Maintaining zebu Maure cattle in a tsetse infested area of Mali. Academic Article

abstract

• A study was initiated to evaluate two trypanocidal drugs, the prophylactic isometamidium chloride (Trypamidium) and the curative diminazene aceturate (Berenil) as to their potential for long-term maintenance of zebu cattle in a tsetse infested area of Mali. Trypamidium was administered quarterly and Berenil was administered only as animals were found to be positive for trypanosomes. During the 21-month study trypanosomiasis was the most frequently encountered disease in the cattle in the Berenil treatment group with an average of 5.5 reinfections. The predominant trypanosome species encountered was Trypanosoma vivax and the most important vector was Glossina palpalis gambiensis. The results indicate that, even though the direct costs for drugs under the two maintenance regimens were almost identical, the use of Trypamidium resulted in a significantly greater annual weight gain, prevented death loss due to trypanosomiasis and resulted in a herd with a greater market value.

authors

• Logan, Linda

published proceedings

• Trop Anim Health Prod

author list (cited authors)

• Logan, L. L., Goodwin, J. T., Tembely, S., & Craig, T. M.

citation count

• 8

complete list of authors

• Logan, LL||Goodwin, JT||Tembely, S||Craig, TM

publication date

• February 1984

publisher

• Springer Nature  Publisher

keywords

• Animals
• Body Weight
• Cattle
• Diminazene
• Female
• Male
• Mali
• Phenanthridines
• Trypanosomiasis, African
• Trypanosomiasis, Bovine
• Tsetse Flies

PubMed Central ID

• 6729998

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1007/BF02248921

start page

• 1

end page

• 12

volume

• 16

issue

• 1

URL

• http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/bf02248921

user-defined tag

• 3 Good Health and Well-Being