BACKGROUND STUDY ON CONTAGIOUS BOVINE PLEUROPNEUMONIA (CBPP) IN UGANDA

Contagious Bovine Pleuro-pneumonia (CBPP) is an infectious disease of the lungs incattle 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 inmortality rate of over 50%. CBPP is a major cattle plague in Africa and therefore a majorthreat to cattle health and production. Direct losses result from mortality, reduced milkyield, 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 whichare mainly found in the north-eastern and north-western parts. A cost-benefit analysis ofcontrol programmes is necessary before launching campaigns to control the disease. It isagainst this background that this study under the Pan African programme for the control ofEpizootics (PACE) was recommended to get baseline information on CBPP and laystrategies 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 inUganda. The specific objectives of the study are: The specific objectives are, to:Describe the historical status of CBPP and extent of its spread to dateDescribe the various production systems in Uganda affected by CBPP and provideits epidemiological parameters.- Assess the accuracy of the data collected- Provide epidemiological parameters from national abattoirsDescribe the cost recovery measures that have been used for CBPP, costs andsources of vaccines, costs and revenues collected since 1990.Give estimates of area cattle populations, and vaccinations and production systemsGive an account of the different control methods used so far, problems encounteredand achievements attained.Design optimal and sustainable control strategies