Higher livestock abortion burden in arid and semi-arid lands, Kenya, 2019-2020
Tracking livestock abortion patterns over time and across factors such as species and agroecological zones (AEZs) could inform policies to mitigate disease emergence, zoonoses risk, and reproductive losses. We conducted a year-long population-based active surveillance of livestock abortion between 2...
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| author | Gachohi, J. Njoki, P. Mogoa, E. Otieno, Fredrick Muturi, Mathew Mwatondo, Athman Ngere, I. Dawa, J. Nasimiyu, C. Osoro, E. Bett, Bernard K. Njenga, K. |
| author_browse | Bett, Bernard K. Dawa, J. Gachohi, J. Mogoa, E. Muturi, Mathew Mwatondo, Athman Nasimiyu, C. Ngere, I. Njenga, K. Njoki, P. Osoro, E. Otieno, Fredrick |
| author_facet | Gachohi, J. Njoki, P. Mogoa, E. Otieno, Fredrick Muturi, Mathew Mwatondo, Athman Ngere, I. Dawa, J. Nasimiyu, C. Osoro, E. Bett, Bernard K. Njenga, K. |
| author_sort | Gachohi, J. |
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| description | Tracking livestock abortion patterns over time and across factors such as species and agroecological zones (AEZs) could inform policies to mitigate disease emergence, zoonoses risk, and reproductive losses. We conducted a year-long population-based active surveillance of livestock abortion between 2019 and 2020, in administrative areas covering 52% of Kenya's landmass and home to 50% of Kenya's livestock. Surveillance sites were randomly selected to represent all AEZs in the country. Local animal health practitioners electronically transmitted weekly abortion reports from each ward, the smallest administrative unit, to a central server, using a simple short messaging service (SMS). Data were analyzed descriptively by administrative unit, species, and AEZ to reveal spatiotemporal patterns and relationships with rainfall and temperature. Of 23,766 abortions reported in all livestock species, sheep and goats contributed 77%, with goats alone contributing 53%. Seventy-seven per cent (n = 18,280) of these abortions occurred in arid and semi-arid lands (ASALs) that primarily practice pastoralism production systems. While spatiotemporal clustering of cases was observed in May-July 2019 in the ASALs, there was a substantial seasonal fluctuation across AEZs. Kenya experiences high livestock abortion rates, most of which go unreported. We recommend further research to document the national true burden of abortions. In ASALs, studies linking pathogen, climate, and environmental surveillance are needed to assign livestock abortions to infectious or non-infectious aetiologies and conducting human acute febrile illnesses surveillance to detect any links with the abortions. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1396452025-10-26T12:53:06Z Higher livestock abortion burden in arid and semi-arid lands, Kenya, 2019-2020 Gachohi, J. Njoki, P. Mogoa, E. Otieno, Fredrick Muturi, Mathew Mwatondo, Athman Ngere, I. Dawa, J. Nasimiyu, C. Osoro, E. Bett, Bernard K. Njenga, K. animal health abortion livestock Tracking livestock abortion patterns over time and across factors such as species and agroecological zones (AEZs) could inform policies to mitigate disease emergence, zoonoses risk, and reproductive losses. We conducted a year-long population-based active surveillance of livestock abortion between 2019 and 2020, in administrative areas covering 52% of Kenya's landmass and home to 50% of Kenya's livestock. Surveillance sites were randomly selected to represent all AEZs in the country. Local animal health practitioners electronically transmitted weekly abortion reports from each ward, the smallest administrative unit, to a central server, using a simple short messaging service (SMS). Data were analyzed descriptively by administrative unit, species, and AEZ to reveal spatiotemporal patterns and relationships with rainfall and temperature. Of 23,766 abortions reported in all livestock species, sheep and goats contributed 77%, with goats alone contributing 53%. Seventy-seven per cent (n = 18,280) of these abortions occurred in arid and semi-arid lands (ASALs) that primarily practice pastoralism production systems. While spatiotemporal clustering of cases was observed in May-July 2019 in the ASALs, there was a substantial seasonal fluctuation across AEZs. Kenya experiences high livestock abortion rates, most of which go unreported. We recommend further research to document the national true burden of abortions. In ASALs, studies linking pathogen, climate, and environmental surveillance are needed to assign livestock abortions to infectious or non-infectious aetiologies and conducting human acute febrile illnesses surveillance to detect any links with the abortions. 2024-02-22 2024-02-24T13:59:32Z 2024-02-24T13:59:32Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/139645 en Open Access Gachohi, J., Njoki, P., Mogoa, E., Otieno, F., Muturi, M., Mwatondo, A., Ngere, I., Dawa, J., Nasimiyu, C., Osoro, E., Bett, B. and Njenga, K. 2024. Higher livestock abortion burden in arid and semi-arid lands, Kenya, 2019–2020. <i>PLOS ONE</i> 19(2): e0297274. |
| spellingShingle | animal health abortion livestock Gachohi, J. Njoki, P. Mogoa, E. Otieno, Fredrick Muturi, Mathew Mwatondo, Athman Ngere, I. Dawa, J. Nasimiyu, C. Osoro, E. Bett, Bernard K. Njenga, K. Higher livestock abortion burden in arid and semi-arid lands, Kenya, 2019-2020 |
| title | Higher livestock abortion burden in arid and semi-arid lands, Kenya, 2019-2020 |
| title_full | Higher livestock abortion burden in arid and semi-arid lands, Kenya, 2019-2020 |
| title_fullStr | Higher livestock abortion burden in arid and semi-arid lands, Kenya, 2019-2020 |
| title_full_unstemmed | Higher livestock abortion burden in arid and semi-arid lands, Kenya, 2019-2020 |
| title_short | Higher livestock abortion burden in arid and semi-arid lands, Kenya, 2019-2020 |
| title_sort | higher livestock abortion burden in arid and semi arid lands kenya 2019 2020 |
| topic | animal health abortion livestock |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/139645 |
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