Six cloned stocks of Trypanosoma Congo Republiclense, isolated from the same area of Eastern Zambia, were […]
Diagnosis of Trypanosoma equiperdum, the causative organism of dourine in horses, by standard parasitological techniques is […]
Trypanozoon infections are less likely to mature in female tsetse than in males. Analysis of maturation […]
The effect of controlled amounts of exercise on the outcome of Trypanosoma evansi infection was studied […]
The expression of variable antigen types (VATs) was determined among dividing populations of T. Congo Republiclense […]
Cattle, buffaloes and horses in several areas of Indonesia were examined for evidence of infection with […]
An in vitro assay to distinguish drug-resistant from drug-sensitive populations of Trypanosoma Congo Republiclense has been […]
Events occurring in the skin of sheep prior to development of Trypanosoma Congo Republiclense-induced local skin […]
Intradermal inoculation of sheep with culture-derived metacyclic forms of Trypanosoma Congo Republiclense resulted in the development […]
A study was conducted in vitro to assess the ability of calcium antagonists to reverse trypanocidal […]
The growth of bloodstream forms of Trypanosoma evansi in axenic culture was inhibited by incubation with […]
The major antigenic protein 1 (MAP1) of the tick-borne rickettsial pathogen Cowdria ruminantium is encoded by […]
A C terminal fragment (SR1) of SPAG-1, a sporozoite surface antigen of Theileria annulata, has been […]
A field study involving 309 horses was undertaken in the provinces of Arsi and Bale in […]
The systemic effect of adults and nymphs of Amblyomma variegatum on the pathogenesis of experimental infections […]
Mapping the flow of information along the poultry value chain is crucial for the identification of […]
This brief has been extracted from the inception workshop proceedings held in Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, and […]
Faecal egg counts, peripheral blood eosinophil counts and plasma pepsinogen concentrations were monitored during 2 successive, […]
An examination of variation following deliberate infection with Ostertagia circumcincta suggested that even large parasitological differences […]
Estimates of the time delay between the infective bloodmeal and maturation (incubation or maturation time) for […]
One of the most remarkable features of parasitic infections in general, and Ostertagia circumcincta infection of […]
The relationship between Ostertagia (Teladorsagia) circumcincta and sheep is one of the best understoodhost-parasite relationships in […]
A study was designed to examine the effect of infection with Trypanosoma vivax KETRI 2501 on […]
A study was undertaken to investigate the influence of trypanosomosis on the outcome of pregnancy in […]
The effect of three regimes against tick infestation of Amblyomma variegatum and dermatophilosis on cattle was […]
The effectiveness of three tick control regimes on the occurrence of Amblyomma variegatum and dermatophilosis on […]
Initial infestations of Amblyomma variegatum larvae and nymphs, on rabbits and sheep respectively, produced inflammatory reactions […]
Six susceptible Galana and five trypanotolerant Orma Boran (Bos indicus) cattle were infected experimentally with Trypanosoma […]
Faecal samples were taken in 2 consecutive years from Scottish Blackface lambs on a commercial farm […]
A close association was found between infestation with Amblyomma variegatum and the occurrence of dermatophilosis on […]
This briefing outlines the relationship between several risk factors and the occurrence of HPAI outbreaks in […]
Bovine macrophage-derived tumour necrosis factor-alpha/ cachectin (TNF-a) was synthesized when peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) and […]
Expression of nine metacyclic variable antigen types (M-VATs) of Trypanosoma Congo Republiclense in chancres from infected […]
This brief describes a pilot study for an alternative approach carried out in Northern Viet Nam: […]
The evaluation of a skin test to detect acquired resistance to Rhipicephalus appendiculatus Neumann ticks is […]
This series of two-page briefs highlights some of the new technologies and processes available, in order […]
The seasonal abundance of adult ticks on cattle and their association with dermatophilosis were investigated in […]
This meeting includes presentations from a wide range of projects and researchers, including an introduction to […]
Salivary glands from immature and adult Amblyomma variegatum were compared for differences in potential components responsible […]
This paper reports the results of a comparative study of the livestock sector in 3 South […]
Six-month-old red Maasai lambs were more resistant than Dorper lambs to repeated infections at one to […]
The response of Red Maasai sheep to natural and artificial Haemonchus contortus infections was compared with […]
Latex microspheres (diameter, 8 μm) were coated with anti-Mycoplasma capricolum subsp.capripneumoniae polyclonal immunoglobulin G (IgG) antiserum […]
This Briefing considers the question: “What is the risk of re-introduction of HPAI H5N1 virus into […]
