The African buffalo, Syncerus caffer, is a key species in African ecosystems. Like other large herbivores, it plays a fundamental role in its habitat acting as an ecosystem engineer. Over the last few centuries, African ...
Panda, Sudhanshu S.; Terrill, Thomas H.; Mahapatra, Ajit K.; Morgan, Eric R.; Siddique, Aftab; Pech-Cervantes, Andres A.; Van Wyk, J.A. (Jan Aucamp)(MDPI, 2023-08-23)
Lack of attention to rural healthcare for livestock in the southeastern United States has
led to a focus on small ruminant farming, mainly using sericea lespedeza [SL; Lespedeza cuneata
(Dum-Cours) G. Don], a drought-resistant ...
This study investigated various qualitative and quantitative indices of antimicrobial use (AMU) in companion animals (CAs) at a Veterinary Teaching Hospital (VTH-A) and its annex (VTH- B) from 2019 to 2021. For 694 documented ...
The apicomplexan parasite Theileria annulata is transmitted by Hyalomma ticks and causes an acute
lymphoproliferative disease that is invariably lethal in exotic cattle breeds. The unique ability of the
schizont stage ...
Thermal stress is an environmental factor that negatively affects poultry production globally. It elicits behavioural and physiological changes in broiler chickens, hence the need to find ways of ameliorating its detrimental ...
The objective of this study was to perform a preliminary validation of a solid-phase competition ELISA (SPCE) in
goats exposed to foot-and-mouth disease virus (FMDV) southern African territories (SAT) serotypes ...
Airs, Paul M.; Ventura-Cordero, Javier; Gwiriri, Lovemore C.; Tinsley, Jonathan H.I.; Mvula, Winchester; Lee, Michael R.F.; Van Wyk, Jan Aucamp; Nalivata, Patson C.; Takahashi, Taro; Morgan, Eric R.; Safalaoh, Andrews C.L.(Elsevier, 2023-12)
The true value of goats, their management systems, and the limitations of smallholdings have not been fully
explored in the context of sustainable livelihoods among rural smallholders in central Malawi. However, goats
are ...
The parvorder Rhynchopthirina contains three currently recognised species of lice that parasitize elephants (both African savanna elephant Loxodonta africana and Asian elephant Elephas maximus), desert warthogs (Phacochoerus ...
Mazwi, Koketso Desiree; Kolo, Francis Babaman; Jaja, Ishmael Festus; Byaruhanga, Charles; Hassim, Ayesha; Van Heerden, Henriette(MDPI, 2024-01)
In livestock, brucellosis is mainly an asymptomatic disease except when abortion occurs; therefore, two serological tests are used for diagnosis as no single test is suitable. Abattoir samples enable a combination of ...
Wang, Lihua; Ganges, Llilianne; Dixon, Linda K.; Bu, Zhigao; Zhao, Dongming; Quang Lam Truong; Richt, Juergen A.; Jin, Meilin; Netherton, Christopher L.; Benarafa, Charaf; Summerfield, Artur; Weng, Changjiang; Peng, Guiqing; Reis, Ana L.; Han, Jun; Penrith, Mary-Louise; Mo, Yupeng; Su, Zhipeng; Hoang, Dang Vu; Pogranichniy, Roman M.; Balaban-Oglan, David-Adrian; Li, Yuzhen; Wang, Kewen; Cai, Xuepeng; Shi, Jishu(MDPI, 2024-01)
The 2023 International African Swine Fever Workshop (IASFW) took place in Beijing, China, on 18–20 September 2023. It was jointly organized by the U.S.-China Center for Animal Health (USCCAH) at Kansas State University ...
BACKGROUND : The non-typhoidal salmonellosis (NTS) is a pathogenic bacterial zoonosis with substantial but often under-appreciated public health impacts. The NTS is prevalent in poultry and humans in Nigeria, yet its ...
BACKGROUND : The majority of the African population lives in rural areas and depends on agriculture for their livelihoods. To increase the productivity and sustainability of their farms, they need access to affordable ...
BACKGROUND : The majority of the African population lives in rural areas where they heavily depend on crop and livestock production for their livelihoods. Given their socio-economic importance, we initiated a standardized ...
Gstottenmayer, Fabian; Moyaba, Percy; Rodriguez, Montse; Mulandane, Fernando C.; Mucache, Hermogenes N.; Neves, L.C.B.G.D. (Luís); De Beer, Chantel; Ravel, Sophie; De Meeus, Thierry; Mach, Robert L.; Vreysen, Marc J.B.; Abd-Alla, Adly M.M.(EDP Open, 2023-09)
Tsetse flies, the vectors of African trypanosomes are of key medical and economic importance and one of the constraints for the development of Africa. Tsetse fly control is one of the most effective and sustainable strategies ...
Kelava, Samuel; Mans, Ben J. (Barend Johannes); Shao, Renfu; Barker, Dayana; Teo, Ernest J.M.; Chatanga, Elisha; Gofton, Alexander W.; Moustafa, Mohamed Abdallah Mohamed; Nakao, Ryo; Barker, Stephen C.(Elsevier, 2023-03)
Hoogstraal and Kim (1985) proposed from morphology, three groups of Haemaphysalis subgenera: (i) the
“structurally advanced”; (ii) the “structurally intermediate”; and (iii) the “structurally primitive” subgenera.
Nuclear ...
Smit, Andeliza; Mulandane, Fernando C.; Wojcik, Stephane H.; Horak, Ivan Gerard; Makepeace, Benjamin L.; Morar-Leather, Darshana; Neves, L.C.B.G.D. (Luís)(Elsevier, 2023-11)
The Amblyomma genus is represented on the African continent by 24 species, out of which 17 are known to occur
in different ecological niches of southern Africa. Amblyomma, known for their aggressive hunting behaviour ...
Tick-borne encephalitis virus (TBEV) causes tick-borne encephalitis (TBE), affecting human health in Europe and
Asia. Reports on canine clinical cases of TBE are rare, although dogs are used as sentinels for assessing ...