dc.contributor.author | Wanjohi John M. | |
dc.contributor.author | Ngeranwa JN. | |
dc.contributor.author | Rumberia RM. | |
dc.contributor.author | Muraguri GR. | |
dc.contributor.author | Mbogo SK. | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2013-06-20T11:33:03Z | |
dc.date.available | 2013-06-20T11:33:03Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2001 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Onderstepoort J Vet Res. 2001 Sep;68(3):217-23. | en |
dc.identifier.uri | http://repository.up.ac.za/handle/2263/18947 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://erepository.uonbi.ac.ke:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/36745 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11769354 | |
dc.description.abstract | A total of 90 animals was immunized against East Coast fever (ECF) using Theileria parva (Marikebuni) stock on three large-scale farms in Kiminini Division, Trans-Nzoia District, North Rift, Kenya. Another 90 cattle served as non-immunized controls. Following immunization the number of cattle with significant indirect fluorescent antibody (IFA) titres increased from 43.9% to 84.4% and 6.7% of the cattle developed clinical ECF reactions. Two months after immunization, the immunized and non-immunized cattle were divided into two groups one of which was dipped every 3 weeks and the other dipped when total full body tick counts reached 100. All the animals were monitored for 51 weeks for incidences of ECF and other tick-borne diseases. Twenty-four cases of ECF were diagnosed among the non-immunized cattle compared to four cases among the immunized cattle; a difference that was significant ( P>0.05). There was no significant difference in the incidences of babesiosis and anaplasmosis between the immunized and non-immunized cattle. | en |
dc.language.iso | en | en |
dc.title | Immunization of cattle against East Coast fever using Theileria parva (Marikebuni) and relaxation of tick control in North Rift, Kenya | en |
dc.type | Article | en |
local.publisher | Department of Chemistry | en |