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Wanjohi, J.M.
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Ngeranwa, J.N.
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Rumberia, R.M.
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Muraguri, G.R.
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Mbogo, S.K.
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Boomker, Jacob Diederik Frederik |
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2012-05-28T08:00:59Z |
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2012-05-28T08:00:59Z |
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2012 |
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2001 |
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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. |
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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. |
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mn2012 |
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Department for International Development, UK. Government of Kenya. |
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Wanjohi, JM, Ngeranwa, JN, Rumberia, RM, Muraguri, GR & Mbogo, SK 2001, 'Immunization of cattle against East Coast fever using Theileria parva (Marikebuni) and relaxation of tick control in North Rift, Kenya’. Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research, vol. 68, no. 3, pp. 217-223. |
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0030-2465 |
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http://hdl.handle.net/2263/18947 |
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Published jointly by the Agricultural Research Council, ARC-Onderstepoort Veterinary Institute and the Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Pretoria. |
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© ARC-Onderstepoort and Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Pretoria (original).
© University of Pretoria. Dept of Library Services (digital). |
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Veterinary medicine |
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East Coast fever |
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Immunization |
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Theileria parva |
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IFA |
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Tick-borne diseases |
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Tick control |
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Veterinary medicine -- South Africa |
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East Coast fever |
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Cattle -- Infections -- Diagnosis |
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Cattle -- Vaccination |
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Cattle -- Diseases -- Prevention |
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dc.title |
Immunization of cattle against East Coast fever using Theileria parva (Marikebuni) and relaxation of tick control in North Rift, Kenya |
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Article |
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