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Trypanosome-induced ovarian dysfunction. Evidence of higher residual fertility in trypanotolerant small East African goats
(University of Nairobi., 1988-09)
Changes in the length of oestrous cycles, plasma progesterone and oestradiol-17 beta levels were monitored for 6 months in Trypanosoma congolense-infected normocyclic small East African goats obtained from three tsetse-endemic ...
The humoral defense system in tsetse: differences in response due to age, sex and antigen types.
(University of Nairobi., 1988)
Inoculation of live Escherichia coli into tsetse flies, Glossina morsitans morsitans, stimulated a higher antibacterial immune response in females than in males. It increased with age in females from emergence to approximately ...
Effect of chronic experimental Trypanosoma congolense infection on the ovaries, pituitary, thyroid and adrenal glands in female goats.
(Uniiversity of Nairobi., 1988-03)
Changes in the ovaries, pituitary, thyroid and adrenal glands in Small East African normally cycling female goats chronically infected with T. congolense are described. Marked fibrosis of the ovaries, a decrease in the ...
Depression of ovarian function and plasma progesterone and estradiol-17 beta in female goats chronically infected with Trypanosoma congolense
(University of Nairobi., 1988-04)
Adult normocyclic female goats experimentally infected with Trypanosoma congolense developed irregular and shorter estrous cycles before complete cessation at the fourth cycle post-infection. This was followed within a ...