dc.contributor.author | Kihu, SM | |
dc.contributor.author | Gitao, CG | |
dc.contributor.author | Bebora, LC | |
dc.contributor.author | Njenga, MJ | |
dc.contributor.author | Wairire, G.G | |
dc.contributor.author | Maingi, N | |
dc.contributor.author | Wahome, RG | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2015-02-05T13:42:21Z | |
dc.date.available | 2015-02-05T13:42:21Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2014 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Kihu. SM, Gitao. CG, Bebora. LC, Njenga. MJ, G.G. Wairire, Maingi. N, Wahome. RG. "Appraisal of Pese des petitis ruminants disease by Turkana Pastoral community of Turkana County in Kenya." American Journal of Research Communication. 2014;2(10):186-214. | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11295/80183 | |
dc.description.abstract | Peste des petits ruminants
(PPR)
a disease of the sheep and goats remains a major constrain to
small stock production in Turkana Kenya.
The disease has not been known for long
period
in
Kenya,
though
the Turkana pastoral community has acquired some indigenous knowledge
from their encount
er with the disease.
Through focused group discussion employing
participatory epidemiology methods the Turkana ranked PPR among the ten most important
diseases in their small ruminant flocks. Turkana
respondents
characterized
Peste des petits
ruminants
dif
ferentiating the disease from other
small ruminant
diseases and providing clear
association of clinical and post mortem signs as well as risk factors.
The
respondents
provided estimates of
the relative incidence of PPR
i
n sheep
that ranged
between
19% (9
.87, 40) in
young adults
(>6 but <24 months)
to 25% (11.4, 40.8) in adults
(> 24 months)
.
The relative mortality
ranged between 16% (7.3,
37.1) in young adults and 20% (7.8,
34.9) in adults. Case fatality was
highest in young adults at 84.2% (68,100).
Th
e estimated relative incidences
of
PPR in goats
ranged
between 17.8% (8.5,
32.1) in new born kids
(< 2 months of age) and 20.9% (10.4,
36) in adults
(> 24
months)
. Relative mortalities varied from 14.2% (6.1,
28.6) in newborn kids to 17% (5.5, 25.5) in
old
er kids (>2 but <6
months)
. Case fatality was highest in young adults (>6 but <24
months)
at 84.5% 58.6,
100).
Turkana perceive vaccination as an effective PP
R control methods b
ut have problem in
accessing
the service.
T
his study has illuminated further t
he need to utilize the indigenous knowledge
for purposes of understanding diseases in the community and setting up strong participatory
surveillance systems that involve the communities as the basic element of disease surveillance
intelligence gathering | en_US |
dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
dc.publisher | University of Nairobi | en_US |
dc.subject | Peste des petits ruminants, Participatory epidemiology, Indigenous knowledge, Turkana , Kenya | en_US |
dc.title | Appraisal of pese des petitis ruminants disease by Turkana pastoral community of Turkana county in Kenya | en_US |
dc.type | Article | en_US |
dc.type.material | en_US | en_US |