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Faecal egg counts, differential larval counts and post mortem total worm counts were done on seventy traditional cattle from Southern province of Zambia between February and September 1997 to establish the relationship between faecal egg counts and total worm burden and to determine the...

This study was conducted to find out the incidence of Salmonella enteritidis in table eggs and chicken carcasses entering the consumer market in the city of Lusaka. Diarrhoea stool samples from humans admitted to the University Teaching Hospital (UTH) were also included in the study to...

Commercial hatcheries in Zambia have been experiencing losses due to dead-in-shell embryos for quite sometime. Numerous Salmonella serotypes have been frequently recorded in poultry population in Zambia, but no information is available on bacterial association with dead-in-shell mortality in...

One hundred Trypanosomiasis infected cattle were selected from a sample of 240 cattle located in Petauke district using the haematocrit woo method. This gave an overall trypanosomiasis prevalence of 41.7% in the area. These selected animals were further examined by the stained thin blood...

The effect of irradiation on the Katete stock of Theileria parva sporozoites either directly (stabilate form) or indirectly (in their tick vectors) was compared to the 'infection and treatment' method of immunisation of cattle against malignant theileriosis. Fifteen steers were randomly divided...

Sida cordifolia, family Malvaceae, was suspected to have caused toxicity in small ruminants (sheep and goats) at one of the farms around Lusaka. To verify the suspicion the present study was planned and undertaken. The study included (a) experimental feeding of female goats with Sida cordifolia...

Rabies is one of few diseases that cause anxiety to both the exposed individual and the health authorities responsible for its prevention and control. Diagnostic procedures in rabies have involved histopathological detection of the Negri body, immunofluorescence and mouse inoculation.Brain...

Tuberculosis is a debilitating disease caused by the bacteria of the genus Mycobacterium. The disease has been recognized for centuries and its causative agents have continued to be studied to date. Mycobacterium species cause disease in animals, birds and humans. They can cause cross infection...