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

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cg.authorship.typesCGIAR and developing country instituteen
cg.contributor.affiliationUniversity of Embuen
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Livestock Research Instituteen
cg.contributor.affiliationUniversity of Nairobien
cg.contributor.crpAgriculture for Nutrition and Health
cg.contributor.donorEuropean Unionen
cg.contributor.donorDeutscher Akademischer Austauschdiensten
cg.coverage.countryKenya
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2KE
cg.coverage.regionAfrica
cg.coverage.regionEastern Africa
cg.creator.identifierSilvia Alonso: 0000-0002-0565-536Xen
cg.creator.identifierDavid Odongo: 0000-0001-5745-4327en
cg.creator.identifierBernard Bett: 0000-0001-9376-2941en
cg.howPublishedFormally Publisheden
cg.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1007/s11250-018-01790-1en
cg.isijournalISI Journalen
cg.issn0049-4747en
cg.issue5en
cg.journalTropical Animal Health and Productionen
cg.reviewStatusPeer Reviewen
cg.subject.ilriCATTLEen
cg.subject.ilriEPIDEMIOLOGYen
cg.subject.ilriLIVESTOCKen
cg.subject.ilriPASTORALISMen
cg.subject.ilriWILDLIFEen
cg.volume51en
dc.contributor.authorNthiwa, Danielen
dc.contributor.authorAlonso, Silviaen
dc.contributor.authorOdongo, David O.en
dc.contributor.authorKenya, Euchariaen
dc.contributor.authorBett, Bernard K.en
dc.date.accessioned2019-01-28T15:08:15Zen
dc.date.available2019-01-28T15:08:15Zen
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/99200
dc.titleA participatory epidemiological study of major cattle diseases amongst Maasai pastoralists living in wildlife-livestock interfaces in Maasai Mara, Kenyaen
dcterms.abstractLivestock-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.en
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Access
dcterms.audienceScientistsen
dcterms.available2019-01-25en
dcterms.bibliographicCitationNthiwa, 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.en
dcterms.extentp. 1097-1103en
dcterms.issued2019-06en
dcterms.languageen
dcterms.licenseCC-BY-4.0
dcterms.publisherSpringeren
dcterms.subjectlivestocken
dcterms.subjectcattleen
dcterms.subjectanimal diseasesen
dcterms.subjectepidemiologyen
dcterms.subjectpastoralismen
dcterms.subjectwildlifeen
dcterms.typeJournal Article

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