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A cross-sectional study of epizootic lymphangitis in cart-mules in western Ethiopia |
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| Authors: | Ameni Gobena Terefe Woldu |
| Institution: | aInstitute of Pathobiology, Addis Ababa University, P.O. Box 1176, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia bFaculty of Veterinary Medicine, Addis Ababa University, P.O. Box 34, Debre Zeit, Ethiopia |
| Abstract: | A cross-sectional study was conducted to determine the prevalence of epizootic lymphangitis (EL) in 309 cart-mules (cart-pulling mules) in Bako and Ejaji towns, Western Ethiopia using clinical and microbiological examinations, between November 2002 and April 2003. The overall prevalence was 21% (CI = 16.6–26%). The clinical, histological and mycological characteristics of EL in a cart-mule were similar with those in a horse. There was significant (χ2 = 133.5, P = 0.001) association between tick infestation and EL lesions in study cart-mules. Amblyoma coherence and Boophilus genera were the ticks collected from lesions of cases of EL, and thus played a predisposing role. In conclusion, our results showed that EL has high prevalence in cart-mules in the two towns. |
| Keywords: | Cart-mule Epizootic lymphangitis Tick infestation Prevalence Ethiopia |
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