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Austin Journal of Veterinary Science &
Animal Husbandry
Research Article

Prevalence of Major Skin Diseases in Rum inants and
its Associated Risk Factors at University of Gondar
Veterinary Clinic, North West Ethiopia
D an ie l Te s h o m e *
Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Wollo,
Dessie, Ethiopia
*Co rre s p o n d in g au th o r: Daniel Teshom e, Faculty
of Veterinary Medicine, University of Wollo, Dessie,
Ethiopia
Re ce ive d : Novem ber 16, 20 15; Acce p te d : February 0 6,
20 16; Pu blis h e d : February 11, 20 16

Abstract
A crossectional study was carried out during the period between November,
2013 to April, 2014 to determine the prevalence of major skin disease and to

identify the dominant risk factors for this disease in Gondar university veterinary
clinic. A total of 1296 ruminants that came to the Clinic were involved in the
study. Out of this 513(39.6%) cattle, 631(48.7%) sheep and 152(11.7%)
goat was included. Skin scraping, morphological identiication and clinical
presentation were the methods employed for identiication of mange mites
and Dermatophilosis, gross ectoparasites and viral skin disease respectively.
468(36.1%) were infested with one or more skin diseases. The prevalence of
skin diseases in cattle, sheep and goats were 142(27.68%), 268(42.47%) and
58(38.12%) respectively. The difference in the prevalence of skin diseases
among the three host species was statistically signiicant (p