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Abundance and pyrethroid resistance of aedes aegypti mosquitoes collected in selected wards of Muheza district, Tanzania

Bendera, Neema Ally (Sokoine University of Agriculture, 2022)

Aedes aegypti mosquitoes are primary vectors that carry mosquito-borne diseases such as dengue fever, Zika and Yellow fever. Despite mosquito control measures employed in Tanzania such as indoor residual spraying and ...
Assessment of the epidemiological status,seroprevalence and molecular detection of Peste des Petits Ruminants in goats and sheep along Tanzania-Malawi Border

Kamwendo, Gladson Chikaiko (Sokoine University of Agriculture, 2016)

Peste des petits ruminants (PPR) is a highly contagious viral animal disease that impact negatively on food security of livestock keepers in Africa due to its fast spread and death of small ruminants. The disease was first ...
Bacterial contaminants of African indigenous leafy vegetables and their antibiotics sensitivity characteristics: A case study of Morogoro Municipality, Tanzania

Kimaro, E. N. (Sokoine University of Agriculture, 2017)

A study was conducted in Morogoro Municipality, Tanzania to investigate the bacterial load found on African indigenous leafy vegetables, their sources and their sensitivity to commonly used antibiotics. A total of 126 ...
Biological activity of extracts from commiphora swynnertonii against microbes of veterinary importance in chickens

Bakari, Gaymary George (Sokoine University of Agriculture, 2013)

Studies were carried out to establish ethno-botanical information and biological activities of crude extracts from Commiphora swynnertonii against selected microbes of veterinary importance in chickens. Initially, a ...
Characterization and thermostabilization of avibacterium paragallinarum candidate strains with potential use as candidate vaccine strains in Tanzania

Chota, Andrew Claud (Sokoine University Of Agriculture, 2013)

This study was conducted to isolate, characterize, thermostabilize and develop an easier and cheap technique for preparation of inactivated and live vaccines against Infectious coryza (IC). Fifty six (56) samples were ...
Characterization of Tanzania shorthorn zebu cattle for tolerance to ticks and East Coast Fever

Laisser, E. L. K. (Sokoine University of Agriculture, 2017)

In Tanzania, livestock diseases, especially tick bone diseases (TBDs), impose loses to livestock in terms of mortality, decrease in production and increased costs of control measures. Among the TBDs, East Coast fever ...
Chikungunya knowledge, attitude, and practices and its Transmission indices in Tanga city, north-eastern Tanzania

Msolla, M.J (Sokoine University of Agriculture, 2020)

Chikungunya is among the important re-emerging arboviral disease caused by Chikungunya virus (CHIKV), an alphavirus belonging to Togaviridae family. Since the first outbreak in Tanganyika (now Tanzania) in 1952/53, several ...
Coenurosis in slab-slaughtered sheep and goats in Ngorongoro district: prevalence and predisposing factors of the disease

Miran, Miran Bushelegi (Sokoine University of Agriculture, 2013)

Taenia multiceps is a worldwide in distribution which inhabits the small intestine of dogs, foxes, coyotes and jackals. However, until recently, there were no reports of the occurrence of Taenia multiceps associated ill ...
Control of haemonchosis using barbevax® vaccine in indigenous sheep and goats in Melela Ward, Morogoro Tanzania

Ngu'mbi, N. H. (Sokoine University of Agriculture, 2017)

A cross sectional study was carried out during the dry season (between June and August 2014) to establish the status of helminth infestation in nine traditionally managed small ruminant flocks in Mlandizi village of ...
Detection and antibiotic susceptibility of vibrio cholerae In oreochromis tanganicae (Tilapia) and water in Lake Tanganyika, Kigoma-Tanzania

Michael, Martin (Sokoine University of Agriculture, 2019)

Toxigenic Vibrio cholerae O1 and O139 are responsible for the production of cholera toxin and subsequently cause cholera. Although cholera has been very rampant around African great lakes, little is known about the status ...
Epidemiological investigation and antigenic characterization of dengue virus for the development of nanobodies

