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Prevalence of porcine cysticercosis and associated risk factors in Homa Bay District, Kenya
(2012)
Background
Taenia solium is an important zoonosis in many developing countries. Cysticercosis poses a serious public health risk and leads to economic losses to the pig production industry. Due to scarcity of data on ...
An assessment of tick-borne diseases constraints to livestock production in a smallholder livestock production system in Machakos District, Kenya
(2010)
The principle objective of the study was to determine the tick- borne diseases constraints to livestock production in
Machakos District. The survey was carried out in eight randomly selected sub- locations spread across ...
Risk factors and lingual prevalence of porcine cysticercosis in the Lake Kyoga Basin in Uganda
(2010)
The predisposing factors to and the prevalence of porcine cysticercosis have not been extensively studied in most parts of Uganda. Most reports have been abattoir survey based. This could have not been representative, since ...