Abstract
Dourine is a chronic or acute contagious disease of breeding equids which transmitted directly from animal to animal during coitus. It is caused by T. equiperdum which is rarely detected in the blood stream and normally localizes in the capillaries of the mucous membranes of the urogenital tract. The diagnosis of T. equiperdum is not straight forward and this can lead to difficulties in achieving reliable data on the prevalence and distribution of infections and in the implementations and monitoring of control programs of the disease. The only effective control of dourine remains strict control of breeding; good hygiene is essential during assisted mating because infection may be transmitted through contaminated fomites. So the main objective is to review the epidemiology and control method practiced in Ethiopia.
Highlights
In a country where is less developed modern transport and communication service, the natural choice rests on the use of human and pack animals
The objective of this paper is to provide review on the importance of dourine, to give a brief account on the epidemiology and control of dourine and to give an overview of the available diagnostic techniques with respect to their uses and limitation
The CFT has been in use for many years for diagnosis of dourine, it is considered to be less sensitive than ELISA and IFAT for the detection of the serum antibodies against T. equiperdum [25, 26]
Summary
Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research Holeta Agricultural Research Center Animal Health Research Program, Holeta, Ethiopia. Email address: To cite this article: Temesgen Kassa Getahun. A Review on Epidimiology and Control Aspect of Dourine in Ethiopia.
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