Small ruminant is an important and integral part of livestock in Ethiopia. Especially, goats are attractive to people of Ethiopia\nbecause of the ability to resist challenges, easily adapt to different ecological regions, and need small land to rearing and small\ninitial capital in which poor people can engaged in the production system. In spite of the presence of large number of goat\npopulation in Ethiopia, it fails to utilize expected productivity due to many factors. Among the factors, which limit the economic\nreturns of goats, diseases stand frontline. Tuberculosis is one the diseases that affect goatsâ?? health and production in Ethiopia. Goat\ntuberculosis is a chronic disease, which is characterized by the development of granulomas, essentially in the respiratory tract and\nrelated lymph nodes, from which the mycobacteria are discharged and contaminate other susceptible animals. Goat tuberculosis\nhas a public health implication in Ethiopia because of the farmersâ?? habit of consuming raw goat milk and its products, and they do\nhave consistent or day-to-day contact with their goats. The etiological agents also transmitted to humans through the aerogenous\nroute from those animals with active cases in the herd. The infection has been reported from several parts of different areas of the\ncountry dependent on the abattoir inspections. Therefore, attention should be given towards the control of tuberculosis in\nlivestock; public health education on zoonotic importance of the disease or awareness creation and the national tuberculosis\ncontrol needs to consider the one health approach, and further epidemiological studies should be undertaken.
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