Acute haemorrhagic syndrome of bovine trypanosomosis in Uganda

Acta Tropica

Volumn 107, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 186-191

  Magona, J W ^a   Walubengo, J ^a   Odimin, J T ^b  

^a National Livestock Resources Research Institute   (Uganda)

^b FITCA (Uganda)   (Uganda)

Author keywords

Cattle; Haemorrhagic Trypanosoma vivax; Mortality; Uganda

Indexed keywords

CATTLE; DISEASE PREVALENCE; MORTALITY; PROTOZOAN; TRYPANOSOMIASIS; VILLAGE;

ACUTE HEMORRHAGIC SYNDROME; ANEMIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BLEEDING DISORDER; BUFFY COAT TECHNIQUE; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GLOSSINA; GROUPS BY AGE; HEMATOCRIT; HEMATOCRIT CENTRIFUGATION TECHNIQUE; HERD; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MALE; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCREENING TEST; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA VIVAX; UGANDA; WEAKNESS; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANIMALS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HEMORRHAGE; MALE; PREVALENCE; SYNDROME; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMIASIS, BOVINE; TSETSE FLIES; UGANDA;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; EASTERN PROVINCE [UGANDA]; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; TORORO; UGANDA;

ANIMALIA; BOS; BOVINAE; GLOSSINA FUSCIPES FUSCIPES; TRYPANOSOMA VIVAX;

EID: 47749090478     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2008.05.019     Document Type: Article

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