Browsing Life sciences and Bio-engineering by Author "Cleaveland, Sarah"
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Pastoral production is associated with increased peste des petits ruminants seroprevalence in northern Tanzania across sheep, goats and cattle
Herzog, Catherine; de Glanville, William; Willett, Brian; Kibona, Tito; Cattadori, Isabella; Kapur, Vivek; Hudson, Peter; Buza, Joram; Cleaveland, Sarah; Bjørnstad, Ottar (Cambridge University Press, 2019-07-18)Peste des petits ruminants virus (PPRV) causes a contagious disease of high morbidity and mortality in small ruminant populations globally. Using cross-sectional serosurvey data col- lected in 2016, our study investigated ... -
Peste des petits ruminants Virus Transmission Scaling and Husbandry Practices That Contribute to Increased Transmission Risk: An Investigation among Sheep, Goats, and Cattle in Northern Tanzania
Herzog, Catherine; de Glanville, William; Willett, Brian; Cattadori, Isabella; Kapur, Vivek; Hudson, Peter; Buza, Joram; Swai, Emmanuel; Cleaveland, Sarah; Bjørnstad, Ottar (MDPI, 2020-08-24)Peste des petits ruminants virus (PPRV) causes an infectious disease of high morbidity and mortality among sheep and goats which impacts millions of livestock keepers globally. PPRV transmission risk varies by production ... -
Predicting uptake of a malignant catarrhal fever vaccine by pastoralists in northern Tanzania: Opportunities for improving livelihoods and ecosystem health
Decker, Catherine; Hanley, Nick; Czajkowski, Mikolaj; Morrison, Thomas; Keyyu, Julius; Munishi, Linus; Lankester, Felix; Cleaveland, Sarah (Elsevier, 2021-08-16)Malignant Catarhal Fever (MCF), caused by a virus transmitted from asymptomatic wildebeest, is a lethal disease in cattle that threatens livestock-based livelihoods and food security in many areas of Africa. Many herd ... -
The Prevalence and Determinants of Taenia multiceps Infection (Cerebral Coenurosis) in Small Ruminants in Africa: A Systematic Review
Kibona, Tito; Buza, Joram; Shirima, Gabriel; Lankester, Felix; Ngongolo, Kelvin; Hughes, Ellen; Cleaveland, Sarah; Allan, Kathryn (MDPI, 2022-06-10)Cerebral coenurosis is a fatal parasitic neurological disease affecting the brain and spinal cord of goats and sheep. Despite the large population of sheep and goats in Africa, there is very little awareness about the scale ... -
Prevalence of Campylobacter and Salmonella in African food animals and meat: A systematic review and meta-analysis
Thomas, Kate; de Glanville, William; Barker, Gary; Benschop, Jackie; Buza, Joram; Cleaveland, Sarah; Davis, Margaret; Mmbaga, Blandina; Prinsen, Gerard; Swai, Emmanuel; Zadoks, Ruth; Crump, John (Elsevier, 2019-10-31)Background: Campylobacter and Salmonella, particularly non-typhoidal Salmonella, are important bacterial en- teric pathogens of humans which are often carried asymptomatically in animal reservoirs. Bacterial foodborne ... -
Prospective cohort study reveals unexpected aetiologies of livestock abortion in northern Tanzania
Thomas, Kate; Kibona, Tito; Claxton, John; de Glanville, William; Lankester, Felix; Amani, Nelson; Buza, Joram; Carter, Ryan; Chapman, Gail; Crump, John; Dagleish, Mark; Halliday, Jo; Hamilton, Clare; Innes, Elisabeth; Katzer, Frank; Livingstone, Morag; Longbottom, David; Millins, Caroline; Mmbaga, Blandina; Mosha, Victor; Nyarobi, James; Nyasebwa, Obed; Russell, George; Sanka, Paul; Semango, George; Wheelhouse, Nick; Willett, Brian; Cleaveland, Sarah; Allan, Kathryn (Springer Nature Limited, 2022-07-08)Livestock abortion is an important cause of productivity losses worldwide and many infectious causes of abortion are zoonotic pathogens that impact on human health. Little is known about the relative importance of infectious ... -
Reservoir dynamics of rabies in south-east Tanzania and the roles of cross-species transmission and domestic dog vaccination
