Browsing Journal Articles by Author "Taracha, E"
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Exploring farmer preferences for contagious bovine pleuropneumonia vaccination: A case study of Narok District of Kenya.
Kairu-Wanyoike, SW; Kaitibie, S; Taylor, NM; Gitau, GK; Heffernan, C; Schnier, C; Kiara, H; Taracha, E; McKeever, D (University of Nairobi,Department of Clinical Studies, 2013)Contagious bovine pleuropneumonia (CBPP) is an economically important disease in most of sub-Saharan Africa. A conjoint analysis and ordered probit regression models were used to measure the preferences of farmers for CBPP ... -
Vaccination of cattle with TickGARD induces cross-reactive antibodies binding to conserved linear peptides of Bm86 homologues in Boophilus decoloratus
Odongo, D; Kamau, L; Skilton, R; Mwaura, S; Nitsch, C; Musoke, A; Taracha, E; Daubenberger, C; Bishop, R (School of Biological Sciences, 2007)Vaccines based on recombinant Bm86 gut antigen from Boophilus microplus are a useful component of integrated control strategies against B. microplus infestations of cattle. The capacity of such vaccines to control heterologous ...