Assesses the levels of prevalence of blood parasites among village goats over 12 months in 4 groups of villages in Southwest Nigeria, w. particular emphasis on the very high infection rate from Trypanosoma vivax and Babesia motasi.
Over a 12-month period 313 (8.4 percent) out of 3727 slaughter cattle sampled at Ibadan abattoir were found to be infected with trypanosomiasis. Infection rates were higher in the dry than in the wet season ranging from 20.4 percent in November to 2.8 percent in May. Overall PCV levels were highe...
Reynolds, L.
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Opasina, B.A.
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[Trypanosomes and other blood parasites in slaughter cattle at Ibadan, Nigeria in 1984-1985]
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Trypanosomes and other blood parasites in slaughter cattle at Ibadan, Nigeria in 1984-1985
Blood screening over 12 months in 4 groups of villages in southwest Nigeria revealed the prevalence of Trypanosoma vivax (3.5%) and Babesia motasi (20.4%). There was a very high infection rate from B.motasi, although clinical babesiosis was not common. Although infection from T.vivax and B.motasi...