dc.contributor.author | Mutayoba BM. | |
dc.contributor.author | Gombe S. | |
dc.contributor.author | Kaaya Godwin P. | |
dc.contributor.author | Waindi EN. | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2013-06-18T06:54:19Z | |
dc.date.available | 2013-06-18T06:54:19Z | |
dc.date.issued | 1988-09 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Acta Trop. 1988 Sep;45(3):225-37. | en |
dc.identifier.uri | http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2903624 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://erepository.uonbi.ac.ke:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/35304 | |
dc.description.abstract | 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 areas and one tsetse-free area of East Africa. Irregular oestrous cycles were observed in all infected goats, before cessation at the second cycle post-infection in the more susceptible and fourth cycle in the more resistant goat groups. A significant decline in the progesterone and oestradiol-17 beta parameters were observed. The decline in hormonal values was, however, less in the more resistant than in the susceptible goat groups at least in the first 2 months post-infection. Resumption of the ovarian cycle were observed in few resistant goats after 5 months of the infection. It is concluded that clinical tolerance is correlated with residual fertility, i.e., the greater the tolerance the higher the retention of fertility. | en |
dc.language.iso | en | en |
dc.publisher | University of Nairobi. | en |
dc.title | Trypanosome-induced ovarian dysfunction. Evidence of higher residual fertility in trypanotolerant small East African goats | en |
dc.type | Article | en |
local.publisher | School of Biological Sciences | en |