Journal of
Veterinary Medicine and Animal Health

  • Abbreviation: J. Vet. Med. Anim. Health
  • Language: English
  • ISSN: 2141-2529
  • DOI: 10.5897/JVMAH
  • Start Year: 2009
  • Published Articles: 413

Table of Content: September 2016; 8(9)

September 2016

A study on cattle trypanosomosis and its vectors in Gimbo and Guraferda districts of Southwest Ethiopia

A cross-sectional study was carried out to determine the prevalence of cattle trypanosomosis and assess the distribution of its vectors in Gimbo and Guraferda districts of Kaffa and Bench Maji zones, respectively, in Southern Nations, Nationalities and Peoples’ Regional State (SNNPRS), Ethiopia from November 2011 to March 2012. Simple random sampling technique was used to select 490 local zebu cattle from...

Author(s): Eskziaw Benalfew, Alebachew Tilahun, Amare Berhanu, Ayichew Teshale, Abebaw Getachew

September 2016

Potency of four different commercial infectious bursal disease (IBD) vaccines and different vaccination schedules in cockerels

A potency trial was conducted to evaluate the potency of four commonly used infectious bursal disease (IBD) live vaccines to determine the most appropriate vaccination response to establish the most appropriate vaccination programme against IBD in Nigeria. A total of 700 day old cockerels were randomly divided into six groups 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6. Groups 1 to 4 were the vaccination cockerels while Groups 5 and 6 were...

Author(s): Fatimah Bukar Hassan, Paul Ayuba Abdu, Lawal Saidu and Elisha Kambai Bawa

September 2016

Study on prevalence of bovine trypanosomosis and density of its vectors in three selected districts of Wolaita Zone, Southern Ethiopia

The study was conducted from November, 2013 to March, 2014 in three selected districts of Wolaita zone, Southern Ethiopia with objective of determining the prevalence of bovine trypanosomosis and density of its vectors. Blood samples from 480 randomly selected cattle of both sexes different age, coat color and body condition score groups were collected and examined with conventional hematological and entomological...

Author(s): Zemedkun Gona, Ayichew Teshale and Alebachew Tilahun