Overview of Rabies in and around Addis Ababa, in Animals Examined in EHNRI Zoonoses Laboratory Between, 2003 and 2009

Autor:	Eshetu Yimer, Kedir Hussen, Fasil Mengistu, Kassahun Tafese, Asefa Deressa, Abraham Ali, Garoma Getahun
Rok vydání:	2011
Předmět:	Veterinary medicine business.industry Significant difference Prevalence Brain tissue medicine.disease Addis Ababa Animal Control Dog Positivity Rabies Trend Retrospective data Vaccination Medicine Rabies Rabies control business Direct fluorescent antibody
Zdroj:	Ethiopian Veterinary Journal; Vol 14, No 2 (2010); 91-101
ISSN:	2221-5034 1683-6324
DOI:	10.4314/evj.v14i2.63927
Popis:	A retrospective data on the number of confirmed animal rabies cases and applied rabies control measures over the period 2003-2009 were collected and analyzed to elucidate the situation of animal rabies in and around Addis Ababa. Over the last seven years, 2517 animals brain tissue samples from Dogs, Cats, Cattle, Horses, Donkeys, Shoats, Hyenas and Monkeys were examined for rabies using Fluorescent Antibody Test. Out of all samples examined, 76.9% (n=1936) were positive for rabies antigen. A statistically significant difference (χ2 = 34.08(1), P Keywords: Addis Ababa, Animal, Control, Dog, Positivity, Rabies, Trend
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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