An epidemic of East Coast fever on a dairy farm in eastern Tanzania.
During the period August-September 1995, an epidemic of East Coast fever occurred at a dairy farm in Morogoro region of eastern Tanzania. Due to an intensive dipping scheme since 1970, a very unstable endemic status had been established in the animals. A breakdown in the dipping scheme caused a major disease outbreak; the dip wash was not changed for 18 months prior to the outbreak and dipping continued in a dip wash of unknown strength. There was also a delay in detecting the disease at an early stage. In total, 180 out of 432 (42%) of the cattle at the farm died--resulting in a loss of Tshs. 26,330,000 (US$ 42,879). The attack risk was nearly 77%. The outbreak points to the importance of adopting integrated strategies for the control of ticks and tick-borne diseases.
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Animal Diseases research Institute (ADRI), P.O. Box 9254, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. cvltemeke@twiga.com
D000818:Animals; D002417:Cattle; D003612:Dairying; D004196:Disease Outbreaks / Q000662:veterinary*; D005260:Female; D008297:Male; D013636:Tanzania / Q000453:epidemiology; D016797:Theileria parva / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D013801:Theileriasis / Q000097:blood / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000517:prevention & control*