Title

Dr.

Full name

Yeshwas Ferede Alemu

Nationality

Ethiopian 

Academic Rank

Assistant Professor 

Current Position, if any

Dean, School of Veterinary Medicine

School

School of Veterinary Medicine 

Department

Department of Veterinary Epidemiology and Public Health 

Field of specialization

Veterinary Epidemiology

Research interest

• Infectious disease epidemiology 
• Quantification of disease burden in livestock
• Biosecurity and Animal welfare
• ONE health
• Food System

Publications

1. Kassa Demelash Alemayehu, Birhan Agmas Mitiku, Yeshwas Ferede Alemu, Tsegaye Birtualem Nibret. 2024. Knowledge, Attitude, and Prevention Practices towards Common Zoonotic Diseases in and around Bahir Dar City, North Western Ethiopia", Transboundary and Emerging Diseases, vol. 2024, Article ID 6642766, https://doi.org/10.1155/2024/6642766

2. Tarekegn, A.A., Mitiku, B.A. and Alemu, Y.F. 2023. Escherichia coli O157: H7 beef carcass contamination and its antibiotic resistance in Awi Zone, Northwest Ethiopia. Food Science & Nutrition, 11(10), pp.6140-6150

3. Abesha, H., Teshome, Y., Alemu, Y.F., Dejene, H., Tarekegn, Z.S. and Assefa, A. 2023. Sero-epidemiology of peste des petits ruminants virus in small ruminants in selected districts in Northwest Ethiopia. Veterinary Medicine and Science, 9(2), pp.884-890.

4. Legesse S, Hailemelekot M, Tamrat H and Alemu YF. 2022. Epidemiological and therapeutic studies on sheep lice in Sayint district, South Wollo Zone, Northeast Ethiopia. Front. Vet. Sci. 9:1008455. doi: 10.3389/fvets.2022.1008455

5. Alemu YF, Jemberu WT, Mekuriaw Z and Abdi RD. 2022. Incidence and Predictors of Calf Morbidity and Mortality from Birth to 6-Months of Age in Urban and Peri-urban Dairy Farms of Northwestern Ethiopia. Front. Vet. Sci. 9:859401.doi: 10.3389/fvets.2022.859401

6. Fikirtemariam Aregay Hailu, Haileyesus Dejene, Temesgen Yihunie Akalu and Yeshwas Ferede Alemu. 2021. Knowledge and practice for prevention of bovine Tuberculosis and its drivers among HIV-positive people in Bahir Dar City public hospitals, Ethiopia. HIV/AIDS - Research and Palliative Care 2021:13, 1025–1034 

7. Muluye Fetene, Sileshi Aregahagn, and Yeshwas Ferede. 2022. Prevalence of epizootic lymphangitis and its associated risk factors in cart mules in Bahir Dar city, North Western Ethiopia.  Ethiopian Veterinary Journal (EVJ), Vol. 26 No. 1 (2022.

8. Habtamu Tamrat, Negesse Mekonnen, Yeshwas Ferede, Rudi Cassini and Negus Belayneh. 2020.  Epidemiological study on calf diarrhea and coccidiosis in dairy farms in Bahir Dar, North West Ethiopia. Irish Veterinary Journal (2020) 73: 14:  https://doi.org/10.1186/s13620-020-00168-w. 

9. Yeshwas Ferede, Lissanework Mola, Zelalem Asmare. 2018. Prevalence and species composition of major internal and external parasites of calves in selected urban and peri-urban dairy farms, North Western Ethiopia. Ethiop. Vet. J., 2018, 22 (2), 128-142

10. Yeshwas Ferede, Agraw Amane, Hailu Mazengia and Shigdaf Mekuriaw. 2014. Prevalence of major sheep diseases and analysis of mortality in selected model sheep villages of South Gondar Administrative Zone, Ethiopia. Ethiop. Vet. J, 18(2), 83-97

11. Yeshwas Ferede, Almaz Habtamu, and Sisay Gebresellasae. 2014. Confirmatory diagnosis of contagious ecthyma (Orf) by Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) at Adet Sheep Research Sub-Center, Ethiopia. (2014). Journal of Veterinary medicine and Animal Health, Vol 6 (7), 187-191

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

e-mail: Yeshwas.Ferede@bdu.edu.et/yeshwasferede@gmail.com

Tel. +251910150716

P.O.Box: 5501