Economic evaluation of the production impact of bovine schistosomiasis and vaccination in the Sudan

McCauley, E.; Majid, A. A.; Tayeb, A. E. El

doi:10.1016/0167-5877(84)90030-8

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“…To strengthen our view, abattoir surveys have revealed a significant prevalence of S. spindale in various parts of Kerala. The significant prevalence of infection among live animals demands urgent attention as the disease is characterised with morbidity, mortality, reduced productivity and poor subsequent reproductive performance (Mc Cauley et al 1984) and increased susceptibility to other diseases (Dargie 1980). Dot-ELISA is simple, cheap and easy to perform under field conditions and offer best possibility for timely and effective diagnosis of the disease, identification of endemic areas and thus in planning prevention and control strategies.…”

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Efficacy of Dot-ELISA using different antigens in detecting anti-schistosome antibodies among bovines in field conditions

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Schistosomosis has been recognised as one of the major parasitic diseases of livestock and human beings. Schistosoma spindale is the major cause of visceral schistosomosis among bovines of Kerala State. Besides pathology in animals, it has been long known that cercariae of S. spindale are a common cause of dermatitis in human beings in Asia. However, detection of this disease based on coprology has underestimated the prevalence of this economically important disease among cattle of the State. An efficient diagnostic tool providing unequivocal evidence of infection in living animals is perhaps, the key to formulate and deliver control measures to the target population. It is also crucial for an enhanced understanding of parasite epidemiology. The utility of excretory-secretory proteins as diagnostic and vaccine candidates for schistosomosis has been a focus of medical research since long. There exists a paucity of information with regard to analysis of ES proteins of S. spindale and their incorporation to develop sensitive and specific serodiagnostic tool. Hence a study was designed to evaluate the efficacy of Dot-ELISA incorporating different antigens of S. spindale and to validate the test under field conditions.

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Efficacy of Dot-ELISA using different antigens in detecting anti-schistosome antibodies among bovines in field conditions

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“…Economic losses for infections in livestock have been seldom studied and hence are less defined, but add significantly to the economic burden and suffering of communities. It is known that the non-zoonotic S. bovis can result in substantial economic losses in livestock (Hunt McCauley et al, 1984) and hence, by analogy, direct production losses due to S. japonicum are likely.…”

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One world health: Socioeconomic burden and parasitic disease control priorities

Torgerson¹

2013

Veterinary Parasitology

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Parasitic diseases present a considerable socio-economic impact to society. Zoonotic parasites can result in a considerable burden of disease in humans and substantive economic losses to livestock populations. Ameliorating the effects of these diseases may consist of attempts at eradicating specific diseases at a global level, eliminating them at a national or local level or controlling the disease to minimise incidence. Alternatively with some parasitic zoonoses it may only be possible to treat human and animal cases as they arise. The choice of approach will be determined by the potential effectiveness of a disease control programme, its cost and the cost effectiveness or cost benefit of undertaking the intervention. Furthermore human disease burden is being increasingly measured by egalitarian nonfinancial measures which do not sit comfortably with measurements of economic costs in livestock.This adds additional challenges to assessing socio-economic burdens of zoonotic diseases. Using examples from the group of neglected zoonotic diseases, information regarding the socio-economic effects of these diseases are reviewed and the use of this information in decision making with regard to control and treatment of these diseases is discussed.

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“…The disease is characterized by its chronic nature and affects the productivity and reproduction performances; and predisposes animals to other diseases (Dargie, 1980;McCauley et al, 1983McCauley et al, , 1984. Schistosomosis is endemic in the tropical and subtropical countries of Africa, Asia and southern Europe (Lawerence, 1971;Fraser et al, 1991).…”

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Repeated simple sedimentation technique and prevalence of bovine schistosomosis in selected sites of Bahir Dar woreda

Habtamu¹,

Mariam²

2011

Ethiop. Vet. J.

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The study was conducted from April 2008 to February 2009 at Bahir Dar Woreda adjoining Upper Blue Nile "Abay" river basin, northwest Ethiopia with the aim of estimating the benefit from repeated examination of faecal samples in diagnosis of bovine Schistosomosis and determining the prevalence of the disease in naturally infected cattle. Two hundred and twenty nine cattle (112 local and 117cross) were used from the population as study animals. Out of 687 faecal samples (229 cattle x 3 consecutive days) examined, 256 samples were found positive for Schistosoma bovis giving an overall prevalence of 37.3%. Sampling of each animal was made for three consecutive days and schistosomosis prevalence was determined for each sample day i.e. for day1, day2 and day3. There was a significant difference (p<0.05) in the prevalence of schistosomosis of cattle between day1 and day3. The prevalence of the disease in both breeds increases as sample day increases. However, in cross breed cattle the prevalence of schistosomosis was significantly (p<0.05) higher than local breeds. Statistical analyses of result revealed that there were significant differences in infection between age groups (P<0.05). There was no significance difference (P>0.05) in the prevalence of Schistosoma infection between the two sex groups. This work demonstrates that the sensitivity of sedimentation techniques in detection of Schistosoma eggs of cattle increases by repeated faecal examinations. As useful method, repeated faecal examinations should be applied by veterinarians for diagnosis of schistosomosis in endemic areas of the country.

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Economic evaluation of the production impact of bovine schistosomiasis and vaccination in the Sudan

Cited by 39 publications

References 15 publications

Efficacy of Dot-ELISA using different antigens in detecting anti-schistosome antibodies among bovines in field conditions

Efficacy of Dot-ELISA using different antigens in detecting anti-schistosome antibodies among bovines in field conditions

One world health: Socioeconomic burden and parasitic disease control priorities

Repeated simple sedimentation technique and prevalence of bovine schistosomosis in selected sites of Bahir Dar woreda

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