Browsing by Subject "Animal diseases"
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Bovine mastitis on selected farms in Kamwenge District: prevalence and antibiograms of the causative bacteria
(Makerere university, 2022-10-10)Bovine mastitis is an inflammation of the parenchyma of mammary glands characterized by physical, chemical, and usually bacteriological changes in milk, and pathological changes in glandular tissues of the udder. It is a ... -
Economic analysis of transboundary animal disease control in Ntungamo and Rakai Districts, Uganda: A case of foot and mouth disease and east coast fever.
(Makerere University, 2013-10)Transboundary animal diseases (TADs) are a major threat to livestock keepers affecting growth and productivity. This study was therefore conducted specifically to: characterise agro-pastoralists in Ntungamo and Rakai ... -
Gender dynamics and extent of women smallholder livestock farmers’ empowerment to control peste des petits ruminants and Newcastle disease, Sembabule District
(Makerere University, 2022-12)There is insufficient information that has been documented about women empowerment in smallholder livestock production in rural communities of Uganda. This study sought to establish the role of gender dynamics and small ... -
How the So people today handle pests and diseases
(2022)How the So people today handle pests and diseases that affect crops and livestock in their area and how they were handled in the past -
Peste des petits ruminants post vaccination seroconversion and risk factors in selected districts of Uganda
(Makerere University, 2023)Following the adoption of the Global Strategy for the control and eradication of Peste des Petits Ruminants (PPR), Uganda set to procure vaccines for the eradication of PPR. About 1.5 million doses of PPR75/1 (EMVY strain) ... -
Prevalence and risk factors associated with occurrence of camel brucellosis in Mudug Pastoral Region, Somalia
(Makerere University, 2018-10)Brucellosis a zoonotic disease is primarily a disease of cattle and goats/sheep. Camels however are also infected by B. abortus and B. melitensis, which are from ruminants. A cross-sectional study was conducted to determine ... -
Prevalence and risk factors of Echinococcus granulosus infection in dogs in Moroto and Bukedea Districts in Uganda
(Springer, 2015-10)A cross sectional study was conducted in Moroto and Bukedea districts of Uganda from May to September 2013 to determine the prevalence and risk factors of Echinococcus granulosus infection in dogs. Fresh dog faecal samples ... -
Prevalence and risk factors of porcine cysticercosis in Kitgum District, Northern Uganda
(Makerere University, 2024)Cysticercosis caused by Taenia solium (T. solium) is a neglected zoonotic disease with serious public health implications. It is caused by the larval stage of the pork tapeworm, T. solium. Pigs are intermediate hosts of ... -
Prevalence of selected zoonotic gastrointestinal helminths and associated risk factors in free roaming domestic dogs in Kyegegwa District, Uganda
(Makerere University, 2022-12)Gastrointestinal helminths remain the most important parasitic infections affecting dogs worldwide and pose a risk to animal and human health. Helminth infections are most common in free roaming domestic dogs and stray ... -
Quantifying the burden of foot and mouth disease in selected districts in Uganda
(2018-12)One cycle of foot and mouth disease is considered for a susceptible, infected and removed epidemiological model. Analysis of the basic properties of the SIR epidemic model with direct transmission of infection and numerical ... -
The role of Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli in the etiology of piglet diarrhea in Kayunga and Mityana Districts of Central Uganda
(Makerere University, 2023)Pig production in Uganda is highly constrained by rampant piglet mortalities with diarrhea being a key feature. The present study was conducted to determine possible involvement of Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli as agents ... -
Seroprevalence and risk factors for brucellosis in cattle and humans in selected districts of Jimma zone, Southwest Ethiopia
(Makerere University, 2014-09)A cross-sectional study was carried out in two selected areas of Jimma zone from February 2014 to May 2014 to determine sero-prevalence of Brucellosis and associated risk factors in cattle and humans. A total of 348 blood ...