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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
veterinary
Mapping African animal trypanosomosis risk from the sky
Veterinary Research, Volume 37, No. 5, Year 2006
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In Burkina Faso, African Animal Trypanosomosis (AAT) is still a major hindrance to cattle breeding, especially in the Mouhoun river basin, which was identified as a priority area for tsetse control. The attempt of the present work was to assess the abundance of tsetse flies and AAT risk using remote sensing coupled to field environmental data, along a Mouhoun river section of 234 km long, harbouring an open riverine forest where G. tachinoides Westwood is the predominant tsetse species. The water course was classified into three epidemiological landscapes, corresponding to a "disturbed", "natural" and finally "border" vegetal formation at the interface of the two formers. Using the mean number of infected flies by trap and by day as a risk indicator, the border landscape was found to be 5.4 (1.3-12.0) and 15.8 (4.7-41.6) times more risky than the natural and disturbed ones respectively. These results led to propose that a campaign against tsetse, undertaken by a development project called PAEOB (Projet d'Appui à l'Élevage dans l'Ouest du Burkina Faso), should be focussed on only 34% of the hydrographic network. © INRA, EDP Sciences, 2006.
Authors & Co-Authors
Bouyer, Je´re´my
France, Paris
Cirad
Burkina Faso
Centre International de Recherche-développement Sur L'elevage en Zone Subhumide
Guerrini, Laure
France, Paris
Cirad
Burkina Faso
Centre International de Recherche-développement Sur L'elevage en Zone Subhumide
Desquesnes, Marc
France, Paris
Cirad
de la Rocque, Stéphane
France, Paris
Cirad
Cuisance, Dominique
France, Paris
Conseil Général Vétérinaire
Statistics
Citations: 68
Authors: 5
Affiliations: 3
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1051/vetres:2006025
ISSN:
09284249
e-ISSN:
12979716
Research Areas
Environmental
Study Locations
Burkina Faso