| survey of the dog population of zimbabwe and its level of rabies vaccination. | a random sample survey using personal interviews was conducted in zimbabwe in 1986 to determine the size and structure of the national dog population and its level of rabies vaccination. there was an average of 0.91 dogs per household in zimbabwe giving an extrapolated total population of 1,308,577 dogs. there was a dog to people ratio of 1:6.5 and an average of 3.4 dogs per square kilometre. the ratio of adult male to female dogs was 0.56:0.44, with 20 per cent of the dog population being less ... | 1990 | 2075689 |
| a baiting system suitable for the delivery of oral rabies vaccine to dog populations in zimbabwe. | a baiting system suitable for the delivery of oral rabies vaccine to dog populations in developing countries was studied in zimbabwe. in a field trial, 369 sponge baits containing a placebo liquid, rhodamine b as a biomarker and a pungent attractant were distributed over an area of 60 sq km in a communal land in manicaland with a dog population of over 500. twenty-four hours later 21 per cent of the baits were recovered and 79 per cent of these had been significantly bitten or chewed. twenty-fiv ... | 1988 | 3176260 |
| reactivity of sera collected from dogs in mutare, zimbabwe, to antigens of ehrlichia canis and cowdria ruminantium. | six of 20 sera from apparently healthy dogs in mutare, zimbabwe, contained antibodies which were reactive with cowdria ruminantium and ehrlichia canis in indirect fluorescent antibody tests at similar titres. in western blots these sera recognised the immunodominant antigen bands of the two organisms. sera with high titres (> 1/80) recognised additional antigen bands of each organism. it was not possible to determine whether these dogs had been exposed to c ruminantium, e canis or other ehrlichi ... | 1994 | 8073593 |
| the epidemiology of rabies in zimbabwe. 1. rabies in dogs (canis familiaris). | the epidemiology of rabies in dogs in zimbabwe is described using data from 1950, when rabies was re-introduced after a 37-year absence, to 1996. dogs constituted 45.7% of all laboratory-confirmed rabies cases and were the species most frequently diagnosed with the disease. slightly more cases were diagnosed from june to november than in other months. from 1950 to the early 1980s, most dog cases were recorded from commercial farming areas, but since the early 1980s most have been recorded from c ... | 1999 | 10396756 |
| western blot and indirect fluorescent antibody testing for antibodies reactive with ehrlichia canis in sera from apparently healthy dogs in zimbabwe. | sera were collected from apparently healthy dogs in 3 major centres in zimbabwe to establish the prevalence of antibodies reactive with ehrlichia canis by indirect fluorescent antibody (ifa) testing at titres of 1/20 or greater. the overall seroprevalence was 42% (39/93) with dogs from mutare (40%) and harare (33%) having similar rates which were lower than those for bulawayo (68%). the majority of the ifa positive dogs from harare (67%) had no haematological or biochemical evidence of canine eh ... | 1993 | 8176682 |