Ethiopia. It is commonly referred to as "Benson'sswallow" after the ornithologist Constatine Walter Benson, who discovered the species. Due to habitat loss, it is listed as Vulnerable in the IUCN list. It is said that only 3,500-15,000 white-tailed swallows remaining in the world and th...
The Ethiopian wolf, also known as Red Jackal, is endemic to Ethiopia. Its population is restricted to just six isolated enclaves in the Ethiopian highlands, more than 3,000 meters above sea level, the expert said. According to the expert, the largest Ethiopian wolf population with up to 250...
When talking about the biological concept of endemism, it could be endemic plants, endemic animals, endemic fungal species, or even endemic diseases that we are talking about. Usage of this term is very common in three Biology subjects — Epidemiology, Ecology, and Evolution. In Epidemiology, it...
ETHIOPIAFORESTS & forestryHABITATSLANDSAT satellitesCONSERVATION of natural resourcesENVIRONMENTAL protectionField survey data and Landsat satellite imagery were used to evaluate the conservation status of two Juniperus forests (Mankubsa and Arero) in the south Ethiopian End...
The aforementioned climatic and anthropogenic influences may modify the local transmission rates of fascioliasis and lead to changes of infection prevalences and intensities in humans and animals. However, the potential impact on the geographical spread of the disease is difficult to assess, and has so...
Ethnobotanical study of plants used for traditional control of mosquitoes and other arthropod pests in the Ghibe valley, southwest Ethiopia Article Open access 23 April 2025 Ethnobotanical survey of plants used as repellents against housefly, Musca domestica L. (Diptera: Muscidae) in Budondo Sub...
orientalis towards cattle, sheep, goat, mule, donkey and horse has not been defined in east Africa as a whole, even though high Leishmania sero-prevalence rate for these domestic animals has been reported in eastern Sudan [22] and northwest Ethiopia [23]. In the Metema-Humera lowlands, ...
The aforementioned climatic and anthropogenic influences may modify the local transmission rates of fascioliasis and lead to changes of infection prevalences and intensities in humans and animals. However, the potential impact on the geographical spread of the disease is difficult to assess, and has so...
Raising medium-sized animals in the house was a significant predictor of malaria prevalence (OR = 2.980; 95% CI 2.348–3.782, P < 0.001) when compared to keeping such animals outside of the house (OR = 1.713; 95% CI 1.515–1.937, P < 0.001). After adjusting for gen...
The lack of post-mortem examination in this study may be due to the common practice of selling on seriously sick animals before they die, facilitated by high market integration in the study area [41]. The prevalence of reported diseases was similar to the empirical diagnostic test results for...