School of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Resources (SVAR): Recent submissions
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Pathology of the gastrointestinal tract in free ranging mountain gorillas
(Commonwealth Veterinary Association, 2009-11-08)The study was done to assess the pathological lesions in the gastrointestinal tract in the free-ranging mountain gorillas in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park and the Virunga Volcanoes of Uganda, Rwanda and the Democratic ... -
Inventory and analysis of medicinal and nutritional plants in Oyam District, Northern Uganda
(2009-11)An ethnobotanical study was carried out in six villages in the Ngai and Otwal sub counties in Oyam district, Northern Uganda, where insurgency has been prevalent for the past 20 years. Information was obtained mainly from ... -
On-farm study of the growth performance of toggenburg goat and its crosses with the small East African goat in Mount Elgon area of Uganda
(2009-07-17)Dairy goat production is considered one of the viable enterprises in poverty reduction and in the improvement of the health and nutrition of the rural poor. Pure exotic dairy goats such as the Toggenburg from the temperate ... -
Production, breeding practices and physical traits of economic importance in Ugandan goats
(2009-07)Two studies were conducted in the districts of Sembabule, Soroti and Arua in Uganda to characterise the goat production and breeding practices and to determine the variability in body measurements. In the first study a ... -
Frequency of markers of resistance to antifolates used as preventive therapy for placental malaria in pregnant women, Tororo District
(2010-07)Antifolates are currently being used in Africa as intermittent preventive therapy (IPT) to prevent malaria in pregnant women. It is recommended that HIV-uninfected pregnant women receive at least two doses of sulfadoxine ... -
Assement of trypanosome prevalence in FITCA high risk areas
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Animal health intervations for human health benefits
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Genotypic Status of the TbAT1/P2 Adenosine Transporter of Trypanosoma brucei gambiense Isolates from Northwestern Uganda following Melarsoprol Withdrawal
(Public Library of Science, 2009-09)Background: The development of arsenical and diamidine resistance in Trypanosoma brucei is associated with loss of drug uptake by the P2 purine transporter as a result of alterations in the corresponding T. brucei adenosine ... -
Factors influencing milk production in Cankuzo Province, Burundi
(2009-12)Burundi is a country with ancient pastoral farming tradition where animal husbandry particularly of cattle, has always played an important role in the economy. The objective of this study was to find out how milk production ... -
Bovine trypanomiasis in South-Western Uganda: packed-cell volumes and prevalence of infection in the cattle.
(Animals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology, 2004)Following confirmed cases of trypanosomiasis (‘nagana’) and reports of trypanosome-attributable deaths among local cattle, a cross-sectional study was undertaken to determine the prevalence of bovine infection with ... -
Risks of Taenia solium cysticercosis in urban and peri-urban areas of Kampala, Uganda
(International Congress of Parasitology (ICOPA XI), )In developing countries, cities are rapidly expanding, and over 50% of Africa’s population is estimated to live in or around cities by 2025 (United Nations 2002). To feed these growing city populations, urban and peri-urban ... -
Factors affecting livestock restocking projects in South Teso of Eastern Uganda
(2008)This study was undertaken among the restocked beneficiaries of Kumi and Bukedea Districts in Eastern Uganda. Kidongole in Bukedea district and Kobwin and Mukongoro in Kumi district were chosen for the study. Fourteen key ... -
A burgeoning epidemic of sleeping sickness in Uganda
(Lancet, 2005-08-27)The epidemic of Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense sleeping sickness in eastern Uganda, which began in 1998 as a result of movements of the livestock reservoir of the parasite, has continued to spread. An additional 133 000 ... -
Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense Transmitted by a Single Tsetse Fly Bite in Vervet Monkeys as a Model of Human African Trypanosomiasis
(Public Library of Science, 2008-05)We have investigated the pathogenicity of tsetse (Glossina pallidipes)-transmitted cloned strains of Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense in vervet monkeys. Tsetse flies were confirmed to have mature trypanosome infections by ... -
Participatory livestock farmer training for improvement of animal health in rural and peri-urban smallholder dairy herds in Jinja, Uganda
(Springer, 2007-01-13)Within the framework of a research project investigating methods to decrease mastitis incidence, farmer groups for participatory training in a modified Farmer Field School approach were initiated in order to improve animal ... -
Treatment of East Coast Fever of cattle with a combination of Parvaquone and Frusmide
(Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2004)Pulmonary oedema is a common sign of East Coast Fever (ECF Theileria parva infection) of cattle. A trial was conducted on farms in Uganda to compare a product containing both the antitheilerial compound parvaquone and the ... -
Conception rates of estrus-synchronized indigenous Ugandan goats by cervical artificial insemination
(2010)The conception rates of estrus-synchronized indigenous Ugandan goats with fresh semen cervical artificially inseminated were not known. The study aimed at establishing the effects of synchronization technique, type of ... -
Consumption of animal source foods in children less than five years of age in Hoima district, Uganda
(INABSTA, 2008)Child malnutrition is one of the most important human health problems in Uganda being ranked among the ten top killer diseases. Nutritional deficiencies are often juxtaposed to health problems and often malnutrition is a ... -
Comparison of reverse line blot and β-tubulin targeted nested pcr techniques in the detection of tick-borne heamoparasites of ruminants
(2010-04)In this study, Reverse Line Blot assay and Beta-tubulin targeted nested PCR were compared in detection of tick-borne piroplasms in areas around L.Mburo in Western Uganda. A total of 300 blood samples were collected from ... -
Comparison of reverse line blot and β-tubulin targeted nested pcr techniques in the detection of tick-borne heamoparasites of ruminants
(2010-04)In this study, Reverse Line Blot assay and Beta-tubulin targeted nested PCR were compared in detection of tick-borne piroplasms in areas around L.Mburo in Western Uganda. A total of 300 blood samples were collected from ...