| dc.contributor.author | Nyaga, PN | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2013-05-27T08:14:30Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2013-05-27T08:14:30Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 1975 | |
| dc.identifier.citation | Degree Master of Preventive Veterinary Medicine, | en |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://erepository.uonbi.ac.ke:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/26071 | |
| dc.description | Submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements
for the Degree Master of Preventive Veterinary Medicine,
School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California,
Davis, California. | en |
| dc.description.abstract | When 360 cases of diagnosed equine influenza reported to VMDP were
tested for the independent effects of breed, age and sex, relative to a
reference clinic-hospital population of 84,562 equine patients, the quarter
horse breed was identified to be at excessive risk, while there were no
sex differences. Horses of ages 2-6 months were found to be subject to
a significant risk above unity while those at age 7-10 yrs had a risk
significantly below unity, indicating a sparing effect on the latter group.
A conditional probability of re-infection with equine influenza of 0.05
was identified; and the highest reporting rate was seen to occur in the period
April to September. These results should be considered as indicative
estimates rather than firm statistics, taking into account the methods used
and the type of data available. | en |
| dc.language.iso | en | en |
| dc.publisher | University of Nairobi | en |
| dc.title | Epidemiology of Equine Influenza: Risk by Age, Breed and Sex | en |
| dc.type | Thesis | en |
| local.publisher | School of Veterinary Medicine | en |
