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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
agricultural and biological sciences
Participatory diagnosis of a chronic wasting disease in cattle in southern Sudan
Preventive Veterinary Medicine, Volume 51, No. 3-4, Year 2001
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In southern Sudan, livestock keepers identified a chronic wasting disease in adult cattle as one of their most-serious animal-health problems. Participatory-appraisal (PA) methods and conventional veterinary-investigation methods were used to characterise the chronic wasting disease and identify linkages between indigenous knowledge and modern veterinary knowledge. The local characterisation of chronic wasting encompassed trypanosomosis, fasciolosis, parasitic gastroenteritis and schistosomosis (as both single and mixed infections). A standardised PA method called matrix scoring had good reproducibility when investigating local perceptions of disease-signs and disease causes. Comparison of matrix-scoring results showed much overlap with modern veterinary descriptions of cattle diseases and the results of conventional veterinary investigation. Applications of PA methods in remote areas with very limited veterinary infrastructure are discussed. The validation of data derived from PA is discussed by reference to the low sensitivity of 'field-friendly' diagnostic tests for important cattle diseases. © 2001 Elsevier Science B.V.
Authors & Co-Authors
Catley, Andrew P.
United Kingdom, London
International Institute for Environment and Development
Okoth, S.
Kenya, Nairobi
Vétérinaires Sans Frontières Suisse
Osman, J.
United States, New York
Unicef
Fison, T.
United Kingdom, London
Save the Children Fund
Njiru, Zablon Kithinji
Kenya, Nairobi
Kenya Trypanosomiasis Research Institute
Mwangi, J.
Kenya, Nairobi
Kenya Trypanosomiasis Research Institute
Jones, Bryony Anne
United States, New York
Unicef
Leyland, T. J.
Kenya, Nairobi
Organisation of African Unity Oau/inter-african Bureau of Animal Resources Ibar
Statistics
Citations: 103
Authors: 8
Affiliations: 6
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1016/S0167-5877(01)00240-9
ISSN:
01675877
Study Locations
Sudan