Abstract
Peste des petits ruminant (PPR) is an economically important disease of small ruminants with a rapidly expanding geographical distribution. There are fragmented reports to the occurrence and distribution of the disease in Ethiopia. A total of 700 serum samples were collected from goats and sheep to detect the presence of antibody against PPR virus using Competitive Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay (C-ELISA). An overall PPR seropositivity was reported to be 48.43% in the area. There is no statistically significant difference in the seroprevalence of the disease between sheep and goats (50.85% and 46.68%), respectively. However, there was statistically significant variation (P < 0.05) in the seroprevalence of the disease in young (33.9%) and adult (55.8%) age categories. The seroprevalence in male and female was 42.07% and 50.09%, respectively, where the variation was statistically not significant (P > 0.05). High seroprevalence of Peste des petites ruminants in the study area indicated the virus circulation and endemicity of the disease. The disease causes substantial economic losses by affecting the livelihood of the farmers. Therefore, control measures should be put in place to minimize the loss associated with the disease.
Highlights
Peste des petits ruminant (PPR) is an acute, highly contagious, and frequently fatal viral disease of sheep, goats, and wild small ruminants
In 1999 national serosurveillance of PPR conducted in Ethiopia, the overall seroprevalence of 6.4% in both goats and sheep ranging from 0% to 52.5% was estimated [15]
The study involved multistage random sampling where districts laying in the Great Rift Valley segment of Ethiopia were selected purposely for their high small ruminant population, but each kebele was first randomly selected and animal unit was selected randomly at last
Summary
Peste des petits ruminant (PPR) is an acute, highly contagious, and frequently fatal viral disease of sheep, goats, and wild small ruminants. It is characterized by fever, mucopurulent ocular and nasal discharges, necrotizing and erosive stomatitis, severe enteritis, and pneumonia leading to death [1, 2]. In 1999 national serosurveillance of PPR conducted in Ethiopia, the overall seroprevalence of 6.4% (95% CI : 6.0–6.8) in both goats and sheep ranging from 0% to 52.5% was estimated [15]. The objective of current study was to estimate the seroprevalence of peste des petits ruminants in sheep and goats using serological tests
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