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Ecology of bulinid snail intermediate hosts and transmission of schistosoma haematobium among school aged children in Shinyanga district, Tanzania
(2020-02)
This study investigated transmission of Schistosoma haematobium through longitudinal
parasitological, malacological and human water contact surveys. Urine samples collected
from school children were examined for S. ...
Enhancing on-farm fodder availability and utilization for sustainable dairy production in the smallholder farming systems of western usambara highlands, Tanzania
(NM-AIST, 2020-04)
Dairy cattle farmers in Tanzania experience a huge decline in milk production due to
insufficient feed supply to their animals particularly during the dry seasons. This poses a
great challenge to sustainability of ...
Epidemiology and impact of foot-and-mouth disease in districts located along the Uganda and Tanzania border
(2020-03)
The Uganda-Tanzania border area lies within the main risk areas for foot-and-mouth disease
(FMD) circulation. With the introduction of the progressive control pathway for FMD in
eastern Africa, reliable information on ...
Development of bio-pesticide for management of spodoptera frugiperda (j. e. smith) and other lepidoptera pests of maize in Tanzania
(NM-AIST, 2020-03)
This study was conducted to evaluate the infestation levels and develop management option
for a Lepidoptera namely fall armyworm (Spodoptera frugiperda J. E. Smith). The survey
was carried out in three regions of northern ...
Oxidative stree management is essential for anopheles mosquito survival post plasmodium infected blood meal ingestion
(NM-AIST, 2020-06)
Anopheles mosquitoes like other dipterans lack the flavoenzyme glutathione reductase (GR) of the
GSH pathway and instead utilize the Thioredoxin (Trx) system for management of oxidative stress.
Anopheles gambiae (An. ...
Potential predators and parasitoids for conservation biological control in smallholder bean farming tropical ecosystem
(2020-04)
Conservation biological control (CBC) is an attempt to protect the already existing natural
enemies (predators, parasitoids or pathogens) of insect pests within the agricultural systems
by manipulating the environment ...
Molecular basis of susceptibility to Newcastle disease virus challenge in exotic and local Tanzanian chicken
(NM-AIST, 2020-04)
This research aimed to investigate genetic mechanisms of susceptibility to Newcastle disease
virus (NDV) in exotic and local Tanzanian chicken. In the first experiment kuroiler, broiler
and local Tanzanian chickens were ...
Prevalence of hyperglycemia in pregnancy, risk factors and simplified method for identification of pregnant women at risk in Arusha, Tanzania
(NM-AIST, 2020-08)
Hyperglycemia in pregnancy is increasing in Tanzania; however, timely diagnosis is limited.
This study therefore, aimed to establish the prevalence of hyperglycemia in pregnancy, risk
factors and develop a simple method ...
Nutrient hotspots for wild grazing ungulates in a miombo ecosystem, western Tanzania
(NM-AIST, 2020-06)
While the movement pattern of grazing ungulates is strongly dependent on forage quality
whose use of nutrient hotspots has rarely been quantified, especially in miombo ecosystems
where soil-nutrient quality is low. Few ...
Influence of cattle movement, ecological and risk factors on trypanosome infections of cattle in Simanjiro and Monduli districts, Tanzania
(NM-AIST, 2020-03)
African animal trypanosomiasis is a neglected tropical disease with significant impacts on
pastoral community livelihoods. This study sought to determine the influence of seasonal
cattle movements and risk factors including ...