Kebede Amenu

Addis Ababa University

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Samson Leta

Addis Ababa University

Delia Grace

International Livestock Research Institute

Fufa Abunna

Addis Ababa University

Tesfaye Mulatu

Ethiopian Public Health Institute

Haileleul Negussie

Addis Ababa University

Megarsa Bedasa Jaleta

Leibniz Institute for Agricultural Engineering and Bioeconomy

Fikru Regassa

Addis Ababa University

Théodore Knight-Jones

International Livestock Research Institute

Barbara Wieland

University of Bern

Tsega Berhe

Addis Ababa University

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Metadata record for: Updating the global occurrence of Culicoides imicola, a vector for emerging viral diseases

Figshare (2020)

Samson Leta Eyerusalem Fetene Tesfaye Mulatu Kebede Amenu Megersa Bedasa

This dataset contains key characteristics about the data described in the Data Descriptor Updating the global occurrence of Culicoides imicola, a vector for emerging viral diseases.
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1. human readable metadata summary table in CSV format 2. machine readable metadata file in JSON format

Versioning Note:Version 2 was generated when the metadata format was updated from JSON to JSON-LD. This was an automatic process that changed only the format, not the contents, of the metadata.

10.6084/m9.figshare.9804509

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Prevalence of bovine trypanosomosis and vector density in a dry season in Gamo-Gofa and Dawuro Zones, Southern Ethiopia

Veterinary Parasitology Regional Studies and Reports (2019)

Desie Sheferaw Rahmeto Abebe A. Fekadu Surafel Kassaye Kebede Amenu

Tsetse fly

Dry season

10.1016/j.vprsr.2019.100343

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Livestock producers' knowledge, attitude, and behavior (KAB) regarding antimicrobial use in Ethiopia

Frontiers in Veterinary Science (2023)

Takele Beyene Tufa Fikru Regassa Kebede Amenu Arjan Stegeman H. Hogeveen

Introduction Inappropriate antimicrobial use (AMU) in livestock production is an important aspect of the global burden of antimicrobial resistance (AMR). In Ethiopia, a low-income country with a large and increasing livestock population, AMU in food animals is not properly regulated. Hence, farmers are fully free to use antimicrobials to their (perceived) benefit. Therefore, understanding farmers' mindsets is important to improve antimicrobial stewardship in the livestock sector. Methods This cross-sectional study was conducted to assess livestock disease management practices and knowledge, attitude, and behavior (KAB) among livestock producers regarding AMU, residues, and resistance, as well as factors potentially explaining differences in KAB. We determined the KAB of livestock owners of three selected districts of central and western Ethiopia (n = 457), using a pretested questionnaire administered through face-to-face interviews. Logistic regression was used to evaluate the association between potential explanatory variables and the KAB scores of the respondents. Results The results showed that 44% of the farmers used antimicrobials in the past few years, where antibiotics (21%) and trypanocides (11%) were most widely used to manage livestock diseases. Furthermore, most farmers showed poor knowledge about AMU, residues, and AMR (94%) and unfavorable attitudes (<50% correct answers) toward contributing factors for AMR (97%). On the contrary, 80% of the respondents had overall good behavior scores (≥50% correct answers) related to AMU. Multivariate analysis results showed that having good knowledge, keeping ≥2 animal species, and the occurrence of ≥4 livestock diseases on the farm in a year were strong predictors of bad behavior scores ( p < 0.05). The findings of the current investigation also revealed that the incidence of livestock diseases on the farm and a higher level of formal education significantly contributed to better knowledge and desirable attitudes but bad AMU behavior. Conclusion A low level of awareness about and undesirable attitudes toward AMU and AMR could potentially affect farmers' behavior toward judicious AMU, thus requiring awareness creation efforts on livestock disease management practices.

