Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research, 2004 A population-based study was carried out on the Ankole ranching scheme in south-west Uganda with the aim of determining the endemic status of Theileria parva infections. For this purpose, the age-related sero-prevalence of T.
F.M. Kivaria +6 more
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Estimating the distribution and abundance of Rhipicephalus appendiculatus in Africa
Preventive Veterinary Medicine, 1991 Abstract The brown ear tick Rhipicephalus appendiculatus is responsible for transmitting the parasite Theileria parva in eastern, central and southern Africa, where it causes East Coast fever, Corridor disease and January disease in cattle. In an effort to assess the impact of these diseases and their control on livestock production in the region,
International Laboratory for Research on Animal Diseases, P.O. Box 30709, Nairobi, Kenya ( host institution ) +5 more
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Ticks and Tick-Borne DiseasesSouth Africa has six species of primates, three of which are bushbabies (family Galagidae). Very little information is available on their parasites due to the lack of longitudinal studies, although Rhipicephalus appendiculatus, Amblyomma hebraeum and ...
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First detection of Theileria parva in cattle from Cameroon in the absence of the main tick vector Rhipicephalus appendiculatus. [PDF]
Transbound Emerg Dis, 2020 Silatsa BA +13 more
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The Rhipicephalus appendiculatus tick vector of Theileria parva is absent from cape buffalo (Syncerus caffer) populations and associated ecosystems in northern Uganda. [PDF]
Parasitol Res, 2020 Obara I +14 more
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The effect of Beauveria bassiana inoculation on plant growth, volatile constituents, and tick (Rhipicephalus appendiculatus) repellency of acetone extracts of Tulbaghia violacea. [PDF]
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Studies on Theileria parva in Rhipicephalus appendiculatus
, 2000 This thesis has shown that T. parva infection in R. appendiculatus causes pathology in a proportion of the tick population. These pathologies are characterised by perforated guts, which cause leakage of gut contents into the haemocoel, perforated and malformed Malphighian tubules, damaged salivary glands acini and malformed or missing legs, possibly as
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BMC Veterinary ResearchBackground Ticks and tick-borne diseases (TTBDs) are a significant threat to livestock production in sub-Saharan Africa. Transhumance pastoralism practiced in Karamoja region and other factors like cattle trade, communal grazing and the presence of ...
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Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research, 2012 A cross-sectional study was conducted between September and October 2010 in five states of South Sudan that were selected on the basis of the perceived risk of tick-borne diseases.
Fredrick M. Kivaria +4 more
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Analyses of mitochondrial genes reveal two sympatric but genetically divergent lineages of Rhipicephalus appendiculatus in Kenya. [PDF]
Parasit Vectors, 2016 Kanduma EG +9 more
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