Response of four indigenous cattle breeds to natural tsetse and trypanosomosis challenge in the Ghibe valley of Ethiopia

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 141, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 165-176

  Lemecha, H ^a   Mulatu, W ^b   Hussein, I ^a   Rege, E ^c   Tekle, T ^a   Abdicho, S ^a   Ayalew, W ^b  

^a National Animal Health Research Center Ethiopia   (Ethiopia)

^b INTERNATIONAL LIVESTOCK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Ethiopia)

^c INTERNATIONAL LIVESTOCK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Anemia; Packed cell volume (PCV); Parasitaemia; Trypanosome prevalence rate; Trypanotolerance; Tsetse trypanosomosis challenge

Indexed keywords

DIMINAZENE ACETURATE;

ANEMIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BREED; BREED DIFFERENCE; CATTLE DISEASE; DEATH; DRUG RESPONSE; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HEMATOCRIT; HIGH RISK POPULATION; INFECTION RESISTANCE; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; NONHUMAN; PARASITEMIA; PREVALENCE; REPRODUCTION; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMIASIS; TSETSE FLY;

ANIMALS; BREEDING; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; ENVIRONMENT; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HEMATOCRIT; INSECT VECTORS; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMIASIS; TSETSE FLIES;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; GLOSSINA (GENUS);

EID: 33748538351     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2006.04.035     Document Type: Article

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