10.3389/fvets.2023.1167847

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Informal markets are not necessarily dangerous and formal markets are not necessarily safe

Routledge eBooks (2014)

Marisa Spengler Kristina Roesel Kebede Amenu Anne Valle Zárate André Markemann

10.4324/9781315745046-13

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Status of animal health biosecurity measures of dairy farms in urban and peri-urban areas of central Ethiopia

Frontiers in Veterinary Science (2023)

Nebyou Moje Hika Waktole Rediet Kassahun Bekele Megersa Milkessa T. Chomen

Ethiopian dairy farming has many constraints including disease and lack of appropriate biosecurity measures. With this into consideration, a cross-sectional survey was carried out from November 2021 to April 2022 to determine the animal health biosecurity status of dairy farms and investigate the sociodemographic characteristics of livestock keepers on dairy farm management. A face-to-face questionnaire survey using an online application was used to collect data. The interview involved a total of 380 dairy farms located in six towns in central Ethiopia. The results showed that out of the surveyed farms, 97.6% missed footbaths at their gate points, 87.4% lacked isolation areas for either sick or newly introduced cattle, and 83.4% did not check the health status or quarantine newly introduced cattle. Furthermore, written formal record-keepings on animal health was uncommon, except for a few farms (7.9%). However, nearly all of the respondents (97.9%) gave medical treatments for sick cattle, and 57.1% of them vaccinated their herds regularly during the past 12 months before the survey. Hygienic aspects of the farms showed that 77.4% of the dairy farms appeared to clean the barn on a daily basis. However, 53.2% of respondents did not utilize personal protective equipment while cleaning their farms. A quarter of the dairy farmer (25.8%) avoided mixing their cattle with other herds, and 32.9% of them have implemented isolation of sick animals. In general, the animal health biosecurity assessment of the farms showed that most of the dairy farms (79.5%) earned unacceptable biosecurity levels (score of ≤ 50%), whereas the remaining 20.5% of dairy farms had received a score of >50% ("acceptable level"). The gender of dairy farmers (χ2 value = 7.61; p = 0.006), education level (χ2 value = 12.04; p = 0.007), dairy farm ownership (χ2 value = 41.6; p < 0.001), training on dairy farm management (χ2 value = 37.1; p < 0.001), towns (χ2 value = 31.69; p < 0.001), farm size (χ2 value = 7.7; p = 0.006), and herd size (χ2 value = 28.2; p < 0.001) showed a significant statistical association with biosecurity status. Finally, the study revealed that the level of biosecurity adoption of dairy farms in central Ethiopia is mostly unsatisfactory and calls for designing and implementing intervention measures toward improved animal health in dairy farms and further public health.

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Dairy Farming

10.3389/fvets.2023.1086702

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Cost-effectiveness of interventions toward improving microbial food safety of chicken meat along supply chains in Burkina Faso and Ethiopia

International Journal of Food Microbiology (2025)

James Noah Ssemanda Heidy M.W. den Besten Michel Dione Kebede Amenu Théodore Knight-Jones

Food supply

10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2025.111086

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Dataset after validations: Updating the global occurrence of Culicoides imicola, a vector for emerging viral diseases

Figshare (2019)

Samson Leta Eyerusalem Fetene Kebede Amenu Megersa Bedasa Tariku Jibat

The data contains an updated and comprehensive global database of Culicoides imicola occurrence, consisting of 1039 geo-positioned records from 50 countries around the world. The data also documented the climatic, livestock demographic and land cover characteristics of the occurrence points.

10.6084/m9.figshare.7795706

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Microbiological safety of milk and processing and consumption behaviour in pastoral areas in southern Ethiopia

Kebede Amenu Barbara Szonyi Barbara Wieland Delia Grace

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Author response for "Entomological survey of the potential vectors of Rift Valley fever virus and absence of detection of the virus genome from the vectors in various niches in the southern half of the Great Rift Valley of Ethiopia"

Megarsa Bedasa Jaleta Mehari Tefera Haileleul Negussie Tesfaye Mulatu Tsega Berhe

10.1002/vms3.941/v4/response1