Browsing Life sciences and Bio-engineering by Author "Chota, Andrew"
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Detection of Contagious Caprine Pleuropneumonia and Concurrent Diseases in Outbreaks Presenting with Respiratory Signs in Small Ruminants in Tanzania
Chota, Andrew; Shirima, Gabriel; Kusiluka, Lughano (International Journal of TROPICAL DISEASE & Health, 2020-07-06)Aims: To establish the prevalence and concurrent diseases in outbreaks presenting with respiratory signs, major associated clinical signs and postmortem lesions and proportions of those diseases in clinically and autopsied ... -
Detection of peste des petits ruminants and concurrent secondary diseases in sheep and goats in Ngorongoro district, Tanzania
Kgotlele, Tebogo; Chota, Andrew; Chubwa, Choby; Nyasebwa, Obed; Lyimo, Beatus; Torsson, Emeli; Karimuribo, Esron; Kasanga, Christopher; Wensman, Jonas; Misinzo, Gerald; Shirima, Gabriel; Kusiluka, Lughano (Springer, 2018-11-15)Small ruminants play an important role in the livelihoods of resource-constrained communities. This study was initiated because of a massive outbreak of a respiratory disease in sheep and goats in Loliondo area in Ngorongoro ... -
Diagnosis Challenges and Control Strategies of Transboundary Diseases Presenting with Respiratory Signs in Small Ruminants in Developing Countries: Emphasis on Contagious Caprine Pleuropneumonia and Peste Des Petits Ruminants
Chota, Andrew; Shirima, Gabriel; Kusiluka, Lughano (International Journal of TROPICAL DISEASE & Health, 2020-12-31)Aims: To review the diagnosis challenges and control strategies of the diseases presenting with respiratory signs. The emphasis being more on two transboundary animal diseases of small ruminants; contagious caprine ... -
Epidemiology, risk factors and diagnostic accuracy of surveillance methods of selected diseases presenting with respiratory signs in small ruminants in Tanzania
Chota, Andrew (NM-AIST, 2021-07)Outbreaks of diseases presenting with respiratory signs in small ruminants in Tanzania have been reported for years. Concurrent infections complicate diagnosis resulting in untimely interventions and significant economic ... -
Prevalence Of Brucellosis In Livestock And Incidences In Humans In East Africaprevalence Of Brucellosis In Livestock And Incidences In Humans In East Africa
Chota, Andrew; Magwisha, Henry; Bunuma, E.K; Stella, B; Shirima, Gabriel; Mugambi, John; Omwenga, S.G; Wesonga, H.O; Mbatha, Peter; Gathogo, S (African Crop Science Journal, 2016)Brucellosis is an emerging zoonotic disease that poses a threat to both livestock and public health in east Africa. There are several reports of occurrence of the disease in livestock populations especially in Tanzania ... -
Risk factors associated with Mycoplasma capricolum subspecies capripneumoniae and morbillivirus infection in small ruminants in Tanzania.
Chota, Andrew; Kusiluka, Lughano; Shirima, Gabriel (Springer Nature Switzerland AG., 2019-09-01)Mortality of domestic small ruminants caused by contagious caprine pleuropneumonia (CCPP) and Peste des petits ruminants (PPR) is frequently reported in Tanzania. A cross-sectional survey was conducted between June, 2016 ...