Observation d'une flambée de trypanosomose équine due à Trypanosoma vivax en zone urbaine au Sénégal

Autor: Dehoux, JP., Diaw, M., Buldgen, A.
Jazyk: English<br />French
Rok vydání: 1996
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Zdroj: Tropicultura, Vol 14, Iss 1, Pp 35-36 (1996)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 0771-3312
Popis: Observation of an Outbreak of Equine Trypanosomiasis due to Trypanosoma vivax in Urban Environment in Senegal. An outbreak of trypanosomiasis in imported and local horses and ponies occurred in September 1994 in a private horseriding farm near Dakar. Trypanosoma vivax was isolated. 5 mortalities (which a local pony were registered on 20 ill animals. The clinical signs were fever, depression, emaciation, anemia ad oedema. Curative treatment with intramuscular diminazene (3.5 mg/kg) and prophylactic intravenous isometamidium (0.5 mg/kg) were injected in October 1994 and July 1995. Glossina palpalis gambiensis was isolated near the farm.
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