Trypanosome infections in warthogs (Phacochoerus aethiopicus) in the Gambia. |
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Authors: | J R Claxton J A Faye P Rawlings |
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Affiliation: | International Trypanotolerance Centre, Banjul, Gambia. |
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Abstract: | The prevalence of trypanosome infections in warthogs (Phacochoerus aethiopicus) in The Gambia was found to be 11% of a sample of 62 animals. All isolates were identified as Trypanosoma simiae. Serological evidence indicated a higher level of exposure to T. simiae, but results were inconclusive for the presence of Trypanosoma congolense. The course of T. simiae infection in warthog piglets showed a rapidly rising parasitaemia, with a concomitant fall in packed cell volume, and resulted in a prolonged period of low-level parasitaemia. The same infections killed domestic piglets. |
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