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Trypanosomiasis challenge estimation using the diminazene aceturate (Berenil) index in Zebu in Gabon.
COSSIC, Brieuc; ADJAHOUTONON, B; GLOAGUEN, P et al.
2017In Tropical Animal Health and Production, 49 (3), p. 619-624
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Keywords :
African animal trypanosomiasis; Berenil index .; Diminazen-aceturate
Abstract :
[en] A longitudinal study was conducted within a cattle ranch in Gabon to determine the diminazene aceturate (Berenil) index (DAI) in a group of Zebu, raised under low tsetse density; this measure providing an assessment of trypanosomiasis risk. The objective was to evaluate the trypanosomiasis pressure thus informing trypanosomiasis control methods and cattle management. Twenty female adult Zebu were monitored for 24 weeks during the dry season. Blood samples were collected on aweekly basis and subjected to parasitological and haematological analysis (n = 480), using the buffy-coat method and the packed cell volume value (PCV), respectively, infected animals were treated with a single intramuscular injection of diminazene aceturate (8 mg/kg). Twenty-nine single infectious events were recorded and a DAI of 1.45 was calculated. Two trypanosome species were identified: Trypanosoma congolense (96.2%) and Trypanosoma vivax (3.8%). The mean PCV value of the infected animals was lower (26.6) compared to non-infected animals (32.0). This study shows that DAI may be a useful tool to assess trypanosomiasis. However, this is a time-consumingmethod that may be improved by using randomly selected sentinel animals to adapt the chemoprophylactic schemes, hence decreasing the costs and the drug resistance risk.
Disciplines :
Veterinary medicine & animal health
Author, co-author :
COSSIC, Brieuc;  University of Edinburgh, > Edinburgh Medical School: Biomedical Sciences, > Biomedical Sciences, > 2017
ADJAHOUTONON, B
GLOAGUEN, P
DIBANGANGA, GL
MAGANGA, G
Leroy, Pascal ;  Université de Liège > Département des productions animales (DPA) > Conseillers du Recteur
Picozzi, K
Language :
English
Title :
Trypanosomiasis challenge estimation using the diminazene aceturate (Berenil) index in Zebu in Gabon.
Publication date :
March 2017
Journal title :
Tropical Animal Health and Production
ISSN :
0049-4747
eISSN :
1573-7438
Publisher :
Kluwer Academic Publishers, Boston, United States - Massachusetts
Volume :
49
Issue :
3
Pages :
619-624
Peer reviewed :
Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi
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