title: Seroprevalence of contagious caprine pleuropneumonia in Kefta Humera, Alamata (Tigray) and Aba-'ala (Afar), Northern Ethiopia.
abstract: 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 (x(2) = 76.00, p < 0.001). In this study there was no statistical significant variation in the seroprevalence of CCPP in both sexes (x(2) = 3.619, p = 0.0571) and age (x(2) = 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.
authors.affiliation: Mekelle University, Ethiopia. bselam12@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Birhanu
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Hadush
authors.forename: Lisanework
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Eshetu
authors.forename: Wubishet
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Mengistu
authors.forename: Mekonnen
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hailesilassie
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial / Q000097:blood; D003168:Complement Fixation Tests / Q000662:veterinary; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005002:Ethiopia / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D015511:Goat Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology*; D006041:Goats; D008297:Male; D045623:Mycoplasma capricolum / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D011002:Pleuropneumonia, Contagious / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology*; D016036:Seroepidemiologic Studies; D012756:Sheep; D012757:Sheep Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology*
chemical_list: D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial