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Natural transmission of Trypanosomiasis (T. pecorum group) in the absence of Tsetse-fly

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 July 2009

Rupert W. Jack
Rupert W. Jack
Affiliation:
Government Entomologist, Southern Rhodesia.
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The opinion that trypanosomiasis of the T. pecorum type is, under favourable conditions, transmissible amongst domestic stock through the agency of blood-sucking flies other than Glossina has been expressed by several observers.

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Bulletin of Entomological Research , Volume 8 , Issue 1 , February 1917 , pp. 35 - 41
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1917

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References

* (1). Kinghorn & Montgomery: “ A Report on Trypanosomiasis of Domestic Stock in N.W. Rhodesia.”—Ann. Trop. Med. Parasit., 06, 1908.Google Scholar

(2). Owen, G. E.: “ Mechanical Transmission in Trypanosomiasis.”—Jl. Comp, Path. Therap., 09, 1914. (The species of Trypanosome in this instance is not certain.)CrossRefGoogle Scholar

(3). Llewelyn Jones, H.: “ The Treatment of Trypanosomiasis in Cattle caused by the Trypanosoma pecorum.”—Jl. Comp. Path. Therap., 06, 1915.Google Scholar

* The location of the preceding five outbreaks is indicated on Map I.

† The oxen returned with the waggons from Sileya's kraal to the Sikombella River in December.

‡ The disease was diagnosed by Bevan from smears taken from these three oxen.

* This is, of course, contrary to the experience in Barotseland and Portuguese East Africa