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12 November 2021

Immunisation of livestock with high quality vaccines is considered an essential approach to controlling many animal diseases. The only currently available commercial vaccine to protect cattle from East Coast fever (ECF), a tick-borne disease caused b...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Veterinary Vaccines and Diagnostic Tools)
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  • Open Access
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Genetic Diversity and Sequence Polymorphism of Two Genes Encoding Theileria parva Antigens Recognized by CD8+ T Cells among Vaccinated and Unvaccinated Cattle in Malawi

  • Elisha Chatanga,
  • Kyoko Hayashida,
  • Walter Muleya,
  • Kodai Kusakisako and ,
  • Mohamed Abdallah Mohamed Moustafa,
  • Bashir Salim,
  • Ken Katakura,
  • Chihiro Sugimoto,
  • Nariaki Nonaka and
  • Ryo Nakao
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East Coast fever (ECF) is an acute fatal tick-borne disease of cattle caused by Theileria parva. It causes major losses in exotic and crossbreed cattle, but this could be prevented by a vaccine of T. parva if the vaccine is selected properly based on...

(This article belongs to the Section Animal Pathogens)
  • Article
  • Open Access
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East Coast Fever Carrier Status and Theileria parva Breakthrough Strains in Recently ITM Vaccinated and Non-Vaccinated Cattle in Iganga District, Eastern Uganda

  • Stephen Oligo,
  • Ann Nanteza,
  • Julius Nsubuga,
  • Abubakar Musoba and ,
  • Anne Kazibwe and
  • George Willy Lubega
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

10 February 2023

East Coast fever (ECF) is a tick-borne disease of cattle that hinders the development of the livestock industry in eastern, central and southern Africa. The ‘Muguga cocktail’ live vaccine, delivered by an infection and treatment method (I...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Parasitic Diseases of Domestic, Wild, and Exotic Animals (Volume II))