Epidemiology, Diagnosis And Chemoprophylaxis Of Trypanosoma Evansi Infection In Dairy Cattle

Trypanosomiasis caused by Trypanosoma evansi is considered to be one of the diseases of economic importance affecting dairy cattle in Malaysia. An investigation into the epidemiology, diagnosis and chemoprophylaxis of T. evansi infection in these animals was carried out. F our studies were conduc...

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Main Author: Cheah, Tong Soon
Format: Thesis
Language:English
English
Published: 1997
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description Trypanosomiasis caused by Trypanosoma evansi is considered to be one of the diseases of economic importance affecting dairy cattle in Malaysia. An investigation into the epidemiology, diagnosis and chemoprophylaxis of T. evansi infection in these animals was carried out. F our studies were conducted in this investigation.In the first study, random blood samples were collected from animals of different age/physiological status for parasitological, serological, haematological and biochemical tests between August 1995 and July 1996 The mean prevalence was highest in the lactating animals ( 134 %) followed by those in the dry herd (88%), late pregnant animals (81%), early pregnant animals (47 %), calves (03 %) and yearlings (02%) The mean prevalence was significantly different (p<0.05) between cows and the other groups (calves and yearlings) Among the cows there was significant difference in the mean prevalence between the early pregnant and lactating animals (p<0.05) The association between the prevalence in lactating cows and rain days was significant (p< 0 05) Infected dry cows had a significant decrease in the PCV, Hb and albumin levels (p< 0 05) The antigen-detection ELISA was a useful diagnostic tool for detection of T. evansi infections as it was capable of detecting 9 1 % of trypanosome-positive ammals
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spelling upm-123232011-07-13T01:44:45Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/12323/ Epidemiology, Diagnosis And Chemoprophylaxis Of Trypanosoma Evansi Infection In Dairy Cattle Cheah, Tong Soon Trypanosomiasis caused by Trypanosoma evansi is considered to be one of the diseases of economic importance affecting dairy cattle in Malaysia. An investigation into the epidemiology, diagnosis and chemoprophylaxis of T. evansi infection in these animals was carried out. F our studies were conducted in this investigation.In the first study, random blood samples were collected from animals of different age/physiological status for parasitological, serological, haematological and biochemical tests between August 1995 and July 1996 The mean prevalence was highest in the lactating animals ( 134 %) followed by those in the dry herd (88%), late pregnant animals (81%), early pregnant animals (47 %), calves (03 %) and yearlings (02%) The mean prevalence was significantly different (p<0.05) between cows and the other groups (calves and yearlings) Among the cows there was significant difference in the mean prevalence between the early pregnant and lactating animals (p<0.05) The association between the prevalence in lactating cows and rain days was significant (p< 0 05) Infected dry cows had a significant decrease in the PCV, Hb and albumin levels (p< 0 05) The antigen-detection ELISA was a useful diagnostic tool for detection of T. evansi infections as it was capable of detecting 9 1 % of trypanosome-positive ammals 1997-04 Thesis NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/12323/1/FPV_1997_2_A.pdf Cheah, Tong Soon (1997) Epidemiology, Diagnosis And Chemoprophylaxis Of Trypanosoma Evansi Infection In Dairy Cattle. Masters thesis, Universiti Putra Malaysia. Universiti Putra Malaysia - Dissertations Trypanosomiasis in cattle Cattle - Infections English
spellingShingle Universiti Putra Malaysia - Dissertations
Trypanosomiasis in cattle
Cattle - Infections
Cheah, Tong Soon
Epidemiology, Diagnosis And Chemoprophylaxis Of Trypanosoma Evansi Infection In Dairy Cattle
title Epidemiology, Diagnosis And Chemoprophylaxis Of Trypanosoma Evansi Infection In Dairy Cattle
title_full Epidemiology, Diagnosis And Chemoprophylaxis Of Trypanosoma Evansi Infection In Dairy Cattle
title_fullStr Epidemiology, Diagnosis And Chemoprophylaxis Of Trypanosoma Evansi Infection In Dairy Cattle
title_full_unstemmed Epidemiology, Diagnosis And Chemoprophylaxis Of Trypanosoma Evansi Infection In Dairy Cattle
title_short Epidemiology, Diagnosis And Chemoprophylaxis Of Trypanosoma Evansi Infection In Dairy Cattle
title_sort epidemiology, diagnosis and chemoprophylaxis of trypanosoma evansi infection in dairy cattle
topic Universiti Putra Malaysia - Dissertations
Trypanosomiasis in cattle
Cattle - Infections
url http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/12323/
http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/12323/1/FPV_1997_2_A.pdf