| dc.contributor.author | Karimi, S K | |
| dc.contributor.author | McDermott, J J | |
| dc.contributor.author | Gitau, G K | |
| dc.contributor.author | Gathuma, J M | |
| dc.contributor.author | Kinuthia, R N | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2013-06-13T07:44:39Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2013-06-13T07:44:39Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2003 | |
| dc.identifier.citation | Karimi, S K et al(2003). Risk factors for sero-prevalence of tick-borne diseases of calves in Maasai pastoral herds in Kajiado District, Kenya. International Symposia on Veterinary Epidemiology and Economics proceedings, ISVEE 10: Proceedings of the 10th Symposium of the International Society for Veterinary Epidemiology and Economics, Vina del Mar, Chile, Arthropod-borne diseases session, p 507, Nov 2003 | en |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://www.sciquest.org.nz/node/63336 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11295/32770 | |
| dc.description | Conference paper | en |
| dc.description.abstract | Risk factors for sero-prevalence of Theileria parva, Theileria mutans,
Anaplasma marginale and Babesia bigemina were investigated in 729 calves from
Maasai herds in Kajiado District, Kenya. Study herds were selected using a multistage
sampling method. Serum antibodies were estimated using an indirect Enzyme-
Linked Immunosorbent Assay and expressed as a percent positivity. The objective
was to identify risk factors associated with sero-prevalence of tick-borne diseases in
Maasai pastoral systems in Kajiado District. Sero-prevalence and associated risk
factors varied between and within agro-climatic zones, group ranches and farms.
Thus, targeted rather than blanket immunization of calves and other tick control
should be conducted, with targeting being done at agro-climatic, group ranch and
farm levels | en |
| dc.language.iso | en | en |
| dc.subject | Sero-prevalence | en |
| dc.subject | Tick-borne disease | en |
| dc.subject | Calves | en |
| dc.subject | Maasai | en |
| dc.subject | Pastoral herds | en |
| dc.subject | Kajiado District | en |
| dc.subject | Kenya | en |
| dc.title | Risk factors for sero-prevalence of tick-borne diseases of calves in Maasai pastoral herds in Kajiado District, Kenya | en |
| dc.type | Presentation | en |
| local.publisher | Department of Public Health, pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Nairobi | en |