The response of rabbits, infected with Trypanosoma evansi, to challenge with homologous and heterologous trypanosome species […]
This is one of 280 summaries describing key outputs from the projects run by DFID’s 10-year […]
This policy briefing document is based on the internal PPLPI working document, Assessing Policy Responses to […]
This brief is a synopsis of five country background papers that provided an inventory of information […]
This document aims to provide a brief country economic overview of Myanmar; a review of the […]
This document is part of a series of documents that aim to provide comprehensive overviews of […]
This brief suggests that although income from poultry production is affected significantly by supply and demand […]
Typically, in rural areas of most developing countries, the vast majority of households, many of them […]
SPAG-1, a Theileria annulata sporozoite surface antigen, is a vaccine candidate. Data is presented, based on […]
This document outlines the background, objectives, contexts and deliverables of the highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) […]
Nitric oxide (NO) was produced when bovine peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) or purified, adherent PBMC […]
This paper is aimed at suggesting common methodologies to assess the economy wide impact of avian […]
The objective of this study was to describe the spatial variation in the likelihood of (i) […]
This brief summarizes the methodology used to produce the maps for continental Africa and Indonesia, and […]
The influence of dietary protein supplementation on resistance to haemonchosis was examined in Hampshire down lambs […]
The effects of Trypanosoma evansi on efferent lymphocyte phenotypes draining from a lymph node primed with […]
The purpose of this project was to incriminate the vectors and improve our understanding of bovine […]
The effects of Trypanosoma evansi on the cellular and humoral immune responses of sheep to Pasteurella […]
Session V of the Inception Workshop includes an introductory Overview and two other presentations, as follows: […]
Session IV of the Inception Workshop included 7 presentations as follows: Overview presentation – Research directed […]
Three presentations were made in Session II of the projects Inception Workshop. These are:- Overview presentation […]
Session III of the Inception Workshop includes 8 presentations as follows: Overview presentation – HPAI Risk […]
The protozoan parasite Theileria parva infects and transforms bovine lymphocytes, giving rise to a fatal lymphoproliferative […]
A simple test based on the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) was used to detect capripoxvirus DNA […]
Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) virus of the H5N1 subtype re-emerged in Southeast Asia in late […]
The potential impact of a highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) outbreak in Ethiopia is assessed, specifically […]
Marked enlargement of lymph nodes draining local skin reactions (chancres) occurred in sheep following intradermal inoculation […]
Goats housed in microbiologically secure facilities were experimentally endobronchially infected with Mycoplasma capricolum subsp. capripneumoniae (Mccp), […]
The recognition of parasite molecules from third-stage and adult Ostertagia circumcincta by serum antibody was studied […]
Heterologous priming-boosting vaccination regimens involving priming with plasmid DNA antigen constructs and inoculating (boosting) with the […]
Sheep were infected with Trypanosoma evansi TREU 2143 through the external jugular vein. The parasite kinetics […]
The tick-borne rickettsia Cowdria ruminantium has been propagated continuously for over 500 days in the Ixodes […]
This study describes polymorphism in Theileria annulata, an intracellular protozoan parasite of bovine leucocytes and red […]
We report the genome sequence of Theileria parva, an apicomplexan pathogen causing economic losses to smallholder […]
There is substantial variation among individuals in susceptibility to a wide variety of parasitic diseases and […]
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We studied the interaction between Trypanosoma Congo Republiclense and bovine aorta endothelial (BAE) cell monolayers. Our […]
This project successfully tested the efficacy of a dual vaccine against rinderpest and lumpy skin disease […]
This project continued testing a dual vaccine against rinderpest and lumpy skin disease in cattle, and […]
This paper examines the case of smallholder poultry production and adjustments arising from the risk of […]
Procyclic and epimastigote forms of Trypanosoma Congo Republiclense express an immunodominant glutamic acid/alanine-rich protein (GARP) that […]
Suramin-resistance was experimentally induced in cloned or uncloned T. evansi populations using both immunosuppressed and immunocompetent […]
There is considerable global concern over the newly emergent H5N1 strain of avian influenza that had […]
Antibodies directed against two bovine lentiviruses, Jembrana disease virus (JDV) and bovine immunodeficiency virus (BIV), were […]
