Preliminary findings from an experimental study of caprine besnoitiosis in Kenya

dc.contributor.author	Njenga, J M
dc.contributor.author	Bwangamoi, O
dc.contributor.author	Mutiga, ER
dc.contributor.author	Kangethe, E K
dc.contributor.author	Mugera, G M
dc.date.accessioned	2013-06-13T14:47:54Z
dc.date.available	2013-06-13T14:47:54Z
dc.date.issued	1993
dc.identifier.citation	Veterinary Research Communications 1993, Volume 17, Issue 3, pp 203-208	en
dc.identifier.uri	http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2FBF01839168?LI=true#
dc.identifier.uri	http://erepository.uonbi.ac.ke:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/33312
dc.description.abstract	Inoculation of cystozoites obtained from natural, chronic cases of caprine besnoitiosis produced clinical disease in goats but not in rabbits, mice, guinea pigs, hamsters, rats or cattle. Histological examination of tissue sections from the experimental animals showedBesnoitia cysts only in goats. This, together with field observations that cattle reared together with goats having besnoitiosis do not contract the disease, suggests that theBesnoitia species that infects goats in Kenya is host-specific and is notBesnoitia besnoiti. We suggest that the nameBesnoitia caprae be adopted for the caprine pathogen.	en
dc.language.iso	en	en
dc.publisher	University of Nairobi	en
dc.subject	Besnoitia,clinical signs,conjunctiva,goats,infectivity,rabbits,rodents	en
dc.title	Preliminary findings from an experimental study of caprine besnoitiosis in Kenya	en
dc.type	Article	en
local.publisher	Department of Clinical Studies, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Nairobi	en