BACKGROUND STUDY ON CONTAGIOUS BOVINE PLEUROPNEUMONIA (CBPP) IN UGANDA

Contagious Bovine Pleuro-pneumonia (CBPP) is an infectious disease of the lungs in cattle caused by a bacterium through inhalation of infected droplets from infected animals. Symptoms include loss of appetite, severe cough and, if unchecked, outbreaks can result in mortality rate of over 50%. CBPP is a major cattle plague in Africa and therefore a major threat to cattle health and production. Direct losses result from mortality, reduced milk yield, and vaccination costs; indirect costs are due to loss of weight and working ability, delayed marketing, reduced fertility, losses due to quarantine and reduced cattle trade. The disease causes heavy losses of livestock of cattle in endemic parts of Uganda which are mainly found in the north-eastern and north-western parts. A cost-benefit analysis of control programmes is necessary before launching campaigns to control the disease. It is against this background that this study under the Pan African programme for the control of Epizootics (PACE) was recommended to get baseline information on CBPP and lay strategies for its effective control. This study aims at getting baseline information to assess economic impacts of CBPP, identify strategies in place and design optimal and sustainable control strategies in Uganda. The specific objectives of the study are: The specific objectives are, to: Describe the historical status of CBPP and extent of its spread to date Describe the various production systems in Uganda affected by CBPP and provide its epidemiological parameters. - Assess the accuracy of the data collected - Provide epidemiological parameters from national abattoirs Describe the cost recovery measures that have been used for CBPP, costs and sources of vaccines, costs and revenues collected since 1990. Give estimates of area cattle populations, and vaccinations and production systems Give an account of the different control methods used so far, problems encountered and achievements attained. Design optimal and sustainable control strategies