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Bluetongue disease in small ruminants in south western Ethiopia: cross-sectional sero-epidemiological study

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Title
Bluetongue disease in small ruminants in south western Ethiopia: cross-sectional sero-epidemiological study
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BMC Research Notes, February 2018
DOI 10.1186/s13104-018-3222-z
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Temesgen Abera, Molalegne Bitew, Debebe Gebre, Yosef Mamo, Yosef Deneke, Sukdeb Nandi

Abstract

The status of bluetongue disease, vectors for transmission of the disease and the serotypes involved are not clearly known in Ethiopia. This sero-epidemiological study was conducted to determine the seroprevalence and associated risk factors of bluetongue in small ruminants of South Western Ethiopia. 422 serum samples were screened for the presence of bluetongue virus (BTV) specific antibodies using competitive enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (c-ELISA) and 30.6% (129/422) (confidence interval CI 26.2-35%) of the sheep and goat serum samples were found positive. Multivariate analysis of several risk factors like age, sex, altitude, body condition and species of animals were studied and it was observed that species of animals, age and altitude had significant influence (P < 0.05) on seropositivity to BTV. Goats showed more seropositivity to bluetongue as compared to sheep [AOR = 2.4, 95% CI (1.5-3.9), P = 0.001], adult animals were more seropositive [AOR = 3.1, 95% CI (1.9-5.1), P = 0.001] than other age groups and animals at the lowland [AOR = 3.1, 95% CI (1.5-6.4), P = 0.002] showed more seropositivity to bluetongue than midland and high land. Sex and body condition of the animals had no statistically significant (P > 0.05) effect on seropositivity to bluetongue.

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Unknown 43 100%

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Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Master 9 21%
Researcher 7 16%
Student > Doctoral Student 4 9%
Lecturer 3 7%
Unspecified 3 7%
Other 6 14%
Unknown 11 26%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Veterinary Science and Veterinary Medicine 17 40%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 4 9%
Unspecified 3 7%
Nursing and Health Professions 2 5%
Immunology and Microbiology 2 5%
Other 2 5%
Unknown 13 30%
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