TY  - JOUR
T1  - Epidemiology of Trypanosomosis in Goats in Abelti, Bede and Ghibe Valley, 
  South West Ethiopia
AU - Gebregziabher Kahsay, Abraha AU - Regassa, Fikru AU - Mekonnen, Berhe 
JO  - International Journal of Tropical Medicine
VL  - 9
IS  - 1
SP  - 10
EP  - 14
PY  - 2014
DA  - 2001/08/19
SN  - 1816-3319
DO  - ijtmed.2014.10.14
UR  - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=ijtmed.2014.10.14
KW  - South West of Ethiopia
KW  -prevalence
KW  -
KW  -goats
KW  -Agro-ecology
KW  -South West of Ethiopia
AB  - Results of this study indicated that trypanosomosis is potential 
  a serious threat to the health and productivity of goats in the study areas. 
  Blood samples from 435 goats of different site, agro-ecology, color, sex and 
  age group were collected conveniently and examine with parasitological techniques. 
  Among the goats examined, infection prevalence was found to be as 46 out of 
  435 goats (10.57%). Most of the infection were due to <I>T. congolense</I> (5.1%) 
  followed <I>T. vivax</I> (2.5%), the rest was due to <I>T. brucei</I> (1.8%), 
  mixed infection of <I>T. congolense</I> and <I>T. vivax</I> (0.7%) and <I>T. 
  vivax</I> and <I>T. brucei</I> (0.5%). There was no statistically significant 
  difference between sex, age, color, treatment status as well as and the trypanosome 
  species with infection rates. Statistically significant difference was observed 
  between agro-ecology (&#967;<SUP>2</SUP> = 5, p = 0.025) and study site (&#967;<SUP>2</SUP> 
  = 8.561, p = 0.014) with infection rates. Finally, the study revealed that trypanosomosis 
  in goats is an important disease in the study area and attentions should be 
  given for the prospect of the disease in goats.
ER  -