Estimating the proportion of clinically diagnosed infectious and non-infectious animal diseases in Ganta Afeshum woreda, Eastern Tigray zone, Ethiopia

• Main Authors: Mebrahtu Tedla, Mebrahtu Gebreselassie
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: BMC 2018-01-01
• Series: BMC Research Notes
• Subjects: Proportion; Livestock disease; Case diagnosis; Ganta-Afeshum
• Online Access: http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13104-018-3158-3

Abstract Objective This study was performed with the objective of identifying the proportion of emerging and endemic livestock diseases using cross sectional survey. Result A total of 285 clinically diseased animals were presented to a veterinary clinic and diagnosed tentatively based on history, clinical sign, and simple laboratory diagnostics and from the study, actinomycosis (15.83%), mastitis (15%), tick infestation (10%), respiratory diseases (9.16%) and gastro intestinal parasitism (9.16%) were confirmed with higher proportion in large animals. Pasteurollosis (38, 31%), contagious ecthyma (12, 10%), tick infestation (9, 0%), mite infestation (9, 10%), sheep and goat pox (9, 10%), and gastrointestinal parasitism (9, 17%) were frequently encountered diseases in sheep and goat respectively. In equids, back sore, epizootic lymphangitis and lameness accounted a proportion of 22.95, 21.31, and 13.11% respectively. In conclusion, result of the present study showed that the proportion of livestock disease is high, and it affects the socioeconomic status of the local community in the study area as a result of mortality and production loss.