A participatory epidemiological study of major cattle diseases amongst Maasai pastoralists living in wildlife-livestock interfaces in Maasai Mara, Kenya

Livestock-wildlife interactions promote the transmission of a wide range of infectious diseases that constraint livestock production. We used a participatory appraisal approach to find out and rank infectious diseases of concern to pastoralists in a zone of intense wildlife-livestock interaction and...

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Autores principales: Nthiwa, Daniel, Alonso, Silvia, Odongo, David O., Kenya, Eucharia, Bett, Bernard K.
Formato: Journal Article
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: Springer 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/99200
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author Nthiwa, Daniel
Alonso, Silvia
Odongo, David O.
Kenya, Eucharia
Bett, Bernard K.
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Bett, Bernard K.
Kenya, Eucharia
Nthiwa, Daniel
Odongo, David O.
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Alonso, Silvia
Odongo, David O.
Kenya, Eucharia
Bett, Bernard K.
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description Livestock-wildlife interactions promote the transmission of a wide range of infectious diseases that constraint livestock production. We used a participatory appraisal approach to find out and rank infectious diseases of concern to pastoralists in a zone of intense wildlife-livestock interaction and another zone with limited interactions. Four villages were selected purposively in areas with intensive cattle-wildlife interactions (zone 1), and another two in areas with low to moderate cattle-wildlife interactions (zone 2). Data were collected in focus group discussions (FGDs) using participatory epidemiological methods (PE); each group had 8–13 participants. Results of impact matrix scoring from all sites indicated that malignant catarrhal fever (MCF), anthrax, foot and mouth disease (FMD), contagious bovine pleuropneumonia (CBPP), east coast fever (ECF) and African animal trypanosomiasis (ATT), in decreasing order, had the highest impact on livestock production. A Kruskal–Wallis test revealed a significant difference in FMD annual prevalence between cattle age groups (p < 0.001) and was the highest in animals > 4 years (median score of 32.5, range, 10–50). FMD had the highest impact on milk production, but based on veterinary costs (treatment costs), it was ranked second to CBPP. The study provides information on disease priorities that occur in the target zones in Mara ecosystem and which the local pastoralists must consider when accessing key ecosystem services such as water and pasture.
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spelling CGSpace992002023-12-08T19:43:41Z A participatory epidemiological study of major cattle diseases amongst Maasai pastoralists living in wildlife-livestock interfaces in Maasai Mara, Kenya Nthiwa, Daniel Alonso, Silvia Odongo, David O. Kenya, Eucharia Bett, Bernard K. livestock cattle animal diseases epidemiology pastoralism wildlife Livestock-wildlife interactions promote the transmission of a wide range of infectious diseases that constraint livestock production. We used a participatory appraisal approach to find out and rank infectious diseases of concern to pastoralists in a zone of intense wildlife-livestock interaction and another zone with limited interactions. Four villages were selected purposively in areas with intensive cattle-wildlife interactions (zone 1), and another two in areas with low to moderate cattle-wildlife interactions (zone 2). Data were collected in focus group discussions (FGDs) using participatory epidemiological methods (PE); each group had 8–13 participants. Results of impact matrix scoring from all sites indicated that malignant catarrhal fever (MCF), anthrax, foot and mouth disease (FMD), contagious bovine pleuropneumonia (CBPP), east coast fever (ECF) and African animal trypanosomiasis (ATT), in decreasing order, had the highest impact on livestock production. A Kruskal–Wallis test revealed a significant difference in FMD annual prevalence between cattle age groups (p < 0.001) and was the highest in animals > 4 years (median score of 32.5, range, 10–50). FMD had the highest impact on milk production, but based on veterinary costs (treatment costs), it was ranked second to CBPP. The study provides information on disease priorities that occur in the target zones in Mara ecosystem and which the local pastoralists must consider when accessing key ecosystem services such as water and pasture. 2019-06 2019-01-28T15:08:15Z 2019-01-28T15:08:15Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/99200 en Open Access Springer Nthiwa, D., Alonso, S., Odongo, D., Kenya, E. and Bett, B. 2019. A participatory epidemiological study of major cattle diseases amongst Maasai pastoralists living in wildlife-livestock interfaces in Maasai Mara, Kenya. Tropical Animal Health and Production 51(5): 1097–1103.
spellingShingle livestock
cattle
animal diseases
epidemiology
pastoralism
wildlife
Nthiwa, Daniel
Alonso, Silvia
Odongo, David O.
Kenya, Eucharia
Bett, Bernard K.
A participatory epidemiological study of major cattle diseases amongst Maasai pastoralists living in wildlife-livestock interfaces in Maasai Mara, Kenya
title A participatory epidemiological study of major cattle diseases amongst Maasai pastoralists living in wildlife-livestock interfaces in Maasai Mara, Kenya
title_full A participatory epidemiological study of major cattle diseases amongst Maasai pastoralists living in wildlife-livestock interfaces in Maasai Mara, Kenya
title_fullStr A participatory epidemiological study of major cattle diseases amongst Maasai pastoralists living in wildlife-livestock interfaces in Maasai Mara, Kenya
title_full_unstemmed A participatory epidemiological study of major cattle diseases amongst Maasai pastoralists living in wildlife-livestock interfaces in Maasai Mara, Kenya
title_short A participatory epidemiological study of major cattle diseases amongst Maasai pastoralists living in wildlife-livestock interfaces in Maasai Mara, Kenya
title_sort participatory epidemiological study of major cattle diseases amongst maasai pastoralists living in wildlife livestock interfaces in maasai mara kenya
topic livestock
cattle
animal diseases
epidemiology
pastoralism
wildlife
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/99200
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