| dc.description.abstract | 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 | |
