Bovine trypanosomosis due to Trypanosoma vivax in the German Bush province, Bolivia

Trypanosoma vivax is a hemoparasite found throughout the tsetse belt in Africa. It has, however, spread to other parts of Africa, Central America, South America, the West Indies and Mauritius. This paper report in the first time the occurence of the T. vivax in the German Bush province, Bolivia. T....

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Autores principales: SILVA,ROBERTO A M S, DAVILA,ALBERTO M R
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Publicado: Sociedad Chilena de Parasitología.Federación Latinoamericana de Parasitología 2001
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spelling oai:scielo:S0716-072020010001000122001-08-23Bovine trypanosomosis due to Trypanosoma vivax in the German Bush province, BoliviaSILVA,ROBERTO A M SDAVILA,ALBERTO M R Bovine tryponosomosis Trypanosoma vivax Bolivia Trypanosoma vivax is a hemoparasite found throughout the tsetse belt in Africa. It has, however, spread to other parts of Africa, Central America, South America, the West Indies and Mauritius. This paper report in the first time the occurence of the T. vivax in the German Bush province, Bolivia. T. vivax was identified in 45% of 80 cattle examined by microhematocrit test. The clinical signs observed were fever, anemia, abortion, progressive weakness, substantial weight loss in relative short time, and progressive emaciation and lymphonode enlargement. The results of this study suggets that the accelerate spreading of T. vivax could represent a serious impact to the economy of the regioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessSociedad Chilena de Parasitología.Federación Latinoamericana de ParasitologíaParasitología al día v.25 n.1-2 20012001-01-01text/htmlhttp://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0716-07202001000100012en10.4067/S0716-07202001000100012
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language English
topic Bovine tryponosomosis
Trypanosoma vivax
Bolivia
spellingShingle Bovine tryponosomosis
Trypanosoma vivax
Bolivia
SILVA,ROBERTO A M S
DAVILA,ALBERTO M R
Bovine trypanosomosis due to Trypanosoma vivax in the German Bush province, Bolivia
description Trypanosoma vivax is a hemoparasite found throughout the tsetse belt in Africa. It has, however, spread to other parts of Africa, Central America, South America, the West Indies and Mauritius. This paper report in the first time the occurence of the T. vivax in the German Bush province, Bolivia. T. vivax was identified in 45% of 80 cattle examined by microhematocrit test. The clinical signs observed were fever, anemia, abortion, progressive weakness, substantial weight loss in relative short time, and progressive emaciation and lymphonode enlargement. The results of this study suggets that the accelerate spreading of T. vivax could represent a serious impact to the economy of the region
author SILVA,ROBERTO A M S
DAVILA,ALBERTO M R
author_facet SILVA,ROBERTO A M S
DAVILA,ALBERTO M R
author_sort SILVA,ROBERTO A M S
title Bovine trypanosomosis due to Trypanosoma vivax in the German Bush province, Bolivia
title_short Bovine trypanosomosis due to Trypanosoma vivax in the German Bush province, Bolivia
title_full Bovine trypanosomosis due to Trypanosoma vivax in the German Bush province, Bolivia
title_fullStr Bovine trypanosomosis due to Trypanosoma vivax in the German Bush province, Bolivia
title_full_unstemmed Bovine trypanosomosis due to Trypanosoma vivax in the German Bush province, Bolivia
title_sort bovine trypanosomosis due to trypanosoma vivax in the german bush province, bolivia
publisher Sociedad Chilena de Parasitología.Federación Latinoamericana de Parasitología
publishDate 2001
url http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0716-07202001000100012
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