Spatial and management factors associated with exposure of smallholder dairy cattle in Tanzania to tick-borne pathogens

International Journal for Parasitology

Volumn 35, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1085-1096

  Swai, E S ^a   French, N P ^b   Karimuribo, E D ^a   Fitzpatrick, J L ^c   Bryant, M J ^d   Brown, P E ^e   Ogden, N H ^f  

^a SOKOINE UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Tanzania)

^b MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^c MOREDUN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^e LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Africa; Anaplasma marginale; Babesia bigemina; Babesia bovis; GIS; Spatial analysis; Theileria mutans; Theileria parva; Tick borne disease

Indexed keywords

DAIRY FARMING; PARASITE PREVALENCE; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; TICK;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANAPLASMA MARGINALE; ARTICLE; BABESIA BIGEMINA; BABESIA BOVIS; BAYES THEOREM; CATTLE FARMING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DAIRY CATTLE; DAIRYING; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; LIFESPAN; MALE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE; PARASITE CONTROL; PARASITE CULTIVATION; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITE PREVALENCE; RANDOMIZATION; RISK FACTOR; SAMPLING; SEROPREVALENCE; SPECIES COMPARISON; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TANZANIA; THEILERIA MUTANS; THEILERIA PARVA; TICK BORNE DISEASE;

ANAPLASMA MARGINALE; ANAPLASMOSIS; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; BABESIA; BABESIA BOVIS; BABESIOSIS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; MALE; RISK FACTORS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; TANZANIA; THEILERIA; THEILERIA PARVA; THEILERIASIS;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; IRINGA [TANZANIA]; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; TANGA [TANZANIA]; TANZANIA; WORLD;

ACARI; ANAPLASMA MARGINALE; ANIMALIA; BABESIA; BABESIA BIGEMINA; BABESIA BOVIS; BOS TAURUS; THEILERIA; THEILERIA MUTANS; THEILERIA PARVA;

EID: 24044453670     PISSN: 00207519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2005.04.006     Document Type: Article

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