Camel Trypanosomosisi n Babile District, Eastern Hararghe Zone, Oromia Regional State, Eastern Ethiopia

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Author	Mohammed, Tayib Woyessa, Mezene Brihanu, Tadesse Hiko, Adem
Copyright Year	2015
Abstract	2 Abstract: A cross-sectional study was conducted to determine the prevalence of camel trypanosomosisand assess associated potential risk factors in four localities of Babile district, eastern Hararghe zone, Oromia Regional State, eastern Ethiopia from November 2014 to April 2015. Randomly selected camels were blood- sampled and examined for T. evansiinfection by Wet film, Giemsa-stained thick/thin smears and Buffy coat technique. Out of 384 examined camels, 31(8.1%) were positive for Trypanosome evansi. There was statistically significant difference between the prevalence of camel trypanosome and study site (peasant association), sex and age of the animals (P<0.05). The highest prevalence of the disease was observed in Erer-ibada (12.3%) whereas the lowestprevlance value was recorded in Rahmata site (3.3%) during the study period. The prevalence was higher in female (8.9%) than male (5.5%) camels. Adult camels (10.5%) were infected more than young camels (4.9%). The mean PCV was lower (23.1%) in parasitemicanimal as compared to aparasatemic animals (28.1%). There was no statistically significant difference observed between infection and PCV. The result of the current study revealed that camel trypanosomosis was highly prevalent in the study area. Thus, there is need of designing control and prevention strategies as well as identifying risk factors.
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