Volume: 56 Issue: 3
Year: 2025, Page: 482-487, Doi: https://doi.org/10.51966/jvas.2025.56.3.482-487
Received: May 10, 2025 Accepted: Aug. 11, 2025 Published: Sept. 30, 2025
A cross-sectional study was carried out from March 2023 to March 2024 to assess the seroprevalence and risk factors of brucellosis in goats in the Nyangatom district, South Omo Zone, Southern Ethiopia. A total of 768 extensively managed local female goats of different age groups, were bled and data on hypothesized risk factors were collected using a semi-structured questionnaire. The preliminary screening of the sera for brucella antibodies was done using the Rose Bengal plate test (RBPT) and sera positive for RBPT were further examined by the complement fixation test (CFT). The overall seroprevalence of brucellosis was 12.9 %. Among the risk factors considered, seroprevalence was associated with parity, litter size, flock size, and history of occurrence of abortion (p<0.05). Regarding Parity, Brucella seroprevalence was higher in goats with more than 3 parities than in goats with lower parity. Furthermore, higher seroprevalence of brucellosis was observed in goats with a litter size of two and goats with in medium flock size. The current seroprevalence revealed that brucellosis in goats continues to be an important disease in the study area. This in turn, entails the significant production loss and public health risk of the disease. Therefore, implementing control measures appropriate for the pastoral area and awareness creation in the community is important to control the spread of infection in the animal population. In addition, veterinarians, public health authorities, and other community leaders need to work in collaboration to control the disease in animals and human exposure.
Keywords: Brucellosis, goats, Nyangatom, seroprevalence
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