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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
agricultural and biological sciences
Homidium bromide as a chemoprophylactic for cattle trypanosomiasis in Kenya
Acta Tropica, Volume 47, No. 3, Year 1990
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Description
Homidium bromide was used in a strategic chemoprophylactic regime to control trypanosomiasis in Boran cattle in Kenya. Trypanosome infection rates in cattle receiving homidium bromide prophylaxis were compared with those in control cattle which received no prophylaxis but were treated with diminazene aceturate when infected. Homidium bromide was administered twice during the year after which no infections were detected for periods of nineteen weeks and seventeen weeks respectively. The drug sensitivity of the infecting trypanosomes is believed to be a major factor in determining the duration of prophylaxis. © 1990.
Authors & Co-Authors
Dolan, R. B.
Kenya
Kenya Trypanosomiasis Research Institute Ketri
Okech, G.
Kenya
Kenya Trypanosomiasis Research Institute Ketri
Alushula, H.
Kenya
Kenya Trypanosomiasis Research Institute Ketri
Mutugi, M. W.
Kenya
Kenya Trypanosomiasis Research Institute Ketri
Stevenson, Peter G.W.
Kenya
Kenya Trypanosomiasis Research Institute Ketri
Sayer, Paul D.
Kenya
Kenya Trypanosomiasis Research Institute Ketri
Njogu, Adriel R.
Kenya
Kenya Trypanosomiasis Research Institute Ketri
Statistics
Citations: 31
Authors: 7
Affiliations: 1
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1016/0001-706X(90)90019-V
ISSN:
0001706X
Study Locations
Kenya