Essays about: "fästingar"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 28 essays containing the word fästingar.

  1. 11. Cross-sectional study of bovine anaplamosis in South-western Uganda : the impact of wildlife-livestock interface

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Biomedical Sciences and Veterinary Public Health

    Author : Mikael Palmfjord; [2015]
    Keywords : Anaplasma marginale; bovine anaplasmosis; cattle; Uganda; wildlife-livestock inferface;

    Abstract : The tick-borne disease bovine anaplasmosis is primarily caused by Anaplasma marginale. A variety of wild animals act as reservoirs for A. marginale, but the understanding of their role in the epidemiology of A. marginale is yet poor. READ MORE

  3. 12. Cross-sectional study of the prevalence of Babesia bigemina in Uganda : wildlife-livestock interface at and around LMNP

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Biomedical Sciences and Veterinary Public Health

    Author : Anna Schischke; [2015]
    Keywords : Babesia bigemina; wildlife-livestock interface; cattle; Uganda; vilda djur; nötkreatur;

    Abstract : Ticks and the diseases they transmit are of major importance throughout the world. In Uganda, cattle are the most important livestock from an economic point of view. Livestock keepers fear bi-directional transmission of tick-borne pathogens between their livestock and wild animals. READ MORE

  4. 13. Afrikansk svinpest hos vildsvin : ett hot mot svensk grisproduktion?

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Animal Environment and Health

    Author : Josefine Bengtsson; [2015]
    Keywords : afrikansk svinpest; vildsvin; Sus scrofa; population; African swine fever; wild boar;

    Abstract : Afrikansk svinpest är en av de allvarligaste grissjukdomarna och är på frammarsch i östra Europa. Under 2000-talet har det oerhört tåliga afrikanska svinpestviruset med hög morbiditet och mortalitet spridits från Afrika till Kaukasusregionen och angränsande europeiska länder där den utgör en stor risk för den globala grisindustrin. READ MORE

  5. 14. General health conditions in the dog population of Lilongwe

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Clinical Sciences

    Author : Sandra Johansson; [2015]
    Keywords : prevalence; infectious agents; dogs; dog population; free roaming dogs; zoonotic disease; animal welfare; Anaplasma spp.; Borrelia burgdorferi; Ehrlichia canis; Dirofilaria immitis; Ancylostoma spp.; Leishmania spp.; Toxocara canis; Toxoscaris leonina; Trichuris spp.;

    Abstract : In many cases, disease in the animal population is regarded as only an animal health issue, but may often also constitute a risk to public health. This applies especially in developing countries where people often are living under conditions of extreme poverty and then often in close proximity to their animals. READ MORE

  6. 15. Seroprevalence of Rift Valley fever in sheep and goats in Zambezia, Mozambique and preparations for a metagenomic study of arboviruses in ticks

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Biomedical Sciences and Veterinary Public Health

    Author : Isabelle Scharin; [2014]
    Keywords : Seroprevalence of Rift Valley Fever; Sheep and goats in Zambezia; Metagenomic study of arboviruses in ticks; Ticks;

    Abstract : The virus-mediated disease Rift Valley fever (RVF) was discovered during an outbreak in Kenya in the 1930s. Since then it has spread to most parts of Sub-Saharan Africa, and in the last decades several outbreaks have caused economic and health issues in Africa, Yemen and Saudi-Arabia. READ MORE