| resistance to benzimidazoles in haemonchus contortus of sheep in tanzania. | this study was undertaken to establish whether resistance to benzimidazole anthelmintics was present in gastrointestinal nematodes of sheep and goats at the university farm of sokoine university of agriculture, morogoro, tanzania. groups of lambs were treated with albendazole at 3.8 mg/kg (recommended dose rate), 5.6 mg/kg and 10.0 mg/kg and a fourth group was untreated. seven days after treatment, faecal egg count reductions (fecr) were found to be 94.3%, 97.6% and 99.3% and 14 days after treat ... | 1990 | 1980804 |
| mycoplasmas isolated from the respiratory tract of cattle and goats in tanzania. | a microbiological study of the mycoplasma flora in the respiratory tracts of cattle and goats in selected regions of tanzania is described. in the examination of cattle, mycoplasmas were isolated from 60 (17.8%) of the 338 examined lung samples, 8 (47.1%) of the 17 lymph nodes, 4 (13.3%) of the 30 pleural fluid samples and 4 (3.9%) of the 103 nasal swabs examined. all the isolates were identified as mycoplasma mycoides subsp. mycoides, small colony type except for one isolate from pleural fluid ... | 2000 | 11126579 |
| demonstration of mycoplasma capricolum subsp. capripneumoniae and mycoplasma mycoides subsp. mycoides, small colony type in outbreaks of caprine pleuropneumonia in eastern tanzania. | an outbreak of caprine pleuropneumonia involving about 1200 goats in the coast and morogoro regions of eastern tanzania is reported. the major clinical findings were severe respiratory distress, fever, mucopurulent nasal discharge and high mortality involving all age groups and both sexes of goats. the morbidity and mortality rates were 45%-90% and 14%-50%, respectively. the principal pathological lesions were confined to the thoracic cavity and comprised hydrothorax and serofibrinous pleuropneu ... | 2000 | 11126580 |
| peri-parturient helminthosis in strains of small east african goats in tanzania. | the effect of physiological status (e.g. pregnancy and lactation) on the susceptibility to gastrointestinal nematodes was studied in the dodoma and kigoma strains of small east african goats in morogoro. forty-six pregnant does (19 dodoma and 27 kigoma strain) and 123 non-pregnant/dry (68 dodoma and 55 kigoma) from a controlled-breeding programme were used. does were grazed on naturally contaminated pastures at sokoine university of agriculture for 8 months. faecal samples and whole blood for de ... | 2001 | 11448504 |
| efficacy of albendazole and levamisole against gastrointestinal nematodes of sheep and goats in morogoro, tanzania. | a study was conducted to determine the efficacy of albendazole after it had been withdrawn from use due to the development of resistant strains of nematodes about ten years ago. the study also aimed to determine the present efficacy of levamisole, which had been recommended to replace albendazole. on one farm, the sheep and goats were divided into two groups, one group of each serving as the untreated control, while the other was treated with levamisole. the sheep on the other farm were divided ... | 2002 | 11969109 |
| studies on the eimeria of goats at magadu dairy farm sua, morogoro, tanzania. | | 2009 | 19184505 |