TY  - JOUR
T1  - Sero-Prevalence of Pesti Des Petitis Ruminants (PPR) in Selected Districts of Hawassa Zuriya,
Konso Special and Zala using Competitive ELISA (C-ELISA) Technique
AU - Mulugeta Chufamo, Misganaw AU - Dejene Hayle, Shimelis AU - Dosa Mengesha, Desalegn AU - Abebe Boyza, Samson 
JO  - Veterinary Research
VL  - 12
IS  - 4
SP  - 34
EP  - 42
PY  - 2019
DA  - 2001/08/19
SN  - 1993-5412
DO  - vr.2019.34.42
UR  - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=vr.2019.34.42
KW  - PPR
KW  -sero-prevalence
KW  -shoats
KW  -samples
KW  -goats
AB  - A cross-sectional study to investigate the
sero-prevalence of Peste des Petits Ruminants (PPR) was
conducted between January and May, 2017 in selected
districts of Hawassa Zuriya, Konso and Zala in the
working areas of Sodo Regional Veterinary Laboratory.
A total of 644 serum samples were collected from both
the species of sheep and goats. Competitive Enzyme
Linked Immunosorbent Assay (c-ELISA) was used to
detect the presence of antibodies in the sera of shoats as
indicator of exposure to the PPR virus. The results
showed an overall individual animal sero-prevalence
of 35.86% (231/644). The sero prevalence of the disease
in the different districts of Konso, Hawassa Zuriya and
Zala was 59.9% (182/304), 15.3% (34/314) and 12.7%
(15/118), respectively where there is statistical
significance difference in the different sites (p<0.05). The
prevalence in sheep and goat was 35.6% (37/104) and
35.92% (194/540) where there is statistical significance
difference in the different sites (p<0.05). At the same time
the sero-prevalence in the young and adult goats was
32.3% (140/434) and 43.3% (91/210/1) respectively and
there was statistically significant (p<0.05). Similarly the
prevalence of the disease in male and female in both
sexes was 36.4% (52/143) in male and 35.7% (179/501)
in female and it was statistical significance between male
and female goats (p<0.05). The seropre valence of PPR
illustrates the endemicity in the study districts.
Besides it is distribution to new areas because it is
trans-boundary and uncontrolled animal movement
cause detrimental effect to small ruminant rearing
community thereby causing substantial economic losses,
affecting the livelihood of poor farmers and
pastoralists. The need for implementing feasible
control measures including the implementation of
national PPR control and eradication program should
applied regularly to minimize the losses associated with
the disease.
ER  -