Integrating market chain assessments with zoonoses risk analysis in two cross-border pig value chains in Lao PDR

Autor: Anna L Okello, Tassilo T Tiemann, Phouth Inthavong, Boualam Khamlome, Ammaly Phengvilaysouk, Soukanh Keonouchanh, Chattouphone Keokhamphet, Virasack Somoulay, Kate Blaszak, Stuart D Blacksell, Walter O Okello, John Allen

Publikováno v: Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences, Vol 30, Iss 11, Pp 1651-1659 (2017)

Objective Lao PDR’s recent accession to the World Trade Organization necessitates a greater understanding of the patterns and risk of livestock production in order to better align national policy with the Agreement on the Application of Sanitary an

Externí odkaz: https://doaj.org/article/390967f89514477a99849308fa36b2bb

Critical Linkages Between Livestock Production, Livestock Trade and Potential Spread of Human African Trypanosomiasis in Uganda: Bioeconomic Herd Modeling and Livestock Trade Analysis

Autor: Walter O. Okello, Ewan T. MacLeod, Dennis Muhanguzi, Charles Waiswa, Alexandra P. Shaw, Susan C. Welburn

Publikováno v: Frontiers in Veterinary Science, Vol 8 (2021)

Background: Tsetse-transmitted human African trypanosomiasis (HAT) remains endemic in Uganda. The chronic form caused by Trypanosoma brucei gambiense (gHAT) is found in north-western Uganda, whereas the acute zoonotic form of the disease, caused by T

Externí odkaz: https://doaj.org/article/da8129ce59f54ae4acf28c59d35162a6

Controlling Tsetse Flies and Ticks Using Insecticide Treatment of Cattle in Tororo District Uganda: Cost Benefit Analysis

Autor: Walter O. Okello, Ewan T. MacLeod, Dennis Muhanguzi, Charles Waiswa, Susan C. Welburn

Publikováno v: Frontiers in Veterinary Science, Vol 8 (2021)

Background: The endemic vector-borne diseases transmitted by tsetse and ticks impose heavy burdens on the livestock keepers in Africa. Applying deltamethrin to the belly, legs, and ears of cattle offers a possibility of mitigating these losses at a c

Externí odkaz: https://doaj.org/article/1932c5eafe244e07acf4628d37094a84

Cost analysis of options for management of African Animal Trypanosomiasis using interventions targeted at cattle in Tororo District; south-eastern Uganda

Autor: Dennis Muhanguzi, Walter O. Okello, John D. Kabasa, Charles Waiswa, Susan C. Welburn, Alexandra P.M. Shaw

Publikováno v: Parasites & Vectors, Vol 8, Iss 1, Pp 1-9 (2015)

Abstract Background Tsetse-transmitted African trypanosomes cause both nagana (African animal Trypanosomiasis-AAT) and sleeping sickness (human African Trypanosomiasis - HAT) across Sub-Saharan Africa. Vector control and chemotherapy are the contempo

Externí odkaz: https://doaj.org/article/58f27b462807439e994753a534511024

Livestock Network Analysis for Rhodesiense Human African Trypanosomiasis Control in Uganda

Autor: Walter O. Okello, Christine A. Amongi, Dennis Muhanguzi, Ewan T. MacLeod, Charles Waiswa, Alexandra P. Shaw, Susan C. Welburn

Publikováno v: Frontiers in Veterinary Science
Frontiers in Veterinary Science, Vol 8 (2021)
Okello, W O, Amongi, C A, Muhanguzi, D, MacLeod, E T, Waiswa, C, Shaw, A P & Welburn, S C 2021, ' Livestock network analysis for rhodesiense human African trypanosomiasis control in Uganda ', Frontiers in Veterinary Science, vol. 8, 611132 . https://doi.org/10.3389/fvets.2021.611132

Background: Infected cattle sourced from districts with established foci for Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense human African trypanosomiasis (rHAT) migrating to previously unaffected districts, have resulted in a significant expansion of the disease in

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