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Table 4 Major goat diseases that hamper goat productivity improvement in different parts of Ethiopia in order of importance as expressed by farmers. Sources: Tesfaye (2009)

From: A review of the potential and constraints for crossbreeding as a basis for goat production by smallholder farmers in Ethiopia

Diseases

Districts

Scientific name

Local name

Halaba

Dale

Fogera

Bure

Metema

Mieso

Atsbi-Womberta

Alamata

Trypanosomiasis

Shillo

 

1

      

Pasteurellosis

Inqit/gororsa/ankelikil

3

  

1

3

4

 

2

Heart water

Harisho

 

2

      

Ectoparasitosis/tick/lice

Meziger/kuridid/tigegna/engira

 

5

 

4

4

5

4

6

Fasciolosis

Losha/lugo

1

       

Endoparasitosis

Tilatil/deisha

 

4

    

5

 

Mange/skindiseases

Kukini/ekeke

 

3

  

4

6

2

1