Immunisation of smallholder dairy cattle against anaplasmosis and babesiosis in Malawi

Kirsten Tjørnehøj; J. A. Lawrence; P. T. Kafuwa; A. P. Whiteland; B. A R Chimera

Immunisation of smallholder dairy cattle against anaplasmosis and babesiosis in Malawi

Kirsten Tjørnehøj
, J. A. Lawrence
, P. T. Kafuwa
, A. P. Whiteland
, B. A R Chimera

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Abstract

A field study was conducted in the Southern Region of Malawi to evaluate the possible benefits of immunisation of improved dairy cattle against Anaplasma marginale, Babesia bigemina and Babesia bovis. Friesian crossbred heifers were immunised when they were being reared on Government farms. They were then issued to smallholder farmers, together with unvaccinated controls, where many of them were exposed to heavy tick infestation. Vaccination was shown to provide a significant degree of protection against babesiosis on the smallholder farms; 15/32 unvaccinated controls developed clinical disease as compared to only 3/28 vaccinates.

Original language	English
Journal	Tropical Animal Health and Production
Volume	29
Issue number	2
Pages (from-to)	77-82
Number of pages	6
ISSN	0049-4747
Publication status	Published - 1997

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Keywords

Animal Science and Zoology
Immunology
Veterinary (all)
Agriculture, Biology and Environmental Sciences
bacterial vaccine
bacterium antibody
protozoal vaccine
protozoon antibody
Anaplasma
anaplasmosis
animal
article
Babesia
babesiosis
blood
cattle
cattle disease
comparative study
dairying
female
immunology
incidence
Malawi
methodology
parasitology
standard
Anaplasmosis
Animals
Antibodies, Bacterial
Antibodies, Protozoan
Babesiosis
Bacterial Vaccines
Cattle
Cattle Diseases
Dairying
Female
Incidence
Protozoan Vaccines

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Immunisation of smallholder dairy cattle against anaplasmosis and babesiosis in Malawi

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