Occurrence of haemoparasites in cattle in Monduli district, northern Tanzania

Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research

 
 
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Title Occurrence of haemoparasites in cattle in Monduli district, northern Tanzania
 
Creator Haji, Isihaka J. Malele, Imna Namangala, Boniface
 
Subject Parasitology Indigenous cattle, Haemoparasites, Insect vectors, Microscopy, Monduli, Tanzania
Description Haemoparasite infections are among the most economically important cattle diseases in sub-Saharan Africa. The present study investigated the occurrence of haemoparasites in 295 indigenous cattle from five villages (Mswakini, Lake Manyara, Naitolia, Makuyuni and Nanja) of the Monduli district, a wildlife-domestic animal-human interface area in northern Tanzania. The data showed that the overall occurrence of haemoparasites in the sampled cattle was 12.5% (95% CI: 8.7% – 16.3%), involving single and mixed infections with Theileria parva, Anaplasma marginale, Babesia bovis, Trypanosoma vivax and Trypanosoma brucei. The highest haemoparasite occurrence was recorded in Lake Manyara (18.3%; 95% CI: 8.5% – 28.1%), and the lowest was recorded in Nanja (6.5%; 95% CI: 0.4% – 12.6%). This preliminary study, furthermore, provided evidence of the possible arthropod vectors (ticks and tsetse flies) that may be involved in the transmission of haemoparasites to cattle in the Monduli district. It is envisaged that this survey will stimulate more studies to determine the prevalence of haemoparasites in livestock by using more sensitive molecular techniques.
 
Publisher AOSIS
 
Contributor Southern Africa Centre for Infectious Disease Surveillance (SACIDS)
Date 2014-11-13
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Peer-reviewed Article Experimental; Survey
Format text/html application/octet-stream text/xml application/pdf
Identifier 10.4102/ojvr.v81i1.843
 
Source Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research; Vol 81, No 1 (2014); 4 pages 2219-0635 0030-2465
 
Language eng
 
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Coverage Monduli district, Tanzania Cattle samples during the months of November and December, 2013 Cattle age, gender and physical and clinical appearance
Rights Copyright (c) 2014 Isihaka J. Haji, Imna Malele, Boniface Namangala https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0
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