title: Prevalence, risk factors, and major bacterial causes of camel mastitis in Borana Zone, Oromia Regional State, Ethiopia.
abstract: A cross-sectional study was carried out from November 2010 up to April 2011 to estimate mastitis prevalence and associated risk factors and to assess its bacterial causes in traditionally managed camels in Borana Zone, Southern Ethiopia. Thus, 348 lactating camels were examined clinically, and subclinical cases were checked with California mastitis test (CMT). The overall prevalence of mastitis was 44.8 % (156/348), comprising clinical (19, 5.4 %) and subclinical (137, 39.4 %) cases. The quarter level prevalence of mastitis was 24.0 % (334/1,392). Of the total 1,392 examined teats, 30 were blind, and hence, from the 1,362 non-blind CMT-examined teats, 22.3 % (304/1,362) were CMT positive. Of the 304 CMT-positive samples, 264 were culture positive (197 Gram-positive, 41 Gram-negative, and 26 mixed isolates), and 40 were culture negative. The prevalence of Staphylococcus aureus was found to be the highest at both the animal (12.8 %, 39/304) and quarter level (2.9 %, 39/1,362). Regression analysis revealed higher likelihood of mastitis occurrence among camels from Dharito (OR = 3.4, 95 % confidence interval (CI) = 1.8, 6.4), Gagna (OR = 3.4, 95 % CI = 1.8, 6.5), and Haro Bake (OR = 2.6, 95 % CI = 1.3, 5.1) than camels from Surupha. Likewise, there was higher chance of mastitis occurrence among camels at the early lactation stage (OR = 2.3, 95 % CI = 1.1, 4.6) and camels with udder/teat lesions (OR = 13.7, 95 % CI = 1.7, 109.4) than among camels at late lactation stage and camels with healthy udder/teats, respectively. In conclusion, this study reveals the current status of camel mastitis in Southern Ethiopia.
authors.affiliation: School of Veterinary Medicine, Hawassa University, P.O. Box 05, Hawassa, Ethiopia, alemregassa@yahoo.com.
authors.forename: Alemayehu
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Regassa
authors.forename: Gelma
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Golicha
authors.forename: Dawit
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Tesfaye
authors.forename: Fufa
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Abunna
authors.forename: Bekele
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Megersa
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D058345:Asymptomatic Infections / Q000453:epidemiology; D001419:Bacteria / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D018407:Bacterial Physiological Phenomena; D002162:Camelus; D002452:Cell Count / Q000662:veterinary; D015169:Colony Count, Microbial / Q000662:veterinary; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005002:Ethiopia / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D007774:Lactation; D008321:Mammary Glands, Animal / Q000473:pathology; D008403:Mass Screening / Q000662:veterinary; D008413:Mastitis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology / Q000662:veterinary*; D008892:Milk / Q000382:microbiology; D015995:Prevalence; D012307:Risk Factors; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires
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