2013
DOI: 10.1186/1746-6148-9-171
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Design and descriptive epidemiology of the Infectious Diseases of East African Livestock (IDEAL) project, a longitudinal calf cohort study in western Kenya

Abstract: BackgroundThere is a widely recognised lack of baseline epidemiological data on the dynamics and impacts of infectious cattle diseases in east Africa. The Infectious Diseases of East African Livestock (IDEAL) project is an epidemiological study of cattle health in western Kenya with the aim of providing baseline epidemiological data, investigating the impact of different infections on key responses such as growth, mortality and morbidity, the additive and/or multiplicative effects of co-infections, and the inf… Show more

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“…The IDEAL project has been described in detail elsewhere ( Bronsvoort et al, 2013 ). In brief, a cohort of 548 East African shorthorn calves was recruited into the project at birth and monitored for a period of one year.…”
Section: Methodsmentioning
confidence: 99%
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“…The IDEAL project has been described in detail elsewhere ( Bronsvoort et al, 2013 ). In brief, a cohort of 548 East African shorthorn calves was recruited into the project at birth and monitored for a period of one year.…”
Section: Methodsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The aim of the study reported here was to gain further information on the prevalence of tick-borne parasites in an important farming system in eastern Africa through the use of the RLB assay. The samples were obtained from an intensively studied birth cohort of 548 calves in western Kenya ( Bronsvoort et al, 2013 ). Apart from baseline prevalence, the results were used to determine the levels of coinfections in the calf population.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…They would be expected to display some level of tolerance – resistance to pathogens common in East Africa, e.g. Anaplasma marginale , Babesia bigemina , Haemonchus placei and Theileria parva 9 10 11 . However, a recent study has shown that in the absence of any veterinary intervention, 16% of newborn calves still died from natural causes during their first year 10 .…”
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“…Anaplasma marginale , Babesia bigemina , Haemonchus placei and Theileria parva 9 10 11 . However, a recent study has shown that in the absence of any veterinary intervention, 16% of newborn calves still died from natural causes during their first year 10 . Specifically, East Coast Fever and haemonchosis have been identified as the main causes of death 11 .…”
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“…taurus (Hansen, 2004;Maule, 1990;Mattioli et al, 2000;Porter, 1991). A few examples include the West African N'Dama cattle which have been confirmed to be tolerant to trypanosomiasis (Kim et al,2017) and the Kenyan Small East African zebu (SEAZ) which were shown to be resistant to Rhipicephalus (R.) appendiculatus ticks (Latif & Pegram, 1992) and to survive well in environments with poor quality forage, water scarcity and high temperatures (Western & Finch, 1986;de Clare Bronsvoort et al,2013). Tanzania shorthorn zebu (TSZ) is the breed name for the indigenous cattle of Tanzania and 12 strains have been identified.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%