Article
Susceptibility to trypanosomosis of three Bos indicus cattle breeds in areas of differing tsetse fly challenge.
Veterinary parasitology - 1 Sept 1998
Mwangi E K, Stevenson P, Gettinby G, Reid S W, Murray M
Abstract excerpt
Studies to assess the differences in susceptibility to trypanosomosis among Bos indicus cattle breeds (Maasai Zebu, Orma Boran and Galana Boran) were conducted under conditions of varying tsetse fly challenge at the Nguruman escarpment in south-western Kenya, for a period of 1 year. It was found...
Topics
- Anemia
- Animals
- Breeding
- Cattle
- Genetic Predisposition to Disease
- Hematocrit
- Incidence
- Insect Control
- Insect Vectors
- Kenya
- Male
- Prevalence
- Rain
- Risk Factors
- Seasons
- Trypanosoma brucei brucei
- Trypanosoma congolense
- Trypanosoma vivax