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Sero-Epidemiology of Lumpy Skin Disease and Determine Community Awareness Level about LSD in Different Agro-Ecological Zones of Sidama Regional State, Southern Ethiopia
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: Received: 27 November 2023 / Approved: 28 November 2023 / Online: 29 November 2023 (07:51:53 CET)
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Moje, N.; Seifu, A.; Hailegebreal, G.; Shegu, D.; Ferrara, G.; Montagnaro, S. Sero-Epidemiology of Lumpy Skin Disease and Determine Community Awareness Level about LSD in Different Agro-Ecological Zones of Sidama Regional State, Southern Ethiopia. Preprints2023, 2023111832. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202311.1832.v1
Moje, N.; Seifu, A.; Hailegebreal, G.; Shegu, D.; Ferrara, G.; Montagnaro, S. Sero-Epidemiology of Lumpy Skin Disease and Determine Community Awareness Level about LSD in Different Agro-Ecological Zones of Sidama Regional State, Southern Ethiopia. Preprints 2023, 2023111832. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202311.1832.v1
Moje, N.; Seifu, A.; Hailegebreal, G.; Shegu, D.; Ferrara, G.; Montagnaro, S. Sero-Epidemiology of Lumpy Skin Disease and Determine Community Awareness Level about LSD in Different Agro-Ecological Zones of Sidama Regional State, Southern Ethiopia. Preprints2023, 2023111832. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202311.1832.v1
APA Style
Moje, N., Seifu, A., Hailegebreal, G., Shegu, D., Ferrara, G., & Montagnaro, S. (2023). Sero-Epidemiology of Lumpy Skin Disease and Determine Community Awareness Level about LSD in Different Agro-Ecological Zones of Sidama Regional State, Southern Ethiopia. Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202311.1832.v1
Chicago/Turabian Style
Moje, N., Gianmarco Ferrara and Serena Montagnaro. 2023 "Sero-Epidemiology of Lumpy Skin Disease and Determine Community Awareness Level about LSD in Different Agro-Ecological Zones of Sidama Regional State, Southern Ethiopia" Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202311.1832.v1
Abstract
Lumpy skin disease (LSD) vaccination and epidemiological distribution remain unknown in some parts of Ethiopia including the Sidama regional state. With this, an assessment of LSD vaccine-related problems and serological study was performed in selected districts of Sidama regional state representing three agroecological zones from September 2021 to June 2022. A cross-sectional study of qualitative and quantitative studies was used. The result showed a few portion of respondents know about LSD (29.2%), and vaccinate their cattle (23.3%). 20.8% of the respondents stated LSD occurrence in their vaccinated cattle while focus group discussion with the professionals stated the possible reasons related to electric power disruption that impacted LSD vaccine cold-chain. The other study was on sero-epedimiology of LSD which showed an overall animal and herd level sero-prevalence of 40.8% and 81%, respectively. Higher and lower sero-prevalence was observed in lowland (48%) and highland (28%) areas, respectively. Furthermore, risk factor analysis showed the existence of a significant association between management systems, breed, and body condition score (BCS) of cattle. In conclusion, both qualitative and quantitative study results showed the need for intervention in terms of community-based awareness creation about LSD clinical signs, vaccination advantages, and options for electric power supply together with the frequently updated information on LSD prevalence.
Keywords
Agroecology; LSD; LSD outbreak; Sero Epidemiology Risk factor; Qualitative study
Subject
Biology and Life Sciences, Animal Science, Veterinary Science and Zoology
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