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Pig production is an emerging agribusiness in Eastern Africa but baseline information on pig diseases including zoonoses is still scarce. Infection with Toxoplasma gondii does not usually present with clinical signs in pigs, yet it is considered an important source of human infection when pork co...


Roesel, KristinaSchares, G.Grace, DeliaBaumann, M.P.O.Fries, R.Dione, Michel M.Clausen, P.H.[The occurrence of porcine Toxoplasma gondii infections in smallholder production systems in Uganda]The occurrence of porcine Toxoplasma gondii infections in smallholder production systems in Uganda

Pig production has only recently become a popular income-generating activity among smallholder farmers in Uganda; over the past 30 years, pig numbers have increased by a tenfold and pork consumption in East Africa is highest in Uganda. Pigs are not a traditional livestock species to Uganda and li...


Roesel, KristinaDione, Michel M.Fries, R.Baumann, M.P.O.Nöckler, K.Schares, G.Grace, DeliaClausen, P.H.[Assessment of the parasitic burden in smallholder pig value chains and implications for public health in Uganda]Assessment of the parasitic burden in smallholder pig value chains and implications for public health in Uganda

In a cross-sectional study carried out in June 1994, 486 cattle from 50 randomly selected dairy farms in the vicinity of Kampala, Uganda, were examined for trypanosome infections. The trypanosome prevalence (either positive with the haematocrit centrifugation technique [HCT] and/or the mini-anion...


Clausen, P.H.Schares, G.Patzelt, R.J.Poetzsch, C.J.Scheer, A.Kakaire, D.Olila, D.Peregrine, A.S.McDermott, John J.Mehlitz, D.[PCR and DNA-probe hybridization to assess the efficacy of therapeutic and prophylactic isometamidium treatment in Trypanosoma spp. - infected dairy cattle in peri-urban Kampala, Uganda]PCR and DNA-probe hybridization to assess the efficacy of therapeutic and prophylactic isometamidium treatment in Trypanosoma spp. - infected dairy cattle in peri-urban Kampala, Uganda

The peri-urban dairy production systems in Uganda, located in the subhumid agro-ecological zone with medium rainfall have a high potential for livestock production (Walsche et al., 1991; Winrock, 1992), but medium tsetse challenge and the associated trypanosomiasis risk may adversely affect dairy...


Patzelt, R.J.Schares, G.Peregrine, A.S.Lessard, P.Laker, C.Leak, S.G.A.Mehlitz, D.[Design of collaborative studies to assess the impact of diseases on production: Case study of trypanosomiasis in peri-urban dairy production systems in Uganda]Design of collaborative studies to assess the impact of diseases on production: Case study of trypanosomiasis in peri-urban dairy production systems in Uganda

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