Poultry is a major reservoir of Salmonella worldwide associated with increasing incidences of strains producing ESBL enzymes that are capable of inactivating a wide variety of β- lactam antibiotics. CTX-M ESBLs have been ...

A cross sectional study was conducted to determine prevalence of bovine brucellosis in smallholder dairy farms in Morogoro Municipality. Milk and blood samples collected from 450 dairy cows in thirteen wards of Morogoro ...

A cross-sectional observational study was conducted in sheep and goats kept under traditional management system in Meru district, Tanzania in September 2014, with the objective of determining the prevalence of gastrointestinal ...

Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus is the predominant form of human diabetes. It is worldwide increasing rapidly. In Tanzania, over 1.7 million people have diabetes, about 1.3 million live undiagnosed and prevalence is higher ...

Increased human population and anthropogenic activities around Lake Victoria leads to pollution and health risks to consumers of water and fish. This study was conducted to assess the levels of Mercury (Hg), Cadmium (Cd) ...

Access to antiretroviral therapy and Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) care is increasing in resource-limited settings like Tanzania. This study was conducted to evaluate prevalence and risk factors associated with treatment ...

African Swine Fever (ASF) is a highly contagious hemorrhagic disease of domestic and wild pigs. The disease has economic consequences not only to food security and people’s livelihoods but also on international trade as ...

Human African trypanosomiasis (HAT) is fatal if untreated and causes severe morbidity. In Tanzania HAT is caused by Trypanosoma b. rhodesiense. Trypanosomiasis in livestock is the major impediment to livestock farming ...

Peste des petits ruminants (PPR) is an acute, contagious, fatal disease of domestic and wild small ruminants caused by PPR virus (PPRV). A cross-sectional study was conducted to (i) detect PPRV infection, establish the ...

The current study was carried out to determine the occurrence of multiple drug resistant, resistance profiles and extended spectrum beta lactamase producing Escherichia coli in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. A total of 384 raw ...