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Prevalence of trypanosomiasis in sheep and goats in a region of northern Nigeria. 1994

A D Daniel, and R A Joshua, and J O Kalejaiye, and A J Dada

Veterinary and Livestock Studies Division, Nigerian Institute for Trypanosomiasis Research (NITR), Plateau State.

The prevalence of trypanosomosis was studied during April-June 1991, in sheep and goats kept peridomestically in Alkaleri and Gombe local Government areas of Bauchi State in Northern Nigeria. A total of 615 animals. consisting of 258 sheep and 357 goats were examined for trypanosome infection. Of this total, 19 (7.4%) sheep and 18 (5.0%) goats were positive giving a total infection rate of 37 (6.0%), 22 being positive with Trypanosoma vivax, 9 with T. congolense and 6 with T. brucei. In order to elucidate the most appropriate tool for surveying trypanosomosis in small ruminants under Nigerian field conditions, the sensitivity of four techniques currently in use for the parasitological diagnosis of trypanosomosis was investigated. The concentration methods: haematocrit centrifugation and buffy coat method, were more accurate than the standard trypanosome detection methods: wet film and thin film. Due to the prevalence of the disease, sheep and goats must be treated as well as cattle in the region.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D009549	Nigeria	A republic in western Africa, south of NIGER between BENIN and CAMEROON. Its capital is Abuja.	Federal Republic of Nigeria
D006041	Goats	Any of numerous agile, hollow-horned RUMINANTS of the genus Capra, in the family Bovidae, closely related to the SHEEP.	Capra,Capras,Goat
D000818	Animals	Unicellular or multicellular, heterotrophic organisms, that have sensation and the power of voluntary movement. Under the older five kingdom paradigm, Animalia was one of the kingdoms. Under the modern three domain model, Animalia represents one of the many groups in the domain EUKARYOTA.	Animal,Metazoa,Animalia
D012756	Sheep	Any of the ruminant mammals with curved horns in the genus Ovis, family Bovidae. They possess lachrymal grooves and interdigital glands, which are absent in GOATS.	Ovis,Sheep, Dall,Dall Sheep,Ovis dalli
D012757	Sheep Diseases	Diseases of domestic and mountain sheep of the genus Ovis.	Ovine Diseases,Disease, Ovine,Disease, Sheep,Diseases, Ovine,Diseases, Sheep,Ovine Disease,Sheep Disease
D014353	Trypanosomiasis, African	A disease endemic among people and animals in Central Africa. It is caused by various species of trypanosomes, particularly T. gambiense and T. rhodesiense. Its second host is the TSETSE FLY. Involvement of the central nervous system produces "African sleeping sickness." Nagana is a rapidly fatal trypanosomiasis of horses and other animals.	African Sleeping Sickness,Nagana,African Trypanosomiasis,African Sleeping Sicknesses,African Trypanosomiases,Sickness, African Sleeping,Sicknesses, African Sleeping,Sleeping Sickness, African,Sleeping Sicknesses, African,Trypanosomiases, African
D015511	Goat Diseases	Diseases of the domestic or wild goat of the genus Capra.	Caprine Diseases,Caprine Disease,Disease, Caprine,Disease, Goat,Diseases, Caprine,Diseases, Goat,Goat Disease
D015995	Prevalence	The total number of cases of a given disease in a specified population at a designated time. It is differentiated from INCIDENCE, which refers to the number of new cases in the population at a given time.	Period Prevalence,Point Prevalence,Period Prevalences,Point Prevalences,Prevalence, Period,Prevalence, Point,Prevalences