Foot and mouth disease sero-prevalence in cattle in Kenya
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Date
2014Author
Kibore, B
Gitao, CG
Sangula, A
Kitala, P
Language
enMetadata
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A cross sectional study was conducted on serum from 39 counties in Kenya in
order to determine the
prevalence of
foot
and
mouth
disease in bovine species.
The study util
ized
serum
samples
at
Foot
-
and
-
Mouth Disease
(
FMD
)
lab
oratory including
Somali Ecosystem Rinderpest Eradication Coordination Unit
(
SERECU
)
project collected in th
e year 2010
.
From the serology results, the national prevalence of foot
and mouth disease in bovines was 52.5%
(CI
=
95
)
.
Of the 3709 samples subjected to
Nonstructural
protein (NSP)
enzyme linked immunosorbent assay (
ELISA
)
screening test, 1
,
947 of
those were
interpreted as positive representing 52.5%
(1947/3709)
while the other 1
,
762 samples turned negative
representing 47.5%
(n
=
1
,
762).
There was significant association between seropositivity and age
groups (p
=
0.002) and vaccination status (p
=
0.048) but no association between the seropositivity and
sex (p
=
0.063
URI
http://www.academicjournals.org/journal/JVMAH/article-abstract/1DE8B975218http://hdl.handle.net/11295/81111
Citation
Kibore, B., Gitao, C. G., Sangula, A. and Kitala, P(2013). Foot and mouth disease sero-prevalence in cattle in Kenya. Journal of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Health, 5(9), 262-268.Publisher
University of Nairobi