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Title: Prevalence of Surra in Dromedary Camels in Uganda

Date Published: 1998
Author/s: W.OLAHO-MUKANI,.D KAKAIRE.E. MATOVU andJ.ENYARU
Data publication:
Funding Agency : World Bank and Uganda Government
Copyright/patents/trade marks: The Research Center for Protozoan Molecular Immunology
Journal Publisher: The journal of protozoology research
Affiliation: Livestock Health Research Institute, Tororo Uganda
Keywords: surra, dromedary camels, Uganda

Abstract:

Three herds of camels, comprising 112 animals, in the Moroto district of northeastern Uganda, were examined for Trypanosoma evansi infection using the microhaematocrit centrifugation technique (MHCT) for parasitological diagnosis and a latex
agglutination test (LAT) and an ELISA for immunodiagnosis. The MHCT showed a
parasite prevalence ranging from 0 to 47%, whereas the LAT and ELISA showed
positivities ranging from 35 to 65% and 78 to 100%, respectively. Low haematocrit
values were associated with parasite- or antigen-positive camels. Microscopic
examination of Giemsa-stained bloodstream forms and isoenzyme characterisation of
eight trypanosome isolates showed them all to be T. evansi.

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