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Seroprevalence of contagious caprine pleuropneumonia in Kefta Humera, Alamata (Tigray) and Aba-‘ala (Afar), Northern Ethiopia

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A cross sectional study was conducted to determine the sero-prevalence of contagious caprine pleuroneumonia in three districts of Tigray and Afar regions of Ethiopia namely; Kefta Humera, Alamata and Aba-‘alla. Proportions and chi-square test statistics were used to analyze the data. From a total of 863 goats and 137 sheep tested, 282 (32.68%) and 25 (18.25%) were positive for antibodies of Mycoplasma capricolum subsp. capripneumoniae respectively using complement fixation test (CFT). The seroprevalence of CCPP in goats among the three districts was statistically significant (x2 = 76.00, p < 0.001). In this study there was no statistical significant variation in the seroprevalence of CCPP in both sexes (x2 = 3.619, p = 0.0571) and age (x2 = 0.990, p = 0.095) groups. The finding of high seroprevalence of CCPP in sheep (18.25%) could indicate that sheep are potential carriers of Mccp.

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Abbreviations

CCPP:

Contagious caprine pleuropneumonia

CFT:

Complement Fixation Test

Mccp :

Mycoplasma capricoplumsubsp.caprineumoniae

ELISA:

Enzyme –linked immunosorbent assay

NVI:

National Veterinary Institute

C-ELISA:

Competitive Enzyme –linked immunosorbent assay

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The authors would like to acknowledge Ethiopian Science and Technology Agency (ESTA) for funding the project.

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  1. Mekelle University Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, P. Box: 3110, Mekelle, Ethiopia

    Birhanu Hadush, Lisanework Eshetu & Wubishet Mengistu

  2. Addis Ababa University Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, P. Box 34, Debrezeit, Ethiopia

    Mekonnen Hailesilassie

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Hadush, B., Eshetu, L., Mengistu, W. et al. Seroprevalence of contagious caprine pleuropneumonia in Kefta Humera, Alamata (Tigray) and Aba-‘ala (Afar), Northern Ethiopia. Trop Anim Health Prod 41, 803–806 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11250-008-9255-x

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