The comparative role of cattle, goats and pigs in the epidemiology of livestock trypanosomiasis on the plateau of eastern Zambia

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 147, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 231-238

  Simukoko, H ^a   Marcotty, T ^b   Phiri, I ^a   Geysen, D ^b   Vercruysse, J ^c   Van den Bossche, P ^b,d  

^a University of Zambia   (South Africa)

^b INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^c GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Livestock; Trypanosomiasis; Zambia

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CATTLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEMALE; GOAT; LIVESTOCK; MALE; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SWINE; TRYPANOSOMA CONGOLENSE; TRYPANOSOMA VIVAX; TRYPANOSOMIASIS; ZAMBIA;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; GOAT DISEASES; GOATS; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES; TRYPANOSOMIASIS, AFRICAN; ZAMBIA;

ANIMALIA; BOS; CAPRA HIRCUS; GLOSSINA MORSITANS MORSITANS; SUIDAE; TRYPANOSOMA CONGOLENSE;

EID: 34250668419     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2007.04.005     Document Type: Article

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