Bovine Trypanosomosis: Infection Rate, its Risk Factors, and the Relationship between Packed Cell Volume and Infection Rate in Humbo District, Southern Ethiopia

Abstract

Background: Tsetse transmitted animal trypanosomosis still remains as one of the largest causes of livestock production losses in Ethiopia. The study was conducted from April, 2018 to June, 2018 in Humbo district of southern Ethiopia to determine current infection rate of bovine trypanosomosis, to identify trypanosome species responsible for infection, to assess potential risk factors of the disease, and to evaluate the relationship between infection rate and packed cell volume. Blood samples were collected from 306 randomly selected cattle from the study peasant associations (PAs) and evaluated through conventional parasitological methods.