Apparent prevalence of dourine in the Khomas region of Namibia

Kumba, F.F.; Claasen, B.; Petrus, P.

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dc.contributor.author	Kumba, F.F.
dc.contributor.author	Claasen, B.
dc.contributor.author	Petrus, P.
dc.contributor.editor	Boomker, Jacob Diederik Frederik
dc.date.accessioned	2012-03-06T12:04:13Z
dc.date.available	2012-03-06T12:04:13Z
dc.date.created	2012
dc.date.issued	2002
dc.description	The articles have been scanned in colour with a HP Scanjet 5590; 600dpi. Adobe Acrobat v.9 was used to OCR the text and also for the merging and conversion to the final presentation PDF-format.	en
dc.description.abstract	A 15-year record of the results of horse sera from the Khomas region of Namibia tested by the complement fixation test for dourine at the Central Veterinary Laboratory in Windhoek before clearing the respective animals for export and competitive sport were subjected to statistical analysis. The range of percentage positive, taken as the apparent prevalence of dourine for the region, during the period of study, was 0-29.09%; the average regional level of apparent prevalence was 8.33%. These figures were thought to be lower than the real situation due to some bias in the sampling criteria. For more accurate results, the more reliable enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay techniques are recommended for use in sero-surveys for dourine in Khomas and other regions of Namibia to provide a basis for development of effective control strategies against the disease.	en
dc.description.librarian	mn2012	en
dc.identifier.citation	Kumba, FF, Claasen, B & Petrus, P 2002, 'Apparent prevalence of dourine in the Khomas region of Namibia’. Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research, vol. 69, no. 4, pp. 295-298.	en
dc.identifier.issn	0030-2465
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/2263/18396
dc.language	en
dc.publisher	Published jointly by the Agricultural Research Council, ARC-Onderstepoort Veterinary Institute and the Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Pretoria.	en
dc.rights	© ARC-Onderstepoort and Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Pretoria (original). © University of Pretoria. Dept of Library Services (digital).	en
dc.subject	Veterinary medicine	en
dc.subject	Complement fixation test	en
dc.subject	Dourine	en
dc.subject	Horses	en
dc.subject	Prevalence	en
dc.subject.lcsh	Veterinary medicine -- South Africa
dc.subject.lcsh	Dourine	en
dc.subject.lcsh	Horses -- Diseases	en
dc.title	Apparent prevalence of dourine in the Khomas region of Namibia	en
dc.type	Article	en