University of Pretoria. Faculty of Veterinary Science2008-02-272008-02-272008-02-27tryp-17tryp-18http://hdl.handle.net/2263/4597Colour photos. Photo 1: Original document size: (w)7 x (h)4.64 cm. Original scanned size: 255 kb JPEG, 600 dpi. Final web-ready size: 27.51 kb. Estimate download time: 11 sec. @ 28.8 kbps. Photo 2: Original document size: (w)7 x (h)4.58 cm. Original scanned size: 318 kb JPEG, 600 dpi. Final web-ready size: 27.51 kb. Estimate download time: 11 sec. @ 28.8 kbps. Original TIFF files housed at the Dept. Veterinary Tropical Diseases, University of Pretoria. Metadata assigned by Prof. R.C. Tustin, Professor Emeritus: DVTD. His academic and professional experience includes: veterinarian for 54 years, senior lecturer at UP for 7 years, head of Department at UP for 17 years and Veterinary Council for 3 years.Light micrographTrypanosoma brucei is a parasitic protist species and one of the important species which cause nagana or African animal trypanosomosis in human and animals in Africa. There are 3 sub-species of Trypanosoma brucei: T.b.brucei, T.b.gambiense and T.b.rhodesiense. The insect vector for Trypanosoma brucei is the tsetse fly.28170 bytes28174 bytesimage/jpegimage/jpegLight micrograph©Prof B.L. Penzhorn, University of Pretoria, Dept of Veterinary Tropical Diseases (Original and digital) Provided for educational purposes only. It may not be downloaded, reproduced or distributed in any format without written permission of the original copyright holder. Any attempt to circumvent the access controls placed on this file is a violation of copyright laws and is subject to criminal prosecution. Please contact the collection administrator for copyright issues.Trypanosoma bruceiNaganaVeterinary protozoology -- South AfricaAfrican trypanosomiasisTrypanosomiasisImage