Lushasi, Kennedy; Hayes, Sarah; Ferguson, Elaine; Changalucha, Joel; Cleaveland, Sarah; Govella, Nicodem; Haydon, Daniel; Sambo, Maganga; Mchau, Geofrey; Mpolya, Emmanuel; Mtema, Zacharia; Nonga, Hezron; Steenson, Rachel; Nouvellet, Pierre; Donnelly, Christl; Hampson, Katie (John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2021-08-21)Understanding the role of different species in the transmission of multi-host pathogens, such as rabies virus, is vital for effective control strategies. Across most of sub-Saharan Africa domestic dogs Canis familiaris are ... -
The Sero-epidemiology of Neospora caninum in Cattle in Northern Tanzania
Semango, George; Hamilton, Clare; Kreppel, Katharina; Katzer, Frank; Kibona, Tito; Lankester, Felix; Allan, Kathryn; Thomas, Kate; Claxton, John; Innes, Elizabeth; Swai, Emmanuel; Buza, Joram; Cleaveland, Sarah; de Glanville, William (Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 2019-09-26)Neospora caninum is a protozoan intracellular parasite of animals with a global distribution. Dogs act as definitive hosts, with infection in cattle leading to reproductive losses. Neosporosis can be a major source of ... -
Spatial and temporal distribution of foot-and-mouth disease in four districts situated along the Uganda-Tanzania border: Implications for cross-border efforts in disease control.
Kerfua, Susan; Kusiluka, Lughano; Ayebazibwe, Chrisostome; Mwebe, Robert; Cleaveland, Sarah; Haydon, Daniel; Shirima, Gabriel (AOSIS, 2018-08-27)Foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) is one of the major trans-boundary animal diseases in East Africa causing economic loss to farmers and other stakeholders in the livestock industry. Foot-and-mouth disease occurs widely in both ... -
Taenia multiceps in Northern Tanzania: An Important but Preventable Disease Problem in Pastoral and Agropastoral Farming Systems
Kibona, Tito; Buza, Joram; Shirima, Gabriel; Lankester, Felix; Nzalawahe, Jahashi; Lukambagire, Abdul-Hamid; Kreppel, Katharina; Hughes, Ellen; Allan, Kathryn; Cleaveland, Sarah (MDPI, 2022-08-26)Coenurosis due to Taenia multiceps has emerged as a major concern to small ruminant- owning communities in northern Tanzania. Although a high incidence of disease has been reported, gaps still remain in our knowledge of ... -
Taenia multiceps in Northern Tanzania: An Important but Preventable Disease Problem in Pastoral and Agropastoral Farming Systems
Kibona, Tito; Buza, Joram; Shirima, Gabriel; Lankester, Felix; Nzalawahe, Jahashi; Lukambagire, Abdul-Hamid; Kreppel, Katharina; Hughes, Ellen; Allan, Kathryn; Cleaveland, Sarah (MDPI, 2022-08-26)Coenurosis due to Taenia multiceps has emerged as a major concern to small ruminant-owning communities in northern Tanzania. Although a high incidence of disease has been reported, gaps still remain in our knowledge of the ... -
Taenia multiceps in Northern Tanzania: An Important but Preventable Disease Problem in Pastoral and Agropastoral Farming Systems
Kibona, Tito; Buza, Joram; Shirima, Gabriel; Lankester, Felix; Nzalawahe, Jahashi; Lukambagire, Abdul-Hamid; Kreppel, Katharina; Hughes, Ellen; Allan, Kathryn; Cleaveland, Sarah (MDPI, 2022-08-26)Coenurosis due to Taenia multiceps has emerged as a major concern to small ruminant- owning communities in northern Tanzania. Although a high incidence of disease has been reported, gaps still remain in our knowledge of ... -
Use of lay vaccinators in animal vaccination programmes: A scoping review
Duamor, Christian; Hampson, Katie; Lankester, Felix; Sambo, Maganga; Kreppel, Katharina; Wyke, Sally; Cleaveland, Sarah (PLOS ONE, 2021-08-11)Background The human resource gap in veterinary sectors, particularly in low-income countries, imposes limitations on the delivery of animal healthcare in hard-to-reach populations. Lay animal health workers have been ...