Browsing Faculty of Agriculture & Veterinary Medicine (FAg / FVM) by Subject "Hydatid disease"

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    • The epidemiology and immunodiagnosis of hydatid disease in Kenya 

      Gathura, P B (Department of Public Health, Pharmacology and Toxicology, 1991)
      Hydatidosis is a cosmopolitan cyclozoonosis which occurs with varying intensity in different parts of the world. The disease is caused by the larval stages of Echinococcus granulosus (Batsch, 1786). This zoonosis is endemic ...

    • Immunodiagnosis of hydatid disease in livestock using an intradenmal test and an enzyme immunoassay 

      Gathura, PB (Department of Public Health, Pharmacology and ToxicologyDepartment of Public Health, Pharmacology and Toxicology, 1984)
      A variety of methods based on immunological principles have been tried for the diagnosis of hydatid disease but largely with unsatisfactory results. One of the oldest illethods is the Casoni test which gives a reaction of ...