Application of ultrasonography in prevalence studies of hydatid cysts in goats in north-western Turkana, Kenya and Toposaland, southern Sudan

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dc.contributor.author Njoroge, E.M.
dc.contributor.author Mbithi, P.M.F.
dc.contributor.author Gathuma, J.M.
dc.contributor.author Wachira, T.M.
dc.contributor.author Magambo, J.K.
dc.contributor.author Zeyhle, E.
dc.contributor.editor Verwoerd, Daniel Wynand
dc.date.accessioned 2012-09-27T10:38:30Z
dc.date.available 2012-09-27T10:38:30Z
dc.date.created 2012
dc.date.issued 2000
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 study was done to determine the prevalence of hydatid cysts in goats using ultrasonography. A total of 1 390 goats were examined, 43,6 % (606/1390) of them from north-western Turkana, Kenya and 56,4% (784/1390) from Toposaland, southern Sudan. Hydatid cysts were visualized in 1,82 % (11/606) of the goats from north-western Turkana and 4,34% (34/784) of those from Toposaland. Unlike abattoir surveys, the prevalence data obtained in this study were unbiased because entire flocks were examined. The lower prevalence rate of the disease in goats from Turkana was attributed to the hydatid disease control programme in that area, which is absent in Toposaland . en
dc.description.librarian mn2012 en
dc.description.sponsorship DAAD, Germany. en
dc.identifier.citation Njoroge, EM, Mbithi, PMF, Gathuma, JM, Wachira, TM, Magambo, JK & Zeyhle, E 2000, 'Application of ultrasonography in prevalence studies of hydatid cysts in goats in north-western Turkana, Kenya and Toposaland, southern Sudan’. Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research, vol. 67, no. 4, pp. 251-255. en
dc.identifier.issn 0330-2465
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/2263/19905
dc.language en
dc.publisher Published by the Agricultural Research Council, Onderstepoort Veterinary Institute . en
dc.rights © ARC-Onderstepoort (original). © University of Pretoria. Dept of Library Services (digital). en
dc.subject Veterinary medicine en
dc.subject Goats en
dc.subject Hydatid cysts en
dc.subject Kenya en
dc.subject North-western Turkana en
dc.subject Prevalence en
dc.subject Southern Sudan en
dc.subject Toposaland en
dc.subject.lcsh Veterinary medicine -- South Africa
dc.subject.lcsh Goats -- Diseases en
dc.title Application of ultrasonography in prevalence studies of hydatid cysts in goats in north-western Turkana, Kenya and Toposaland, southern Sudan en
dc.type Article en


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