TY - JOUR
T1 - A cross-sectional study of epizootic lymphangitis in cart-mules in western Ethiopia
AU - Ameni, Gobena
AU - Terefe, Woldu
N1 - Funding Information:
We appreciate the Ethiopian Agricultural Research Organization (EARO) for its financial support.
PY - 2004/12/15
Y1 - 2004/12/15
N2 - A cross-sectional study was conducted to determine the prevalence of epizootic lymphangitis (EL) in 309 cart-mules (cart-pulling mules) in Bako and Ejaji towns, Western Ethiopia using clinical and microbiological examinations, between November 2002 and April 2003. The overall prevalence was 21% (CI = 16.6-26%). The clinical, histological and mycological characteristics of EL in a cart-mule were similar with those in a horse. There was significant (χ 2 = 133.5, P = 0.001) association between tick infestation and EL lesions in study cart-mules. Amblyoma coherence and Boophilus genera were the ticks collected from lesions of cases of EL, and thus played a predisposing role. In conclusion, our results showed that EL has high prevalence in cart-mules in the two towns.
AB - A cross-sectional study was conducted to determine the prevalence of epizootic lymphangitis (EL) in 309 cart-mules (cart-pulling mules) in Bako and Ejaji towns, Western Ethiopia using clinical and microbiological examinations, between November 2002 and April 2003. The overall prevalence was 21% (CI = 16.6-26%). The clinical, histological and mycological characteristics of EL in a cart-mule were similar with those in a horse. There was significant (χ 2 = 133.5, P = 0.001) association between tick infestation and EL lesions in study cart-mules. Amblyoma coherence and Boophilus genera were the ticks collected from lesions of cases of EL, and thus played a predisposing role. In conclusion, our results showed that EL has high prevalence in cart-mules in the two towns.
KW - Cart-mule
KW - Epizootic lymphangitis
KW - Ethiopia
KW - Prevalence
KW - Tick infestation
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U2 - 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2004.09.008
DO - 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2004.09.008
M3 - Article
C2 - 15579337
AN - SCOPUS:9644263924
SN - 0167-5877
VL - 66
SP - 93
EP - 99
JO - Preventive Veterinary Medicine
JF - Preventive Veterinary Medicine
IS - 1-4
ER -