Trypanosomiasis in domestic animals of Makwanpur district, Nepal

Ann N Y Acad Sci. 2006 Oct:1081:320-1. doi: 10.1196/annals.1373.042.

Abstract

Trypanosomiasis is an infectious emerging hemoprotozoan parasitic disease in domestical animals of Nepal. The prevalence of disease was found in 16 of 240 (6.67%) in domestic animals of Makawanpur district, out of which 9 of 105 were (8.57%) cattle; 5 of 75 (6.67%) buffalos, and 2 of 15 (13.3%) dogs, while none of the goats and pigs acquired infection. The disease was found maximum during rainy season 9 of 82 (10.98%) with higher prevalence among cross breeds than that of local breeds.

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Animals, Domestic
  • Buffaloes / parasitology*
  • Cattle
  • Cattle Diseases / epidemiology*
  • Crosses, Genetic
  • Dog Diseases / epidemiology*
  • Dogs
  • Humans
  • Nepal / epidemiology
  • Prevalence
  • Seasons
  • Trypanosomiasis / epidemiology
  • Trypanosomiasis / veterinary*