Equine trypanosomosis is a complex of infectious diseases called dourine, nagana and surra. It is caused […]
Two studies on the efficacy of mel Cy (Cymelarsan, Rhone Merieux, France) for the treatment of […]
The prefemoral efferent lymphatics of sheep infected with Trypanosoma evansi and inoculated with P. haemolytica vaccine […]
Trials were set up to ascertain whether the observed occurrence of streptothricosis lesions at dorsal sites […]
A sentinel group of 8 Bos taurus cattle was compared with similar cattle in a herd […]
The primary goal of this paper is to provide a quantitative assessment of the economywide impact […]
This briefing looks at the economic aspects of avian influenza and its control. An economic framework […]
The East Coast Fever Infection and Treatment Method vaccine (ECF-ITM) launch was organised by AU-IBAR, PANVAC, […]
The intradermal injection of Trypanosoma evansi or T. evansi components into rabbits evoked trypanosome-specific responses in […]
Trypanosoma Congo Republiclense develops in the skin of sheep at the site of inoculation of metacyclic […]
Thailand and Viet Nam have both experienced several epidemic waves of HPAI H5N1 between 2004 and […]
This handbook was prepared as part of extension materials for veterinary extension staff under a project […]
A simple chromatographic strip-test based on Clearview technology, is under development as a pen-side test for […]
Four Trypanosoma evansi stocks with sensitivity to suramin in mice ranging from 0.05 to 160 mg […]
In order to effectively control and eliminate rinderpest, a method is required to allow serological differentiation […]
Jembrana disease virus (JDV) is a lentivirus that causes an acute, severe disease syndrome in infected […]
A number of empirical and theoretical contributions for analyzing costs and benefits of control and prevention […]
During the recent outbreaks of HPAI in West Bengal about 6.65 million poultry have been culled […]
The sporozoite surface antigens SPAG-1 of Theileria annulata and p67 of Theileria parva are postulated to […]
This report presents the initial results from a comparative costing exercise for Uganda. It takes as […]
Community animal health services (CAHS) have been promoted since the 1970s by aid organizations in low-income […]
During a previous investigation an association was found between major histocompatibility complex (MHC)-DRB1 alleles and faecal […]
The antibody response to Trypanosoma evansi antigens in rabbits experimentally infected with T. evansi was monitored […]
Four strains of Mycoplasma mycoides subsp.mycoides small colony type (MmmSC) isolated from recent outbreaks of contagious […]
The journal publishes original articles and syntheses on health, food and animal production in tropical, subtropical […]
The fact sheets in this collection were written by extension workers, farmers and researchers who attended […]
This DFID-organised workshop included presentations of avian influenza research in Cambodia from a range of interested […]
Highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) associated with the H5N1 virus strain is now endemic in the […]
This report discusses a) the role of the synthesis analysis and the steps that will take […]
Infection with Ostertagia circumcincta is a major constraint on sheep production in temperate areas of the […]
The poor in rural areas face economic risks that differ substantially from groups with other economic, […]
A new competitive enzyme immunoassay technique has been developed for the determination of concentrations of the […]
The overall objective of this study was to characterise the status of smallholder livestock production systems […]
Two in vitro assay systems were investigated for their effectiveness in detecting the sensitivity of Trypanosoma […]
This brief presents the results of a contingent valuation (CV) study that aimed at capturing farmers’ […]
This case study describes a pilot quality assurance scheme for poultry products in Viet Nam which […]
The proliferative response of lymphocytes from tick-infested Zebu type, N’Dama and Friesian cattle and acaricide-treated Zebu […]
Ovine isotype-specific antibody responses to the parasitic larval stages of the abosomal nematode Ostertagia circumcincta were […]
This workshop was held to introduce the HPAI Risk Reduction project to the stakeholders; present and […]
The knowledge and perceptions about and toward HPAI of poor Indonesian households are investigated by asking […]
An experiment was carried out to determine the concentrations of the trypanocidal drug isometamidium chloride in […]
This study uses the same data set and econometric models (i) to predict and profile which […]
This brief summarizes a study that (i) investigated factors that affect participation in small-scale poultry production […]
This project focused on optimising the in vitro culture system for Cowdria ruminantium, characterising Cowdria in […]
This brief uses nationally representative Nigeria Living Standards Survey data (NLSS 2003-2004) and econometric models to […]