Mwanyika, Gaspary (Sokoine University of Agriculture, 2022)

Dengue is an important mosquito-borne viral disease of global health concerns. Vector control and early diagnosis remain the main interventions. Lack of vaccines against Dengue viruses (DENV) complicates the control of ...
Epidemiological study of infectious bursal disease virus in selected districts of the Copperbelt province in Zambia

Chawinga, Kenneth (Sokoine University of Agriculture, 2016)

Infectious bursal disease (IBD) is a highly contagious disease of young chickens between 3 and 6 weeks of age. It is caused by infectious bursal disease virus(IBDV) which occursworldwide affecting livelihoods of resource ...
Epidemiological study of rift valley fever virus in Kigoma, Tanzania

Kifaro, Emmanuel George (Sokoine University of Agriculture, 2013)

Rift Valley fever (RVF) is an acute, zoonotic viral disease, caused by a Phlebovirus belonging to the Bunyaviridae family. RVF virus (RVFV) historically has been responsible for large explosive outbreaks of severe human ...
Epidemiology of peste des petits ruminants in relation to small ruminants movements and interactions with wildlife in Tanzania

Mdetele, Daniel Pius (Sokoine University of Agriculture, 2021)

Peste des petits ruminants (PPR) is a highly contagious transboundary animal disease of domestic small ruminants, camels and some wild artiodactyls. It is caused by Small ruminant morbillivirus (PPRV) of the family ...
Evaluation of potential vector control methods that target outdoor feeding anopheles mosquitoes

Mathania, M. M. (Sokoine University of Agriculture, 2017)

Insecticide-Treated Nets (ITNs/Long Lasting Insecticide-Treated Nets (LLINs) and Indoor Residual Spraying (IRS) have contributed to halving global malaria incidence and mortality rates. Achieving zero malaria transmission ...
Evaluation of the safety and immunogenicity of rift valley fever mp-12 and armp-12δnsm21/384 vaccine candidates in goats (capra hircus), sheep (ovis aries) and calves (bos indicus) from Tanzania

Nyundo, S.B (Sokoine University of Agriculture, 2020)

Rift Valley fever virus (RVFV) is an arbovirus that causes Rift Valley fever (RVF), a disease that causes morbidity and mortality in livestock and humans. Among the measures considered, vaccines are the most effective ...
Foot-and-mouth disease seroprevalence and socioeconomic impact in relation to animal movements in selected wildlife-livestock interface and non interface areas of Tanzania

Mdetele, Daniel Pius (Sokoine University of Agriculture, 2014)

Foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) is an acute, highly contagious viral infection of domestic and wild cloven-hoofed animals. In Tanzania the disease is known to be endemic with periodic outbreaks occurring in different geographical ...
Genetic characterization of treponema pallidum isolates and detection of viruses of human health relevance in Free-ranging non-human primates of Tanzania

Chuma, I.S (Sokoine University of Agriculture, 2020)

Treponema pallidum is a group of non-cultivable spiral bacteria that cause treponematoses in humans in Europe and non-human primates (NHPs) since 1490s and 1960s, respectively. In humans, T. pallidum pallidum causes ...
Genetic Diversity of Rice (Oryza sativa l.) Landraces conserved at the National Genebank as revealed by simple sequence repeat (SSR) DNA markers

Mausa, Emmanuel Abrahamu (Sokoine University of Agriculture, 2014)

There is high degree of rice diversity in Tanzania. Increased human population pressure and activities has caused the population of wild rice to disappear at alarming rate. NPGRC collected over 125 accessions of rice ...
Genomic characterisation and antimicrobial resistance of Salmonella and β-lactamase-producing escherichia coli in Nile perch (lates niloticus) in Lake Victoria-Mwanza, Tanzania

Baniga, Zebedayo (Sokoine University of Agriculture, 2019)

Nile perch (Lates niloticus) is one of the most important fish species in the Lake Victoria region due to its market potential and health benefits. Despite such potentials, reports on detention of exported fillet due to ...

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