Pathogenicity of Trypanosoma brucei brucei in experimentally infected pigs.
An experimental infection of 4-to 5-month old pigs with a stock of Trypanosoma brucei brucei resulted in a high parasitaemia, anorexia, pyrexia and a decline in the packed cell volume by one third. Nervous sign of circling and wobbling of the hind legs occurred in one of the pigs which at necropsy revealed a very severe meningo-encephalitis and the presence of trypanosomes in the brain. These results confirm that T. b. brucei might cause a severe disease in pigs.
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Department of Veterinary Medicine, University of Ibadan, Nigeria.
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Fagbemi
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Ogunremi
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D000818:Animals; D009549:Nigeria; D013552:Swine; D014346:Trypanosoma brucei brucei / Q000472:pathogenicity*; D014353:Trypanosomiasis, African / Q000469:parasitology / Q000662:veterinary*