Study on the Risk Factors of Foot and Mouth Disease in Selected Districts of Afar Pastoral Area, Northeast Ethiopia

摘要

The cross sectional study was conducted from October 2007 to April 2008 to determine seroprevalence and associated risk factors for seropositivity of FMD. Antibodies against non-structural protein of FMD virus (using 3ABC ELISA) were measured as indicator of exposure to the virus. An overall seroprevalence of 5.6% (48.4% at herd level) for FMD was found. Differences in geographical locations, age groups and herd sizes were risk factors found statistically (p<0.05) associated with the occurrence of FMD. Any successful and cost effective intervention project to control FMD should therefore, consider these risk factors during project formulation.