Sero-prevalence and associated risk factors of bovine brucellosis in Sendafa, Oromia Special Zone surrounding Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Bovine brucellosis is an infectious bacterial disease caused by members of genus Brucella, affecting both animals and humans, and resulting in a serious economic loss in animal production sector and deterioration of public health. A cross-sectional study was conducted from November 2014 to April 201...

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Published in:PloS one 2020-11, Vol.15 (11), p.e0238212-e0238212
Main Authors: Bifo, Hadji, Gugsa, Getachew, Kifleyohannes, Tsegabirhan, Abebe, Engidaw, Ahmed, Meselu
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Animal production
Animals
Bacterial diseases
Biology and Life Sciences
Bioreactors
Bovine brucellosis
Brucella - pathogenicity
Brucellosis
Brucellosis, Bovine - epidemiology
Brucellosis, Bovine - etiology
Brucellosis, Bovine - microbiology
Cattle
Complement fixation
Cross-Sectional Studies
Dairy cattle
Dairy farms
Dairying
Developing countries
Diseases
Economic impact
Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay - methods
Ethiopia
Female
Food consumption
Health risks
Infections
Infectious diseases
Laboratories
LDCs
Livestock
Male
Medicine and Health Sciences
People and Places
Population
Prevalence
Public health
Random sampling
Risk analysis
Risk Factors
Sample size
Sampling methods
Sampling techniques
Seroepidemiologic Studies
Serology
Statistical analysis
Statistical methods
Statistical sampling
Statistics
Surveys and Questionnaires
Vaccination
Veterinary colleges
Veterinary medicine
Zoonoses
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Summary:Bovine brucellosis is an infectious bacterial disease caused by members of genus Brucella, affecting both animals and humans, and resulting in a serious economic loss in animal production sector and deterioration of public health. A cross-sectional study was conducted from November 2014 to April 2015 to determine the seroprevalence and associated risk factors of bovine brucellosis in Sendafa, Oromia Special Zone, Ethiopia. A total of 503 blood samples were collected using a simple random sampling technique from dairy cattle of above 6 months of age with no history of previous vaccination against brucellosis. All sera samples were subjected to both Rose Bengal Plate Test for screening and Complement Fixation Test for confirmation. Accordingly, the overall seroprevalence of bovine brucellosis in the study area was 0.40%. The result showed that the seroprevalence of bovine brucellosis in the study area was not statistically significant with all proposed risk factors. No reactors were observed in male animals. The seroprevalence was observed in animals without previous history of abortion. Moreover, information was gathered on individual animal and farm-level risk factors and other farm characteristics using a questionnaire. Awareness among society was poor, so the positive animals can be a potential hazard to animals and humans in the study area. Therefore, public education should be done to improve the awareness of the community on bovine brucellosis and its public health impact with due consideration on the safe consumption of food of animal origin.
ISSN:1932-6203
1932-6203
DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0238212