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Table 1 Description of the study areas

From: Isolation, molecular characterization and sero-prevalence study of foot-and-mouth disease virus circulating in central Ethiopia

Study area

Altitude

Climate

Annual rainfall

Temperature

Maximum

Minimum

Addis Ababa

2300 m

Sub-tropical

1180 mm

22.8 °C

10.6 °C

Arsi zone

1500 to 4245 m

Sub-tropical

2400 mm

25 °C

10 °C

East shewa zone

500 to 4307 m

Tropical

410-820 mm

30 °C

18 °C

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