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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
agricultural and biological sciences
Field studies of drug-resistant cattle trypanosomes in Kénédougou Province, Burkina Faso
Acta Tropica, Volume 86, No. 1, Year 2003
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Description
Field studies were conducted to assess the occurrence of resistance to isometamidium chloride and diminazene aceturate in trypanosomes infecting cattle in Kénédougou Province of Burkina Faso. Forty-five of the 166 villages in Kénédougou were randomly sampled and visited to assess livestock numbers, trypanosomosis risk, and tsetse challenge. The proportion of cattle infections associated with drug-resistant trypanosomes was assessed in the nine villages with the highest trypanosome infection prevalence and one village with a confirmed history of drug-resistant infections. These studies showed that resistance to both isometamidium and diminazene was widespread. However, there was considerable variation between villages in drug-resistance parameters, with the proportion of treated cattle with trypanosome infections 3 months after isometamidium prophylaxis varying from 6.9 to 63.8% and the proportion of cattle having infections 2 weeks after treatment with diminazene varying from 0 to 36.8%. The demonstration of widespread resistance to both isometamidium and diminazene has important implications, as administration of trypanocides is the most commonly employed method to control trypanosomosis in this area. © 2003 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.
Authors & Co-Authors
McDermott, John J.
Kenya, Nairobi
International Livestock Research Institute Nairobi
Woitag, Tanja
Germany, Berlin
Freie Universität Berlin
Sidibé, Issa
Burkina Faso, Rue
Cirdes
Bauer, Burkhard
Burkina Faso, Rue
Cirdes
Diarra, Boucader
Kenya, Nairobi
International Livestock Research Institute Nairobi
Burkina Faso, Rue
Cirdes
Ouédraogo, Dénis
Kenya, Nairobi
International Livestock Research Institute Nairobi
Burkina Faso, Rue
Cirdes
Kamuanga, Mulumba Jean Bosco
Kenya, Nairobi
International Livestock Research Institute Nairobi
Burkina Faso, Rue
Cirdes
Peregrine, Andrew S.
Canada, Guelph
University of Guelph
Eisler, Mark Charles
Kenya, Nairobi
International Livestock Research Institute Nairobi
United Kingdom, Glasgow
University of Glasgow
Zessin, Karl Hans
Germany, Berlin
Freie Universität Berlin
Mehlitz, Dieter
Germany, Berlin
Freie Universität Berlin
Clausen, Peter Henning
Germany, Berlin
Freie Universität Berlin
Statistics
Citations: 80
Authors: 12
Affiliations: 5
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1016/S0001-706X(03)00019-6
ISSN:
0001706X
Study Design
Cross Sectional Study
Study Locations
Burkina Faso