Abraha Gebregziabher Kahsay, Fikru Regassa, Berhe Mekonnen,
Epidemiology of Trypanosomosis in Goats in Abelti, Bede and Ghibe Valley,
South West Ethiopia,
International Journal of Tropical Medicine,
Volume 9,Issue 1,
2014,
Pages 10-14,
ISSN 1816-3319,
ijtmed.2014.10.14,
(https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=ijtmed.2014.10.14)
Abstract: 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 T. congolense (5.1%)
followed T. vivax (2.5%), the rest was due to T. brucei (1.8%),
mixed infection of T. congolense and T. vivax (0.7%) and T.
vivax and T. brucei (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 (χ2 = 5, p = 0.025) and study site (χ2
= 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.
Keywords: South West of Ethiopia;prevalence;;goats;Agro-ecology;South West of Ethiopia