Prevalence of Bovine Trypanosomiasis in Kilifi County, Kenya
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Keywords
Bovine trypanosomiasis, prevalence, tsetse flies
Abstract
Bovine trypanosomosis remains a vital livestock disease and constraint which is intimidating livestock health and production, regardless of ongoing tsetse and trypanosomosis control struggles in Kilifi County. A cross-sectional study was carried out with the objective of determining prevalence of bovine trypanosomiasis and apparent tsetse fly density in two randomly selected peasant associations of Kilifi from July-September 2022.From the overall selected cattle 19/380; 5.0% infection rate was recorded. Selected animals were infested with different trypanosome species among which Tryapanosoma congolense (4.21%) was the most common, followed by T. vivax (0.79%). Poor body condition animals (8.14%) were highly infected with trypanosome parasite as compared to medium (5.88%) and no infection in animals with good body condition score. This study shows statistically significant association was obtained between mean packed cell volume (PCV) and trypanosomiasis infection rate (P<0.05). The lower mean PCV value (21.45%) were highly affected as compared with high mean PCV value animals (30.69%). The result of entomological survey, by using NGU traps deployed near animal grazing field and rivers of selected peasant association (PA), showed presence of three Glossina species namely Glossina longipennis, G. pallidipes, and G. austeni. Higher catches of G. pallidipes were registered as compared to other vectors. Conclusion: Generally, this study indicated the disease is still a problem for livestock health and production in the study area and it necessitates disease and tsetse fly control.
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Caren Kikwai, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Eldoret, P. O. Box 1125; 30100 Eldoret
Department of Biological Sciences, University of Eldoret, P. O. Box 1125; 30100 Eldoret
Moses Ngeiywa, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Eldoret, P. O. Box 1125; 30100 Eldoret
Department of Biological Sciences, University of Eldoret, Kenya