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• TITLE: Epidemiology of Increasing Hemo-Parasite Burden in Ugandan Cattle

  AUTHORS: Keneth Iceland Kasozi, Enoch Matovu, Dickson Stuart Tayebwa, Jemimah Natuhwera, Israel Mugezi, Michael Mahero

  KEYWORDS: Hemo-Protozoan Parasites, Farming Practices, Uganda, Food Security

  JOURNAL NAME: Open Journal of Veterinary Medicine, Vol.4 No.10, October 20, 2014

  ABSTRACT: Hemo-parasites (HP) are one of the major constraints to the economic development of the livestock industry in Uganda. Generally, the occurrence and importance of HP is a reflection of complex interactions involving the causative organisms, tick vectors, the vertebrate hosts and the environment. We carried out a cross sectional study to identify and determine the prevalence of the major HPs in Central and Western Uganda, to form a baseline for appropriate interventions. A total of 295 bovine samples were analyzed from 15 districts of Uganda; 56.3% being from the Central and 43.7% from the Western region of the country for a period of six months, and a questionnaire was administered to the farmers. Thin peripheral blood smears stained with Giemsa were used during the laboratory identification of the parasites. The disease prevalence was established at 47.4%, 6.7%, 1.9% and 14.4% for Theleria parva, Babesia spp., Trypanasoma brucei, Anaplasma spp. with a corresponding disease risk ratio (DRR) of 67.4%, 9.5%, 2.6%, 20.5% respectively in Uganda. The odds of having an infection from the Central region were 1.7 times greater (P