Relationship between anaemia and parasitaemia in sheep naturally infected with Trypanosoma vivax in southwest Nigeria
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Relationship between anaemia and parasitaemia in sheep naturally infected with Trypanosoma vivax in southwest Nigeria
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Opasina, B.A.
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SHEEP
ANIMAL DISEASES NIGERIA HAEMOGLOBIN PARASITISM TRYPANOSOMA VIVAX ANAEMIA BABESIA |
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Description |
Trypanosoma vivax was diagnosed from 20 of 45 (44.4%) West African Dwarf sheep suspected of clinical trypanosomiasis on ILCA’s farm at Fasola in southwest Nigeria. The infection represented 11.8% of the total sheep on the station. Varying levels of parasitaemia and anaemia were observed among the trypanosome positive animals. There was a very significant correlation (r=0.76) between PCV, the measure of the degree of anaemia, and the degree of parasitaemia. Also, there was a significant difference (P
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2016-02-08T09:02:41Z
2016-02-08T09:02:41Z 1984 |
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Report
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http://hdl.handle.net/10568/70745
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en
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