Infections caused by Mycoplasma species belonging to the ‘mycoides cluster’ negatively affect the agricultural sector through losses in livestock productivity. These Mycoplasma strains are resistant to many conventional antibiotics due to the total lack of cell wall. Therefore, there is an urgent...
Kama-Kama, F.
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Omosa, L.K.
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Ng'ang'a, J.
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Maina, N.
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Osanjo, G.
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Yaouba, Souaibou
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Ilias, M.
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Midiwo, Jacob
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Naessens, Jan
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[Antimycoplasmal Activities of Compounds from Solanum aculeastrum and Piliostigma thonningii against Strains from the Mycoplasma mycoides Cluster]
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Antimycoplasmal Activities of Compounds from Solanum aculeastrum and Piliostigma thonningii against Strains from the Mycoplasma mycoides Cluster
Romero, Luz Elena
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Lozano, Iván
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Garavito, Andrea
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Carabalí, Silvio J.
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Triana Espinel, Mónica
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Villareal, Natalia
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Reyes, Luis
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Duque E., Myriam Cristina
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Martínez, César P.
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Calvert, Lee
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Lorieux, Mathias
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[Major QTLs control resistance to Rice hoja blanca virus and its vector Tagosodes orizicolus]
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Major QTLs control resistance to Rice hoja blanca virus and its vector Tagosodes orizicolus
Mukhongo, Ruth Wilhem
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Kavoo-Mwangi, Agnes Mumo
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Okalebo, John Robert
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Were, BA
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Mwangi, EK
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Jefwa, J.M.
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[Acclimatization and growth of tissue cultured banana co-inoculated with microbiological and chemical commercial products in different soils in Kenya]
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Acclimatization and growth of tissue cultured banana co-inoculated with microbiological and chemical commercial products in different soils in Kenya
Common bacterial blight (CBB) caused by Xanthomonas axonopodis pv. phaseoli is an important seed-borne disease of dry beans in South Africa. Development of resistant cultivars is considered the best control measurement for the disease. Backcross breeding was used to improve BB resistance in the...
Fourie, D.
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Herselman, L.
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Mienie, C.
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[Improvement of common bacterial blight resistance in South African dry bean cultiver teebus]
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Improvement of common bacterial blight resistance in South African dry bean cultiver teebus
Livestock farming is imbued with a variety of disease-related risks. The threat of disease, and actions taken (or not taken) to mitigate it, can impact both the broader livestock sector and potentially society at large if the disease is what is termed zoonotic i.e. impacting both animal and human...
Carpenter, T.E.
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Rich, Karl M.
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[Comment mieux gérer les risques en matière de maladie animale?, Wie können Tierseuchenrisiken besser gehandhabt werden?]
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[How can animal disease risks be better managed?]
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How can animal disease risks be better managed?
In many African countries where both Government resources and donor aid for the control of tsetse-transmitted trypanosomiasis are declining, there is an increasing need to identify areas where intervention is most likely to be technically, economically, socially and environmentally sustainable. A...
Robinson, Timothy P.
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Harris, R.S.
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Hopkins, J.S.
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Williams, B.G.
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[An example of decision support for trypanosomiasis control using a geographic information system in eastern Zambia]
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An example of decision support for trypanosomiasis control using a geographic information system in eastern Zambia
Background & methods
Taenia solium a zoonotic tapeworm, responsible for neurocysticercosis in humans is a major public health threat, being a leading cause of acquired epilepsy in endemic regions. Eastern and southern African nations have experienced a recent rapid growth in pig production, inclu...
Akoko, James M.
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Macleod, Ewan
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Thomas, Lian F.
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Alarcón, Pablo
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Kang'ethe, Erastus K.
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Kivali, Velma
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Muloi, Dishon
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Muinde, Patrick
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Murungi, Maurice K.
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Gachoya, Julius M.
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Fèvre, Eric M.
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[Detection of circulating antigens for Taenia spp. in pigs slaughtered for consumption in Nairobi and surroundings, Kenya]
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Detection of circulating antigens for Taenia spp. in pigs slaughtered for consumption in Nairobi and surroundings, Kenya
Laberry Saavedra, Rafael Alberto
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Lozano T., José Carlos
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[Almacenamiento de estacs de yuca (Manihot esculenta Crantz) [resumen]]
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Almacenamiento de estacs de yuca (Manihot esculenta Crantz) [resumen]
Cysticercosis is due to the establishment of the larval stage of the zoonotic cestode parasite Taenia solium. The infection causes substantial human morbidity and mortality, particularly in several Latin American countries and parts of Africa and Asia, as well as economic losses in pig husbandry ...
Flisser, A.
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Rodríguez Canul, R.
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Willingham, A.L.
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[Control of the taeniosis/cysticercosis complex: Future developments]
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Control of the taeniosis/cysticercosis complex: Future developments