majority of farmers (43.8%) had veterinary access from governmental veterinary officers. Thirty-four (33.9%) of the respondents got veterinary access from illegal drug dealers in mini shops or market. Among the major disease constraints identified; Tick infestation (89.3%), lice infestation (68.6%) mange mite infestation (77.7%) lumpy skin disease (LSD) (42.1%), trypanasomiasis (62.8%) bovine pasteurellosis (52.1) mastitis (13.2%), sheep and goat pox (15.7), abortion (19.0%), dystocia (24.8%), retained fetal membrane (25.6%), prolapsed uterus (13.2%) delayed heat period (38.8%) were most endemic ailments directly affecting livestock production and farmers livelihood. CONCLUSION: In conclusion management practices in livestock production is poor to a large extent. Burden and endemicity of livestock diseases are substantially higher. The data obtained could be the source of facts for planners in animal health service delivery system in this sub region. ELECTRONIC SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL: The online version of this article (10.1186/s12917-018-1621-y) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users. BioMed Central 2018-09-26 /pmc/articles/PMC6158858/ /pubmed/30257672 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12917-018-1621-y Text en © The Author(s). 2018 Open AccessThis article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made. The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated. |
spellingShingle | Research Article Welay, Getachew Mebrahtu Tedla, Dawit Gebremichael Teklu, Gebreyohans Gebru Weldearegay, Shishay Kahsay Shibeshi, Mearg Belay Kidane, Haftom Hadush Gebrezgiabher, Berhe Beyene Abraha, Teklehaymanot Huluf A preliminary survey of major diseases of ruminants and management practices in Western Tigray province, northern Ethiopia |
title | A preliminary survey of major diseases of ruminants and management practices in Western Tigray province, northern Ethiopia |
title_full | A preliminary survey of major diseases of ruminants and management practices in Western Tigray province, northern Ethiopia |
title_fullStr | A preliminary survey of major diseases of ruminants and management practices in Western Tigray province, northern Ethiopia |
title_full_unstemmed | A preliminary survey of major diseases of ruminants and management practices in Western Tigray province, northern Ethiopia |
title_short | A preliminary survey of major diseases of ruminants and management practices in Western Tigray province, northern Ethiopia |
title_sort | preliminary survey of major diseases of ruminants and management practices in western tigray province, northern ethiopia |
topic | Research Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6158858/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30257672 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12917-018-1621-y |
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