Bekele Megersa Bati

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Area of Expertise

Tropical Veterinary Epidemiology

Current Research

Impacts of climate change on livestock production and linkage with food security in the Borana pastoral system in Ethiopia: Livestock diversification by Borana cattel herders

Research Countries

Ethiopia

Professional Experience

Veterinary Practitioner; Laboratory work, teaching

Current FSC Status

Alumnus

Year of FSC Scholarship

2010-2013

Institute during FSC Scholarship

Institute of Animal Production in the Tropics and Subtropics, University of Hohenheim, Germany

Home Institute

Institute of Veterinary Medicine, Hawassa University, Hawassa, Ethiopia

Doctoral Institute

Institute of Animal Production in the Tropics and Subtropics, University of Hohenheim, Germany

Dissertation

Climate change, cattle herd vulnerability and food insecurity:
Adaptation through livestock diversification in the Borana pastoral system of Ethiopia

Degrees

Doctor of Veterinary Medicine;
M.Sc. in Tropical Veterinary Epidemiology

Important Publications

Megersa, B., Markemann, A., Angassa, A., Valle Zárate, A. (2013). The role of livestock diversification in ensuring household food security under a changing climate in Borana, Ethiopia. Food Security 6:15-28.

 

Megersa, B., Biffa, D., Belina, T., Debela, E., Regassa, A., Abunna, F., Rufael, T., Stubsjøen, S.M., Skjerve, E. (2011). Serological investigation of Peste des Petits Ruminants (PPR) in small ruminants managed under pastoral and agro-pastoral systems in Ethiopia. Small Ruminant Research 97:134-138.

Megersa,  B., Demelash, B., Nigusse, F., Rufael, T., Asmare, K., Skjerve, E. (2011). Cattle brucellosis in traditional livestock husbandry practice in Southern and Eastern Ethiopia, and its zoonotic implication. Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica 53:24.
 
Kumsa, B., Debele, E., Megersa, B. (2010). Comparative efficacy of albendazole, tetramisole and ivermectin against gastroinstestinal nematodes in naturally infected goats in Ziway, Oromia Regional State, Southern Ethiopia. Journal of Animal and Veterinary Advances 9(23):2905-2911.