Estimation of tsetse challenge and its relationship with trypanosomosis incidence in cattle kept under pastoral production systems in Kenya

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 155, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 287-298

  Bett, B ^a,b   Irungu, P ^b,c   Nyamwaro, S O ^a   Murilla, G ^a   Kitala, P ^c   Gathuma, J ^c   Randolph, T F ^b   McDermott, J ^b  

^a KENYA AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^b INTERNATIONAL LIVESTOCK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

Author keywords

On farm trials; Trypanosomosis incidence; Tsetse challenge

Indexed keywords

DIMINAZENE ACETURATE;

ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CATTLE DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GLOSSINA; GLOSSINA PALLIDIPES; HERD; HUMAN; KENYA; MICROSCOPY; MORBIDITY; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PREVALENCE; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMIASIS; TSETSE FLY; WARTHOG;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; CATTLE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; INCIDENCE; INSECT REPELLENTS; KENYA; MALE; POPULATION DENSITY; RAIN; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEASONS; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMIASIS, AFRICAN; TRYPANOSOMIASIS, BOVINE; TSETSE FLIES;

ANIMALIA; BOS; GLOSSINA (GENUS); GLOSSINA PALLIDIPES; PHACOCHOERUS;

EID: 47049084911     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2008.05.028     Document Type: Article

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