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Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis on Knowledge Attitude and Practices on African Animal Trypanocide Resistance [PDF]

Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease, 2022
Background: African trypanocide resistance is an emerging public health emergency whose control requires a revisit on farmer’s knowledge, attitudes, and practices in developing countries.
Keneth Iceland Kasozi, Ewan Thomas MacLeod, Charles Waiswa, Michael Mahero, Ibrahim Ntulume, Susan Christina Welburn   +5 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Managing African animal trypanosomiasis in Benin: Knowledge, attitudes, and practices of cattle owners in the West Atacora zone [PDF]

Veterinary World
Background and Aim: African animal trypanosomiasis (AAT), transmitted by tsetse flies, severely constrains livestock productivity in sub-Saharan Africa.
Yao Akpo, Aretas B. N. Tonouhewa, Traore Alkoiret, Marc T. Kpodekon   +3 more
doaj   +2 more sources

The economic cost of bovine trypanosomosis in pastoral and ago pastoral communities surrounding Murchision Falls National park, Buliisa district, Uganda [PDF]

BMC Veterinary Research, 2022
Background: Animal diseases that are endemic like tsetse transmitted trypanosomosis cause the continuous expenditure of financial resources of livestock farmers and loss of productivity of livestock.
Daniel Kizza, Michael Ocaido, Anthony Mugisha, Rose Azuba, Sylvia Nalubwama, Sarah Nalule, Howard Onyuth, Simon Peter Musinguzi, Charles Waiswa   +8 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Prothidium and isometamidium as drug against Trypanosoma brucei canine trypanosomiasis

Revue d’Elevage et de Médecine Vétérinaire des Pays Tropicaux, 1970
Le Prothidium et l'Isométamidium ont été utilisés dans le traitement de plusieurs cas de trypanosomiase expérimentale du chien à Trypanosoma brucei. Le Prothidium est administré à raison de 2 mg/kg de la solution à 2 p.100 et l'Isométamidium 1 mg/kg de ...
Saydil Touré
doaj   +3 more sources

Trypanocide Use and Molecular Characterization of Trypanosomes Resistant to Diminazene Aceturate in Cattle in Northern Côte D’Ivoire [PDF]

Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease
The resistance of trypanosomes to the doses of trypanocide administered by farmers to their animals acts as a real brake on efforts to control to combat African trypanosomiasis.
Jean-Yves Ekra, Eliakunda Michael Mafie, Henri Sonan, Michael Kanh, Biégo Guillaume Gragnon, Edouard K. N’Goran, Jagan Srinivasan   +6 more
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Chemosensitization of Trypanosoma congolense strains resistant to isometamidium chloride by tetracyclines and enrofloxacin. [PDF]

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2010
BACKGROUND: Because of the development of resistance in trypanosomes to trypanocidal drugs, the livelihood of millions of livestock keepers in sub-Saharan Africa is threatened now more than ever.
Vincent Delespaux, Hervé Sèna Vitouley, Tanguy Marcotty, Niko Speybroeck, Dirk Berkvens, Krisna Roy, Stanny Geerts, Peter Van den Bossche   +7 more
doaj   +7 more sources

Assessment of Veterinary Drug Availability, Storage Conditions, and Handling Practices in and Around Nekemte Town, Southwestern Oromia, Ethiopia. [PDF]

Vet Med Int
Animal diseases pose a significant threat to both animal welfare and productivity, making veterinary drugs essential for their prevention, treatment, and control. In developing countries including Ethiopia, several challenges such as limited drug availability, inadequate storage facilities, improper handling, and insufficient knowledge among veterinary
Mekonen AW, Senbato N, Feleke MG, Birhanie MK, Mekasha YT.   +4 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Prevalence and Associated Risk Factors of African Animal Trypanosomiasis in Cattle in Lambwe, Kenya. [PDF]

J Parasitol Res, 2022
Background. African animal trypanosomiasis (AAT) affects livestock productivity in sub‐Saharan Africa. This study aimed to determine cattle AAT’s prevalence and associated risk factors in Lambwe Valley, Kenya. Methods. In a cross‐sectional survey, livestock owners were recruited from four villages of Lambwe in Homa Bay, Kenya.
Okello I, Mafie E, Eastwood G, Nzalawahe J, Mboera LEG, Onyoyo S.   +5 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Safety and efficacy of three trypanocides in confirmed field cases of trypanosomiasis in working equines in The Gambia: a prospective, randomised, non-inferiority trial. [PDF]

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2019
BACKGROUND:Globally, working equines have a continued and growing socioeconomic role in supporting the livelihoods of between 300-600 million people in low income countries which is rarely recognised at a national or international level.
Alexandra G Raftery, Saloum Jallow, Jean Rodgers, David G M Sutton   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Prevalence and Risk Factors of Trypanosomosis in Dromedary Camels in the Pastoral Areas of the Guji Zone in Ethiopia

Journal of Parasitology Research, Volume 2023, Issue 1, 2023., 2023
Camel trypanosomosis is a life‐threatening disease with adverse effects on camel health, production, and working efficiency. Despite this, camel trypanosomosis has received much less attention in Ethiopia compared with the disease in cattle and other animals.
Gossa Alemu, Rahmeto Abebe, José F. Silveira   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source