A two year study on bovine trypanosomosis in Kassala State, Eastern Sudan (2007-2008)

Gumaa MM, Sarah Abusalab, Omer

Abstract

In this study, the infection rate of bovine trypanosomosis in Kassala state was 1.58% of total animals examined (1008) in the period from 2007 to 2008. The effect of seasonality in the prevalence of the disease was found to be 0.8% in rainy season and 2.7% in winter, there was no infected cases reported in summer. It is concluded that the prevalence rate of the disease was higher in winter season than rainy season.

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