Title

Dr.

Full name

Andnet Yirga Assefa

Nationality

Ethiopian 

Academic Rank

Assistant Professor 

Current Position, if any

Head, Department of Veterinary Epidemiology and Public Health

School

School of Veterinary Medicine 

Department

Department of Veterinary Epidemiology and Public Health 

Field of specialization

Infectious Diseases and One Health 

Research interest

• Zoonotic disease dynamics at the One Health interface
• Antimicrobial use and Resistance 
• Epidemiology and economic impact of infectious Diseases 
• Spatial Epidemiology 
• Ecological niche modelling of vector borne diseases

Publications

Sewunet, S. D., Kebede, E., Melaku, A., Yirga Assefa, A., Alebie, A., Assefa, A., ... & Kenubih, A. W., 2024. Dairy Farmers’ Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices (KAP) Towards Aflatoxin Contamination in Milk and Feeds in Bahir Dar, Ethiopia. International Journal of Microbiology, 1, 5568286.

Jemberu, W.T., Knight‐Jones, T.J., Gebru, A., Mekonnen, S.A., Yirga, A., Sibhatu, D. and Rushton, J., 2022. Economic impact of a peste des petits ruminants outbreak and vaccination cost in northwest Ethiopia. Transboundary and emerging diseases, 69(5), pp. 2084-e2092.

Yirga, A., Jemberu, W.T., Lyons, N., Gebru, A., Akililu, F. and Rushton, J., 2020. Post-vaccination herd immunity against peste des petits ruminants and inter-vaccination population turnover in small ruminant flocks in northwest Ethiopia. Preventive veterinary medicine, 174, p.104850.

Andnet Yirga Assefa, A. Y., Anteneh, S. T., Teklu, G., Enbiyale, G., Dessalegn, B., 2022. The Role of Veterinarian in One Health Approach. Report and Opinion, 13(3).

Atbiaw, N., Aman, E., Dessalegn, B., Masrie, O., Debalke, D., Enbiyale, G., Yirga, A., Tekilu, G., Abrhaley, A., Mitku, F., 2018. Review on targeted drug delivery against intracellular pathogen. Pharm. Pharmacol. Int. J, 6(3), 183-189.

Aman, E., Dessalegn, B., Masrie, O., Debalke, D., Enbiyale, G., Yirga, A., Tekilu, G., Abrhaley, A., Mitku, F., 2017. A Review on: Current Diagnostic Techniques of Bovine Tuberculosis. Archiv Zool Stud, 1(001).

Teklu, G., Aman, E., Enbiyale, G., Masrie, O., Neges, T., Yirga, A., Debalke, D., Mitku, F., 2017. Review on cowdriosis (heartwater). Journal of American Science, 13(8).

Contact Address: email, Tel, Fax, P.O.Box

Email: andnet.yirga@bdu.edu.et

Tel. +251920511413

P.O.Box: 5501