Bekele Megersa

2.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
74 papers, 2.1k citations indexed

About

Bekele Megersa is a scholar working on Small Animals, Agronomy and Crop Science and Food Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Bekele Megersa has authored 74 papers receiving a total of 2.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 25 papers in Small Animals, 25 papers in Agronomy and Crop Science and 24 papers in Food Science. Recurrent topics in Bekele Megersa's work include Animal Diversity and Health Studies (18 papers), Animal Disease Management and Epidemiology (17 papers) and Brucella: diagnosis, epidemiology, treatment (14 papers). Bekele Megersa is often cited by papers focused on Animal Diversity and Health Studies (18 papers), Animal Disease Management and Epidemiology (17 papers) and Brucella: diagnosis, epidemiology, treatment (14 papers). Bekele Megersa collaborates with scholars based in Ethiopia, Norway and Germany. Bekele Megersa's co-authors include Fufa Abunna, Alemayehu Regassa, Rahmeto Abebe, Kassahun Asmare, Mesele Abera, A. Regassa, Ayana Angassa, Eystein Skjerve, Anne Valle Zárate and Demelash Biffa and has published in prestigious journals such as Scientific Reports, American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene and CATENA.

In The Last Decade

Bekele Megersa

69 papers receiving 1.8k citations

Hit Papers

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. Bovine mastitis: prevalence, risk factors and isolation of Staphylococcus aureus in dairy herds at Hawassa milk shed, South Ethiopia
    2016 284 citations Rahmeto Abebe, Mesele Abera et al. BMC Veterinary Research profile →

Peers

Bekele Megersa
Fufa Abunna Ethiopia
Thomas F. Randolph Kenya
Emmanuel S. Swai Tanzania
Esron D. Karimuribo Tanzania
Alemayehu Regassa Ethiopia
Silvia Alonso Kenya
Mark C. Eisler United Kingdom
Elizabeth A. J. Cook Kenya
Florence Mutua Kenya
Marie J. Ducrotoy United Kingdom
Fufa Abunna Ethiopia
Bekele Megersa
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Countries citing papers authored by Bekele Megersa

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Fields of papers citing papers by Bekele Megersa

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Bekele Megersa

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Bekele Megersa. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Bekele Megersa based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Bekele Megersa. Bekele Megersa is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Leta, Samson, et al.. (2025). Investigation of veterinary service delivery and service providers on dairy cattle farms in central Ethiopia. BMC Veterinary Research. 21(1). 125–125.
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Megersa, Bekele, et al.. (2024). Healthcare waste management and antimicrobial resistance: a critical review. Journal of Water and Health. 22(11). 2076–2093. 7 indexed citations
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Megersa, Bekele, et al.. (2024). Trematode infection in ruminants and diversity of snail hosts across three agro-ecological zones in Ethiopia. BMC Veterinary Research. 20(1). 197–197. 2 indexed citations
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Abunna, Fufa, Girma Gebresenbet, & Bekele Megersa. (2024). Assessment of knowledge, attitude and practices (KAP) of farmers about transmission of zoonotic diseases in Ada’a district, Oromia, Ethiopia. Heliyon. 10(4). e25713–e25713. 7 indexed citations
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Waktole, Hika, et al.. (2023). Status of animal health biosecurity measures of dairy farms in urban and peri-urban areas of central Ethiopia. Frontiers in Veterinary Science. 10. 1086702–1086702. 13 indexed citations
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Amenu, Kebede, et al.. (2021). Mastitis in Lactating Cows, Camels and Goats in Borana, Southern Ethiopia. National Academic Digital Repository of Ethiopia. 1 indexed citations
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Megersa, Bekele, et al.. (2021). Bovine brucellosis: Seroepidemiology and herder’s knowledge, attitude and practices in Bench Maji zone, southern Ethiopia. Ethiopian Veterinary Journal. 25(1). 23–42. 4 indexed citations
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Abebe, Rahmeto, et al.. (2016). Bovine mastitis: prevalence, risk factors and isolation of Staphylococcus aureus in dairy herds at Hawassa milk shed, South Ethiopia. BMC Veterinary Research. 12(1). 270–270. 284 indexed citations breakdown →
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Abunna, Fufa, et al.. (2013). Bovine Mastitis: Prevalence, Risk Factors and Bacterial Isolation in Small-Holder Dairy Farms in Addis Ababa City, Ethiopia. Global Veterinaria. 10(6). 647–652. 22 indexed citations
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Megersa, Bekele, et al.. (2012). Ticks and mange mites infesting camels of Boran pastoral areas and the associated risk factors, southern Ethiopia. Journal of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Health. 4(5). 71–77. 16 indexed citations
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Asmare, Kassahun, Bekele Megersa, Girma Abebe, et al.. (2012). A study on seroprevalence of caprine brucellosis under three livestock production systems in southern and central Ethiopia. Tropical Animal Health and Production. 45(2). 555–560. 30 indexed citations
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Regassa, Alemayehu, Bekele Megersa, Desta Beyene, et al.. (2012). Major causes of organs and carcass condemnation in small ruminants slaughtered at Luna Export Abattoir, Oromia Regional State, Ethiopia. Preventive Veterinary Medicine. 110(2). 139–148. 26 indexed citations
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Megersa, Bekele, Demelash Biffa, Fufa Abunna, et al.. (2012). Epidemic characterization and modeling within herd transmission dynamics of an “emerging trans-boundary” camel disease epidemic in Ethiopia. Tropical Animal Health and Production. 44(7). 1643–1651. 7 indexed citations
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Megersa, Bekele, Demelash Biffa, Fufa Abunna, et al.. (2011). Seroepidemiological study of livestock brucellosis in a pastoral region. Epidemiology and Infection. 140(5). 887–896. 46 indexed citations
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Megersa, Bekele, et al.. (2009). Prevalence and incidence rates of calf morbidity and mortality and associated risk factors in smallholder dairy farms in Hawassa, Southern Ethiopia.. Ethiopian Veterinary Journal. 13(2). 59–68. 19 indexed citations
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Regassa, Alemayehu, Kebede Amenu, Bekele Megersa, et al.. (2009). A cross-sectional study on bovine tuberculosis in Hawassa town and its surroundings, Southern Ethiopia. Tropical Animal Health and Production. 42(5). 915–920. 51 indexed citations
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Abunna, Fufa, Getachew Tilahun, Bekele Megersa, A. Regassa, & Bersissa Kumsa. (2008). Bovine Cysticercosis in Cattle Slaughtered at Awassa Municipal Abattoir, Ethiopia: Prevalence, Cyst Viability, Distribution and its Public Health Implication. Zoonoses and Public Health. 55(2). 82–88. 53 indexed citations

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