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Helminthosis is a very important disease condition aflfecting the poultry industry, especially the traditionally reared free ranging chickens. The traditionally reared poultry farming system constitutes over 50% of the poultry industry in Zambia (Hameenda, 1985), however, very little work has...

A cross sectional study was carried out by microscopy and Loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP), a novel molecular technique that amplifies target DNA under isothermal conditions, to determine the epidemiology of the re-emerging trypanosomosis in the Choma-Kalomo block, an important...

In the last two decades, Cryptosporidium infection has increasingly become important as a cause of diarrhoea in humans especially in children under the age of 5 years and in the immuno-compromised, particularly those with Human Immunodeficient Virus or acquired immunodeficiency syndrome...

Studies were carried out in the South Luangwa National Park, located in the Luangwa Valley Zambia., on the behaviour, ecology and vectorial capacity of G. brevipalpis and G. m. morsitans and G. pallidipes. The catch of G. brevipalpis was low in odour baited epsilon, NGU2G, F3 and biconical traps...

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...

Taeniosis and cysticercosis are public health problems in many developing countries, with the former being due to the adult worm of both Taenia solium (T. solium) and Taenia saginata (T. saginatd) while the latter is due to the larval stages of T. solium. Extensive studies in pigs and cattle,...

In Zambia, very little is known on the prevalence and impact of fasciolosis especially in cattle of the poor traditional farmers most of whom live along the Kafue and Zambezi flood plains. The main aim of this study, consisting of four components, was to determine the prevalence and factors...

The objective of this study was to determine the prevalence and the potential risk factors associated with T. solium (Ts) taeniasis/cysticercosis transmission and maintenance in humans and pigs in Southern and Eastern provinces of Zambia. Tongue examination of live pigs and assessment of the...