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Relationship between anaemia and parasitaemia in sheep naturally infected with Trypanosoma vivax in southwest Nigeria

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Title Relationship between anaemia and parasitaemia in sheep naturally infected with Trypanosoma vivax in southwest Nigeria
 
Creator Opasina, B.A.
 
Subject SHEEP
ANIMAL DISEASES
NIGERIA
HAEMOGLOBIN
PARASITISM
TRYPANOSOMA VIVAX
ANAEMIA
BABESIA
 
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
 
Date 2016-02-08T09:02:41Z
2016-02-08T09:02:41Z
1984
 
Type Report
 
Identifier http://hdl.handle.net/10568/70745
 
Language en