ArticleTropical animal health and production2012
Low prevalence of bovine tuberculosis in Somali pastoral livestock, southeast Ethiopia.
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- Global prevalence and risk factors of bovine tuberculosis in cattle: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in veterinary science · 2026Pooled it
- Bovine tuberculosis in Ethiopia: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Preventive veterinary medicine · 2017Pooled it
- Prevalence of bovine tuberculosis in cattle, camels and goats and awareness among pastoral and agro-pastoral communities of the Somali region, Ethiopia.Veterinary and animal science · 2026Article
- Economic and health impacts of bovine and zoonotic tuberculosis on rural Zambian communities.PLOS global public health · 2026Article
- Prevalence and Risk Factors of Tuberculosis Lesions in Cattle Slaughtered for Human Consumption at the Slaughterhouses in the City of Ngaoundéré, Cameroon.Veterinary medicine international · 2026Article
- Epidemiological Trend Analysis of Bovine Tuberculosis and Its Public Health Impact in Ethiopia.Journal of tropical medicine · 2025Review
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- Bovine Tuberculosis Epidemiology in Cameroon, Central Africa, Based on the Interferon-Gamma Assay.Frontiers in veterinary science · 2022Article
- Molecular epidemiology of tuberculosis in the Somali region, eastern Ethiopia.Frontiers in medicine · 2022Article
- Population structure and transmission ofMicrobial genomics · 2021Article
- Dynamics and risk of transmission of bovine tuberculosis in the emerging dairy regions of Ethiopia.Epidemiology and infection · 2021Article
- Evaluation of the Efficacy of BCG in Protecting Against Contact Challenge With Bovine Tuberculosis in Holstein-Friesian and Zebu Crossbred Calves in Ethiopia.Frontiers in veterinary science · 2021Article
- Broad diversity of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex strains isolated from humans and cattle in Northern Algeria suggests a zoonotic transmission cycle.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2020Article
- Bovine tuberculosis at the human-livestock-wildlife interface and its control through one health approach in the Ethiopian Somali Pastoralists: A review.One health (Amsterdam, Netherlands) · 2020Review
- A cross-sectional epidemiological investigation of nontuberculous mycobacteria of public health importance in slaughter camels in Samburu County, Kenya.Tropical animal health and production · 2020Article
- Review on Epidemiology and Public Health Importance of Goat Tuberculosis in Ethiopia.Veterinary medicine international · 2020Review
- Prevalence of Mycobacterium bovis infection in traditionally managed cattle at the wildlife-livestock interface in South Africa in the absence of control measures.Veterinary research communications · 2019Article
- Prevalence of bovine tuberculosis and its associated risk factors in the emerging dairy belts of regional cities in Ethiopia.Preventive veterinary medicine · 2019Article
- Bovine tuberculosis in eastern Ethiopia: prevalence, risk factors and its public health importance.BMC infectious diseases · 2019Article
- Appraisal of interpretation criteria for the single intra-dermal comparative cervical tuberculin test for the diagnosis of tuberculosis in dromedary camels in Ethiopia.Tropical animal health and production · 2018Article
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Abstract
A cross-sectional study of bovine tuberculosis (BTB) detected by the comparative intradermal tuberculin test (CIDT) was conducted in livestock of the Somali region in southeast Ethiopia--in four pastoral associations from January to August 2009. In 94 herds, each of 15 cattle, camels, and goats was tested per herd leading to a total of 1,418 CIDT tested animals, with 421 cattle, 479 camels, and 518 goats. A herd was considered positive if it had at least one reactor. Prevalence per animal species was calculated using a xtgee model for each species. The individual animal prevalence was 2.0% [95% confidence interval (CI), 0.5-8.4], 0.4% (95% CI, 0.1-3%), and 0.2% (95% CI, 0.03-1.3) in cattle, camels, and goats, respectively. Prevalence of avian mycobacterium purified protein derivative (PPD) reactors in cattle, camels, and goats was 0.7% (95% CI, 0.2-2.0%), 10.0% (95% CI, 7.0-14.0%), and 1.9 (95% CI, 0.9-4.0%), respectively, whereby camels had an odds ratio of 16.5 (95% CI, 5.0-55.0) when compared to cattle. There was no significant difference between livestock species in BTB positivity. In the present study, the prevalence of bovine tuberculosis was low in Somali pastoral livestock in general and in camels and goats in particular. The high proportion of camel reactors to avian PPD needs further investigation of its impact on camel production.
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