Browsing Faculty of Agriculture by Subject "Uganda"

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    • Awareness and Need for Knowledge of Health and Safety Among Diary Farmers Interviewed in Uganda 

      Kiggundu Ssali, Tonny; Lunner-Kolstrup, Christina (Frontiers in Public Health, 2016-06)
      Safe working conditions are essential for healthy living and for ensuring food security among farmers and farm communities in developing countries. There is limited research on this topic, and documentation is essential ...

    • Isolation, and molecular characterization of Brucella isolates in cattle milk in Uganda 

      Mugizi, Denis Rwabita; Shaman, Muradrasoli; Sofia, Boqvist; Joseph, Erume; Nasinyama, William George; Waiswa, Charles; Mboowa, Gerald; Markus, Klint; Magnusson, Ulf (2015)
      Brucellosis is endemic in livestock and humans inUganda and its transmission involves amultitude of risk factors like consumption of milk frominfected cattle. To shed new light on the epidemiology of brucellosis in Uganda ...

    • Molecular epidemiology of anaplasmosis in small ruminants along a human-livestock-wildlife interface in Uganda 

      Kasozi, Keneth Iceland; Welburn, Susan Christina; El-Saber Batiha, Gaber; Marraiki, Najat; Nalumenya, David Paul; Namayanja, Monica; Matama, Kevin; Zalwango, Kelly Katenta; Matovu, Wycliff; Zirintunda, Gerald; Ekou, Justine; Kembabazi, Stellamaris; Mugasa, Claire Mack; Kitibwa, Annah; Tayebwa, Dickson Stuart; Musinguzi, Simon Peter; Mahero, Michael; Ssengendo, Ibrahim; Nanteza, Anne; Matovu, Enock; MacLeod, Ewan Thomas (Elsevier, 2020-12-04)
      Information as regards the epidemiology of the Anaplasmataceae in small ruminants in several lowand middle-income countries is scarce. In this study a total of 712 DNA samples collected from small ruminants were analyzed ...

    • Molecular epidemiology of Babesia species, Theileria parva, and Anaplasma marginale infecting cattle and the tick control malpractices in Central and Eastern Uganda 

      Musinguzi, Simon Peter; Tayebwa, Dickson Stuart; Vudriko, Patrick; Tuvshintulga, Bumduuren; Guswanto, Azirwan; Nugraha, Arifin Budiman; Gantuya, Sambuu; SaberBatiha, Gaber El-; Komugisha, Mariam; SonBbira, Jonh; Okwee-Acai, James; Tweyongyere, Robert; Wampande, Eddie M.; Byaruhanga, Joseph; Moumouni, Paul Franck Adjou; Sivakumar, Thillaiampalam; Yokoyama, Naoaki; Igarashi, Ikuo (2018)
      East Coast fever, babesiosis, and anaplasmosis are the major tick-borne diseases affecting cattle productivity in Uganda. The emergence of acaricide-resistant ticks is suspected to have caused a rise in hemoparasites. This ...