Prevalence of genital campylobacteriosis and trichomonosis in crossbred breeding bulls kept on zero-grazed smallholder dairy farms in the Tanga region of Tanzania.
A survey to demonstrate the presence or absence of genital campylobacteriosis and trichomonosis in cross-bred breeding bulls kept under smallholding dairy farms in the Tanga region of Tanzania was carried out during the period of January-June 1996. Sheath washings, swabs and preputial scrapings were collected from 58 randomly selected bulls. Campylobacter fetus subsp. venerealis was demonstrated in 3/58 (5.1%) and Tritrichomonas foetus in 0/58 (0%) of all bulls tested. Bull-level variables of level of taurine genes (62.5% taurine genes, F2; 75% taurine genes, F3) and age were not significantly associated with campylobacteriosis (P > 0.05). The result of the study identifies Campylobacterfetus subsp. venerelias as the agent of enzootic infertility in smallholder herds and suggests that may be a significant problem.
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Tanga Dairy Development Programme (TDDP), PO Box 1474, Tanga, Tanzania. emasw@yahoo.co.uk
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D000367:Age Factors; D000818:Animals; D002169:Campylobacter Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000662:veterinary*; D002168:Campylobacter fetus / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D002417:Cattle; D002418:Cattle Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000635:transmission; D008297:Male; D015995:Prevalence; D013636:Tanzania / Q000453:epidemiology; D014245:Trichomonas Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000662:veterinary*