East coast fever: Further laboratory investigations on the use of rabbits as vehicles for infecting ticks with theilerial piroplasms

1974 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
pp. 145-151 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. E. Purnell ◽  
A. D. Irvin ◽  
C. D. Kimber ◽  
P. L. Omwoyo ◽  
R. C. Payne
Keyword(s):  
East Coast ◽  
East Coast Fever ◽  
Laboratory Investigations

East Coast Fever

2008 ◽  
pp. 1265-1265
Author(s):  
James C. Dunford ◽  
Louis A. Somma ◽  
David Serrano ◽  
C. Roxanne Rutledge ◽  
John L. Capinera ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
East Coast ◽  
East Coast Fever

Theileria parva, the Parasite of East Coast Fever in Cattle

Parasitology ◽  
1910 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 117-129 ◽  
Author(s):  
George H. F. Nuttall ◽  
H. B. Fantham
Keyword(s):  
Peripheral Blood ◽  
East Coast ◽  
East Coast Fever ◽  
Theileria Parva ◽  
The Subject

In an earlier paper (Nuttall, Fantham and Porter, 1909, Parasitology vol II. pp. 325—340), we recorded our observations on living Theileria parva as seen in the peripheral blood of two cows which succumbed to East Coast Fever1. We now propose to describe our studies upon the parasite in stained preparations made from the animals' blood during the course of the disease and from their organs shortly after death. We shall confine our attention to the types of parasites encountered within red blood corpuscles or to corresponding types which may be occasionally encountered free in the plasma. The subject of “Koch's blue bodies” will receive attention at a later date.

East Coast Fever

2021 ◽  
pp. 195-220
Author(s):  
Sammy Gichuhi Ndungu ◽  
Sebastian K. Waruri ◽  
James M. Wanjohi
Keyword(s):  
Southern Africa ◽  
East Coast ◽  
Protozoan Parasite ◽  
Rhipicephalus Appendiculatus ◽  
East Coast Fever ◽  
Therapeutic Drugs ◽  
Major Constraint ◽  
Drug Companies ◽  
Ear Tick ◽  
The Cost

East coast fever, a disease of cattle caused by the protozoan parasite Theileria parva and transmitted by the three-host tick Rhipicephalus appendiculatus (the brown ear tick), is a major constraint to cattle production in Eastern, Central, and Southern Africa. In Kenya it is the most important tick-borne disease and a major constraint in cattle productivity. This is due to the high morbidity and mortality it causes in susceptible herds, the cost of control of the vector ticks, and the cost of treatment of clinical cases. Animals that recover from the disease also suffer from reduced productivity which can be long term. The limited distribution of the tick and the disease to only East, Central and Southern Africa also means that the market for therapeutic drugs and acaricides is small. Therefore, drug companies are not keen on funding research and development of new drug and acaricide molecules when resistance occurs.

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