Publications by authors named "E Mogoa"
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- Tracking livestock abortion patterns can help develop policies to reduce disease risk and reproductive losses in Kenya's livestock industry.
- A year-long active surveillance study covered 52% of Kenya’s land area, with significant abortion rates particularly in arid and semi-arid regions, where sheep and goats accounted for the majority of the cases.
- The findings highlight the need for more research on the true scale of livestock abortions and the relationship between pathogens, climate, and environmental factors in these areas.
Background: The Kenyan government has successfully been implementing sector specific and multisectoral projects aligned to the Global Health Security Agenda (GHSA). For operational readiness and to enhance the effective planning and implementation of Global Health Security Programs (GHSP) at national and subnational level, there is an urgent need for stakeholders' engagement process to seek input in identifying challenges, prioritise activities for field implementation, and identify applied research and development questions, that should be addressed in the next five years.
Methods: The modified Child Health and Nutrition Research Initiative (CHNRI) method was used to identify global health security related priorities for multisectoral implementation in Kenya.
Using data collected from previous (n = 86) and prospective (n = 132) anthrax outbreaks, we enhanced prior ecological niche models (ENM) and added kernel density estimation (KDE) approaches to identify anthrax hotspots in Kenya. Local indicators of spatial autocorrelation (LISA) identified clusters of administrative wards with a relatively high or low anthrax reporting rate to determine areas of greatest outbreak intensity. Subsequently, we modeled the impact of vaccinating livestock in the identified hotspots as a national control measure.
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- This study focuses on using historical data from livestock anthrax events in Kenya (1957-2017) to create disease risk maps, aiding in effective disease management in resource-limited countries.
- By analyzing 666 reported anthrax cases, researchers identified patterns of disease occurrence over time and space, emphasizing areas with higher risks.
- The findings indicate that anthrax events are spatially clustered, with specific agro-ecological zones being more affected, particularly high-risk areas for cattle, and a noticeable seasonality in case occurrences.
Objective: A randomized, blinded clinical study was conducted to evaluate ketofol (Ketamine + Propofol combination) anesthesia in 12 entire male mongrel dogs sedated with either acepromazine (ACP) or medetomidine.
Materials And Methods: Group A (6) dogs were pre-medicated with ACP and Group B (6) dogs with medetomidine. Anesthesia was induced and maintained using ketofol (ketamine and propofol).