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Pastoralism In Ethiopia

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Pastoralism is extensively practiced in almost two thirds of the land area of the Ethiopia (Rota and Sperandini, 2009). Farmers of hot arid and semi-arid desert region relay heavily on livestock enterprises for their sustenance. Camels are an important livestock species in the arid and semi-arid zones in Africa and Asia that accounts for 60% of the land area in Ethiopia and inhabited by pastoralists. 95% of the 18.9 million camel population of the world are dromedary camels live in Africa, Middle East and 5% are Bactrian camels in Central Asia, China, and Mongolia (Tezera et al., 2010). 82% of the camel population of the world (15.4 million) is found in the African continent. The camel population of Ethiopia has been estimated to be 2.3 million …show more content…

Moreover, brucellosis in human represents a major public health hazard, which affects social and economic development in various countries. Human brucellosis is commonly referred as undulant fever or Malta fever or Mediterranean fever (Pal, 2007). It is an important occupational zoonosis of livestock handlers, abattoir workers, veterinarians and dairy farmers (Pal et al., 2013; Pal et al.,2016). Currently, 500,000 cases of human brucellosis are reported annually the world wide (Donev et al., 2010).

In Ethiopia, various surveys have been carried out on prevalence of brucellosis on livestock in different regions of the country by various investigations. However, the detailed status of brucellosis and its associated risk factors are not thoroughly studied in camels’ particularly in Afar regional state and information is so far scanty. Therefore, the objectives of this study were to determine the seroprevalence of camel brucellosis, to assess the associated risk factors for camel brucellosis and to also to know the public awareness towards zoonotic importance of diseases in study

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