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Animal trypanosomiasis, also known as nagana and nagana pest, or sleeping sickness, is a disease of vertebrates. The disease is caused by trypanosomes of several species in the genus Trypanosoma such as T. brucei. T. vivax causes nagana mainly in West Africa, although it has spread to South America. [1] The trypanosomes infect the blood of the ...
nagana, a form of the disease trypanosomiasis ( q.v. ), occurring chiefly in cattle and horses and caused by several species of the protozoan Trypanosoma. The disease, which occurs in southern and central Africa, is carried from animal to animal chiefly by tsetse flies. Signs of infection include fever, muscular wasting, anemia, and swelling of ...
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May 2, 2023 · Other trypanosomes cause disease in wild and domestic animals. In African cattle, it is called Nagana. Trypanosomiasis in domestic animals is a major obstacle to rural economic development. Domestic and wild animals are the main reservoir of human-pathogenic T. b. rhodesiense.
In cattle the disease is called Nagana. Trypanosomiasis in domestic animals, particularly in cattle, is a major obstacle to the economic development of affected rural areas. Animals can host the human pathogen parasites, especially T.b. rhodesiense, of which domestic and wild animals are an important reservoir.
May 30, 2019 · The first integrated tsetse and tick control was introduced in 1990, when a severe nagana outbreak occurred in the tsetse infested areas of north-eastern KwaZulu-Natal, about 10 000 cattle died of AAT and 116, 000 were treated using ethidium bromide during this outbreak (Kappmeier et al. 1998). The control measures included the use of ...
- Abdalla A. Latif, Lundi Ntantiso, Chantel de Beer
- 10.4102/ojvr.v86i1.1639
- 2019
- Onderstepoort J Vet Res. 2019; 86(1): 1639.
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Tsetse-transmitted Trypanosomosis is an infectious disease unique to Africa and caused by various species of blood parasites. The disease affects both people [Human African Trypanosomosis (HAT) or sleeping sickness] and animals [Animal African Trypanosomosis (AAT) or Nagana] and occurs in 37 sub-Saharan countries covering more than 9 million km 2, an area which corresponds approximately to one ...
Aug 12, 2021 · Animal African Trypanosomiasis also known as ‘nagana’ is a debilitating vector-borne disease caused by trypanosome parasites and transmitted to human and animals by tsetse fly of the Glossina genus within sub-Saharan Africa. The parasite lives extracellularly and multiplies in the blood and fluid tissues of the mammalian host, leading to morbidity and mortality of the infected animal if ...
