Browsing Life sciences and Bio-engineering by Author "Claxton, John"

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    • Classification and characterisation of livestock production systems in northern Tanzania. 

      de Glanville, William; Davis, Alicia; Allan, Kathryn; Buza, Joram; Claxton, John; Crump, John; Halliday, Jo E B; Johnson, Paul; Kibona, Tito; Mmbaga, Blandina; Swai, Emmanuel; Uzzell, Christopher; Yoder, Jonathan; Sharp, Jo; Cleaveland, Sarah (PLOS ONE, 2020-12-30)
      Livestock keepers in sub-Saharan Africa face a range of pressures, including climate change, land loss, restrictive policies, and population increase. Widespread adaptation in response can lead to the emergence of new, ...

    • Economic Burden of Livestock Abortions in Northern Tanzania 

      Semango, George; Yoder, Jonathan; Kibona, Tito; Claxton, John; Buza, Joram; Mmbaga, Blandina; Johnson, Stephanie; Cleaveland, Sarah; Lankester, Felix (Cambridge University press, 2024)
      Livestock abortion is a source of economic loss for farmers, but its economic impact has not been estimated in many Low and Middle-Income Countries. This article presents an estimation methodology and estimates for the ...

    • Inter-epidemic Rift Valley fever virus infection incidence and risks for zoonotic spillover in northern Tanzania 

      Ngonzi, Amos; Glanville, William; Nyarobi, James; Kibona, Tito; Halliday, Jo; Thomas, Kate; Allan, Kathryn; Johnson, Paul; Davis, Alicia; Lankester, Felix; Claxton, John; Rosta, Melinda; Carter, Ryan; Jong, Rosanne; Rubach, Matthew; Crump, John; Mmbaga, Blandina; Nyasebwa, Obed; Swai, Emanuel; Willett, Brian; Cleaveland, Sarah (PLOS, 2022-10-28)
      Rift Valley fever virus (RVFV) is a mosquito-borne pathogen that has caused epidemics involving people and animals across Africa and the Arabian Peninsula. A number of studies have found evidence for the circulation of ...

    • 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 ...

    • 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 ...