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Field studies of drug-resistant cattle trypanosomes in Kénédougou Province, Burkina Faso

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Publication date
31/03/2003
Language:
English
Type of Publication:
Articles & Journals
Focus Region:
Sub-Saharan Africa
Focus Topic:
Health & Diseases
Type of Risk:
Biological & environmental
Commodity:
Livestock
Source
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0001-706X%2803%2900019-6
Author
Bauer, B.; Clausen, P.H.; Diarra, B.; Eisler, M.C.; Kamuanga, M.; McDermott, J.J.; Mehlitz, D.; Ou??draogo, D.; Peregrine, A.; Sidib??, I.; Woitag, T.; Zessin, K.H.

Field studies were conducted to assess the occurrence of resistance to isometamidium chloride and diminazene aceturate in trypanosomes infecting cattle in K??n??dougou Province of Burkina Faso. Forty-five of the 166 villages in K??n??dougou were randomly sampled and visited to assess livestock numbers, trypanosomosis risk, and tsetse challenge. The proportion of cattle infections associated with drug-resistant trypanosomes was assessed in the nine villages with the highest trypanosome infection prevalence and one village with a confirmed history of drug-resistant infections. These studies showed that resistance to both isometamidium and diminazene was widespread. However, there was considerable variation between villages in drug-resistance parameters, with the proportion of treated cattle with trypanosome infections 3 months after isometamidium prophylaxis varying from 6.9 to 63.8% and the proportion of cattle having infections 2 weeks after treatment with diminazene varying from 0 to 36.8%. The demonstration of widespread resistance to both isometamidium and diminazene has important implications, as administration of trypanocides is the most commonly employed method to control trypanosomosis in this area.