Essays about: "seroprevalens"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 33 essays containing the word seroprevalens.

  1. 11. Seroepidemiology of Peste des Petits Ruminants in central Tanzania alongside an evaluation of filter paper as transport medium

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

    Author : Nils Roos; [2016]
    Keywords : seroepidemiology; seroprevalence; filter paper; PPRV; Tanzania; seroepidemiologi; seroprevalens; filterpapper;

    Abstract : Peste des Petits Ruminants (PPR) is a disease of increased attention since the eradication of Rinderpest virus (RPV) in 2011. PPR is an acute and highly contagious viral disease of small ruminants caused by a Morbillivirus named Peste des petits ruminants virus (PPRV). READ MORE

  3. 12. A screening for Schmallenberg Virus among sheep and goats in Tanzania

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Clinical Sciences

    Author : Lovisa Levin; [2015]
    Keywords : Schmallenberg virus; ; seroprevalence; Tanzania; sheep; goats; seroprevalens; får; getter;

    Abstract : Schmallenberg virus (SBV) is a novel arthropod-borne orthobunyavirus emerging in Europe in 2011 to 2012. Acute SBV infection causes diarrhoea, fever and reduced milk production in dairy cattle, but it is mainly the reproductive disorders (abortions, malformed foetuses and stillborn animals) in ruminants that have caused substantial economical losses. READ MORE

  4. 13. 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

  5. 14. Does hygiene training among farmers in Northeast India give healthier cows? : with special focus on animal welfare, milk yield and brucellosis

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Clinical Sciences

    Author : Anna Berg; [2015]
    Keywords : brucellosis; animal welfare; hoof health; Assam; dairy farming; milk yield;

    Abstract : In the years of 2009-2013 a hygiene training program was developed in the north eastern state of Assam, India, by the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) together with local partners. The goal was to improve the hygiene and quality throughout the process of producing and selling milk. READ MORE

  6. 15. A serological study of Rift Valley Fever virus in two regions in Tanzania

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Clinical Sciences

    Author : Nica Wachtmeister; [2015]
    Keywords : Rift Valley Fever virus; Tanzania; epidemiology; Rift Valley Fever virus; epidemiologi;

    Abstract : Rift Valley Fever (RVF) is a disease caused by Rift Valley Fever virus (RVFV), which is an arbovirus. An arbovirus is a virus that is transmitted by an arthropod vector, in this case a mosquito. The virus is a member of the Phlebovirus genus in the family Bunyaviridae. It was first identified in the Rift Valley in Kenya in 1930. READ MORE