Comparing FAMACHA© eye color chart and Hemoglobin Color Scale tests for detecting anemia and improving treatment of bovine trypanosomosis in West Africa

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 147, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 26-39

  Grace, D ^a   Himstedt, H ^a   Sidibe, I ^b   Randolph, T ^c   Clausen, P H ^a  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b Centre International de Recherche Developpement sur l'Elevage en Zone Subhumide CIRDES   (Burkina Faso)

^c INTERNATIONAL LIVESTOCK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Anemia; FAMACHA ; Hemoglobin Color Scale; Pen side test; Trypanosomosis; West Africa

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

AFRICA; ANEMIA; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CATTLE; CONJUNCTIVA; COW; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FEMALE; FEVER; HEMATOCRIT; HEMOGLOBIN COLOR SCALE; LACRIMATION; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MALE; NONHUMAN; RATING SCALE; SALIVA; SCREENING TEST; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRYPANOSOMIASIS; WEIGHT REDUCTION; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMAL PARASITOSIS; CATTLE DISEASE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FECES; METHODOLOGY; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PIGMENTATION; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ANIMALIA; BOS; BOVINAE; OVIS ARIES;

AFRICA, WESTERN; ANEMIA; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; CONJUNCTIVA; FECES; FEMALE; HEMATOCRIT; HEMOGLOBINS; MALE; PARASITE EGG COUNT; PARASITIC DISEASES, ANIMAL; PIGMENTATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRYPANOSOMIASIS, BOVINE;

EID: 34249041640     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2007.03.022     Document Type: Article

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