Within-herd spread of contagious bovine pleuropneumonia in Ethiopian highlands
| dc.creator | Lesnoff, Matthieu | |
| dc.creator | Laval, G. | |
| dc.creator | Bonnet, P. | |
| dc.creator | Abdicho, S. | |
| dc.creator | Workalemahu, A. | |
| dc.creator | Kifle, D. | |
| dc.creator | Peyraud, A. | |
| dc.creator | Lancelot, R. | |
| dc.creator | Thiaucourt, Francois | |
| dc.date | 2004-06 | |
| dc.date | 2013-07-03T05:26:05Z | |
| dc.date | 2013-07-03T05:26:05Z | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-06-27T16:50:53Z | |
| dc.description | Contagious bovine pleuropneumonia (CBPP) is a major threat for cattle health and production in Africa. This disease is caused by the small-colony type of Mycoplasma mycoides subspecies mycoides (MmmSC). Transmission occurs from direct and repeated contacts between sick and healthy animals. Veterinary services recently reported a resurgence of CBPP in the province of West Wellega, in the Ethiopian highlands. A research program was set up to estimate the epidemiological parameters of the within-herd infection spread. A follow-up survey was implemented in 71 sampled herds of the Boji district (West Wellega province). Fifteen herds were classified as newly infected and used in a serological- and clinical-incidence study. The overall 16-month cumulative sero-incidence risk was 34%. Clinical cases were recorded for 39% of the seropositive cattle; case-fatality risk was 13%. There was no evidence of benefit on infection spread of CBPP-control measures used locally by farmers (isolation or antibiotic treatments of sick animals). This might be related to a lack of power in the statistical analyses or to a quality problem for the medications used (and more generally, for health-care delivery in the Boji district). | |
| dc.identifier | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/33122 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/134942 | |
| dc.language | en | |
| dc.publisher | Elsevier | |
| dc.rights | Limited Access | |
| dc.source | Preventive Veterinary Medicine;64(1): 27-40 | |
| dc.subject | contagious bovine pleuropneumonia | |
| dc.subject | herds | |
| dc.subject | livestock management | |
| dc.subject | clinical trials | |
| dc.subject | diagnosis | |
| dc.subject | highlands | |
| dc.subject | infestation | |
| dc.title | Within-herd spread of contagious bovine pleuropneumonia in Ethiopian highlands | |
| dc.type | Journal Article |