The effect of trypanosome infection on vector survival was observed in a line of Glossina morsitans […]
A survey to investigate resistance to drugs used in the treatment of bovine trypanosomosis was conducted […]
SPAG-1 is a surface antigen on Theileria annulata sporozoites that is a candidate both for inclusion […]
The term ‘participatory appraisal’ refers to a range of methods for data collection, learning and facilitation, […]
Background Sleeping sickness, caused by two trypanosome subspecies, Trypanosoma brucei gambiense and Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense, is […]
Pathogen, host and environmental factors must be considered in order to understand the pathogenesis of dermatophilosis. […]
The tick-transmitted protozoan parasites Theileria annulata and Theileria parva are important intracellular pathogens of domestic cattle […]
This report examines the importance of livestock to women, and ways of ensuring that new animal […]
The effectiveness of three tick control regimes on the occurrence of Amblyomma variegatum and dermatophilosis on […]
The ability of malnourished and optimally fed animals to resist infection with D. Congo Republiclensis was […]
Six susceptible Galana and five trypanotolerant Orma Boran (Bos indicus) cattle were infected experimentally with Trypanosoma […]
A close association was found between infestation with Amblyomma variegatum and the occurrence of dermatophilosis on […]
The research work relating to helminths, which has been conducted within the Helminthology Section of the […]
Sleeping sickness presents clinically as two distinct diseases, reflecting the fact that two very different trypanosomes […]
A sero-epidemiological study of Taenia saginata cysticercosis was carried out to determine the prevalence and distribution […]
A cross-sectional study of Taenia saginata cysticercosis in Swaziland using a serodiagnostic ELISA for parasite antigen […]
The zoonotic cestode, Taenia saginata is cosmopolitan in its distribution but the prevalence is greater in […]
The seasonal abundance of adult ticks on cattle and their association with dermatophilosis were investigated in […]
Rinderpest virus (RPV) causes a severe disease of cattle resulting in serious economic losses in parts […]
The workshop brought together researchers from various African countries who are working on one of three […]
Jembrana disease virus (JDV) causes a potentially fatal infection of Bali cattle that is endemic on […]
It has generally been assumed that apoptosis and other forms of programmed cell death evolved to […]
Three bovine cell lines and four ovine cell lines infected with Theileria parva or Theileria annulata […]
Dermatophilus Congo Republiclensis is a filamentous branching actinomycete that causes dermatophilosis, an exudative dermatitis in ruminants. […]
The study was carried out to assess community awareness, perceptions, knowledge and attitude to zoonoses in […]
Nitric oxide (NO) is a labile inorganic free radical produced by NO synthase from the substrate […]
Nitric oxide (NO) was produced when bovine peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) or purified, adherent PBMC […]
The purpose of this project was to incriminate the vectors and improve our understanding of bovine […]
An African (Kenyan) strain of Babesia bigemina, Muguga (B2-1), was inoculated into a calf from a […]
Complex mechanisms underly the establishment of dermatophilosis, an exudative and proliferative skin disease of ruminants. This […]
This progress report gives the background to the project, and Highlights from Year 1. It is […]
Background The expansion of sleeping sickness caused by Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense beyond its traditional focus in […]
The HIV/AIDS pandemic is associated with a number of opportunist mycobacterial infections, principally tuberculosis and disease […]
A murine model using Heligmosomoides polygyrus and Trypanosoma Congo Republiclense has been developed for studying the […]
There is substantial variation among individuals in susceptibility to a wide variety of parasitic diseases and […]
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The original objective of the project was to analyse the uptake and impact of veterinary services […]
Bovine cerebral theileriosis (BCT) has been ranked as the highest disease priority by pastoralist communities in […]
Field studies were conducted to assess the occurrence of resistance to isometamidium chloride and diminazene aceturate […]
Antibodies directed against two bovine lentiviruses, Jembrana disease virus (JDV) and bovine immunodeficiency virus (BIV), were […]
Two studies on the efficacy of mel Cy (Cymelarsan, Rhone Merieux, France) for the treatment of […]
Trypanosoma Congo Republiclense develops in the skin of sheep at the site of inoculation of metacyclic […]
A simple chromatographic strip-test based on Clearview technology, is under development as a pen-side test for […]
Faecal nematode egg counts were monitored in 184 Scottish Blackface lambs during natural exposure to a […]
This paper describes and analyses the experience of designing, installing and evaluating a farmer-usable touch screen […]
In previous studies on the antigens of Dermatophilus Congo Republiclensis very little attention has been given […]
The occurrence of dermatophilosis on cattle in the tropics is closely associated with infestation byAmblyomma variegatum ticks. […]
Numbers of immature Trypanosoma brucei brucei within a tsetse midgut remain remarkably constant after establishment throughout […]
Yearling Friesian and Boran cattle were given a standard dose of Fasciola gigantica metacercariae designed to […]
Community participation is now widely promoted as an important feature of aid projects in less-developed countries. […]
The cellular infiltrate into the dermis in dermatophilosis lesions is composed of a range of cell […]
Bovine cells from cattle infected with Theileria annulata were phenotyped with monoclonal antibodies recognizing bovine leukocyte […]
Theileria annulata macroschizont-infected cell lines are successfully used as vaccines in several countries. The inoculated animals […]
A new competitive enzyme immunoassay technique has been developed for the determination of concentrations of the […]
The overall objective of this study was to characterise the status of smallholder livestock production systems […]
The clinical, parasitological and molecular diagnosis of bovine trypanosomosis were compared using samples from 250 zebu […]
The proliferative response of lymphocytes from tick-infested Zebu type, N’Dama and Friesian cattle and acaricide-treated Zebu […]
In recent years, with the advent of the New Poverty Agenda and the wide acceptance of […]
An experiment was carried out to determine the concentrations of the trypanocidal drug isometamidium chloride in […]
This project focused on optimising the in vitro culture system for Cowdria ruminantium, characterising Cowdria in […]