Abstract            Volume:13  Issue-1  Year-2025         Original Research Articles

Online ISSN : 2347 - 3215 Issues : 12 per year Publisher : Excellent Publishers Email : editorijcret@gmail.com

Trypanosomosis is a signi?cant impediment to livestock and farm production, adding adversely to the overall growth of agriculture in general and food security efforts in particular. A cross sectional research was performed from December 2021 to April 2022 on the prevalence of trypanosomosis in cattle and the distinction of Trypanosome species and potential risk factors in Daramalo woreda of Gamo zone, Southern Ethiopia. Blood samples from marginal ear vein of 288 local Zebu cattle taken randomly examined at three selected kebeles. Dark field examination of the microhematocrit buffy coat, as well as stained thin blood film examination and packed cell volume (PCV) evaluation were the diagnostic techniques used. Out of 288 examined, 26 cattle were positive for bovine trypanosomosis, with an overall prevalence of 9.03%. Among the positive animals, T. congolense (84.62%) was the dominant trypanosome species followed by T. vivax (15.38%) were the two common Trypanosoma species in this study. Age group prevalence revealed that age >3 years (10.7%) were most affected followed by 1-3 years (7.0%) and <1 year (4.2%). Cattle with poor body condition scores (16.0%) were the most affected, followed by cattle with medium (4.9%) and good (1.6%) body condition scores. Sex-wise prevalence of trypanosome infection was higher in male (13.4%) while (11.8%) female animals. The mean PCV of non-infected or negative animals was higher than the mean PCV of infected or positive animals. The mean PCV value of infected and non-infected animals was recorded as 16.27% and 20.12%, respectively, with overall mean PCV value of 18.29%. Generally, this study revealed that trypanosomosis is still a core problem for livestock production of the study area. Therefore, Strategic control of bovine trypanosomosis and vector control should be strengthened to improve livestock production and agricultural development in the area and educating the public in the tsetse affected areas to participate in control strategies.

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