July 2024

The traditional livestock breeding practices of Somali pastoralists and small ruminant brucellosis seroprevalence survey in selected villages of Gardo District of Puntland State of Somalia

A cross-sectional study was carried out to define the seroprevalence of brucellosis in target animals and the perception of the community on the disease in sheep and goat. Study was undertaken in four purposefully selected sub-regions of the Gardo district of Karkaar region of Somalia, namely: Kubo, Xabaal-reer, Guud-cad, and Cambaaro of Gardo. The small ruminants studied comprised of the 225 indigenous Somali Caprine...

Author(s): Abdiqani Ahmed Farah and Abdullahi Farah