In Ethiopia, immunization of cattle against contagious bovine pleuropneumonia (CBPP) has been practiced for the last 4 decades using vaccines prepared from streptomycin-resistant vaccine seed strain. Recently, a vaccine strain denominated T1/44 has been introduced to Ethiopia to prepare vaccine for filed use. A total of 296,248 cattle were vaccinated with vaccine produced from this seed strain ...

Newcastle disease is characterized by respiratory manifestations in association with nervous and/or digestive symptoms. Its prevention is done by vaccination with live attenuated (lentogenic strains) and/or killed vaccines. The lentogenic strains can lead to strong post-vaccination reaction, principally due to the presence of other pathogenic agents. Among them, Mycoplasma synoviae is worldwide...

INTRODUCTION Post-infectious encephalitis/encephalopathy is a neurological syndrome that sometimes develops following common viral or bacterial infections. The most common form is acute disseminated encephalomyelitis (ADEM). ADEM is a demyelinating disease of the central nervous system that typically presents as a monophasic disorder associated with multifocal neurologic symptoms and encephalit...

Encephalitis is the most frequent neurological complication of measles virus infection. This review examines the pathophysiology of measles infection and the presentations, diagnosis and treatment of the four types of measles-induced encephalitis including primary measles encephalitis, acute post-measles encephalitis, measles inclusion body encephalitis and subacute sclerosing panencephalitis. ...