Trypanosoma evansi control and horse mortality in the Brazilian Pantanal
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Trypanosoma evansi control and horse mortality in the Brazilian Pantanal.
The impact of three treatment strategies for Trypanosoma evansi control on horse mortality in the Brazilian Pantanal based on four size categories of cattle ranches is explored. The region's 49,000 horses are indispensable to traditional extensive cattle ranching and T. evansi kills horses. About 13% of these horses would be lost, annually, due to T. evansi if no control were undertaken. One pr...
متن کاملTrypanosoma Evansi Infections
Definition of the disease: Trypanosoma evansi causes a disease known as Trypanosomosis1 (‘surra’). It affects a number of species of domesticated animals in Asia, Africa and Central and South America. The principal host species affected varies geographically, but buffalo, cattle, camels and horses are particularly affected, although other animals, including wildlife, are also susceptible. It is...
متن کاملTrypanosoma Evansi Infections
Definition of the disease: Trypanosoma evansi causes a disease known as Trypanosomosis1 5 (‘surra’). It affects a number of domesticated animals species in Asia, Africa and Central and South 6 America. The principal host species affected varies geographically, but buffalo, cattle, camels and 7 horses are particularly affected, although other animals, including wildlife, are also susceptible. It...
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The financial impact of the first outbreak of Trypanosoma vivax in the Brazilian Pantanal wetland is estimated. Results are extended to include outbreaks in the Bolivian lowlands providing a notion of the potential influence of the disease and an analytical basis. More than 11 million head of cattle, valued at more than US$3 billion are found in the Brazilian Pantanal and Bolivian lowlands. The...
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عنوان ژورنال: Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz
سال: 2001
ISSN: 0074-0276
DOI: 10.1590/s0074-02762001000500002