Environmental predictors of bovine Eimeria infection in western Kenya

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cg.authorship.typesCGIAR and developing country instituteen_US
cg.authorship.typesCGIAR and advanced research instituteen_US
cg.contributor.affiliationUniversity of Nairobien_US
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Livestock Research Instituteen_US
cg.contributor.affiliationUniversity of Edinburghen_US
cg.contributor.affiliationUniversity of Southamptonen_US
cg.contributor.affiliationUniversity of Liverpoolen_US
cg.contributor.crpAgriculture for Nutrition and Healthen_US
cg.contributor.donorWellcome Trusten_US
cg.contributor.donorBiotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council, United Kingdomen_US
cg.contributor.donorMedical Research Council, United Kingdomen_US
cg.coverage.countryKenyaen_US
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2KEen_US
cg.coverage.regionAfricaen_US
cg.coverage.regionEastern Africaen_US
cg.creator.identifierLian Thomas: 0000-0001-8447-1210en_US
cg.creator.identifierElizabeth Cook: 0000-0001-6081-8363en_US
cg.creator.identifierEric M. Fèvre: 0000-0001-8931-4986en_US
cg.creator.identifierWilliam de Glanville: 0000-0003-2474-0356en_US
cg.howPublishedFormally Publisheden_US
cg.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1007/s11250-016-1209-0en_US
cg.isijournalISI Journalen_US
cg.issn0049-4747en_US
cg.issue2en_US
cg.journalTropical Animal Health and Productionen_US
cg.reviewStatusPeer Reviewen_US
cg.subject.ilriANIMAL DISEASESen_US
cg.subject.ilriANIMAL PRODUCTIONen_US
cg.subject.ilriCATTLEen_US
cg.subject.ilriLIVESTOCKen_US
cg.volume49en_US
dc.contributor.authorMakau, D.N.en_US
dc.contributor.authorGitau, G.K.en_US
dc.contributor.authorMuchemi, G.K.en_US
dc.contributor.authorThomas, Lian F.en_US
dc.contributor.authorCook, Elizabeth A.J.en_US
dc.contributor.authorWardrop, N.A.en_US
dc.contributor.authorFèvre, Eric M.en_US
dc.contributor.authorGlanville, William A. deen_US
dc.date.accessioned2017-01-16T20:08:22Zen_US
dc.date.available2017-01-16T20:08:22Zen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/78802en_US
dc.titleEnvironmental predictors of bovine Eimeria infection in western Kenyaen_US
dcterms.abstractEimeriosis is caused by a protozoan infection affecting most domestic animal species. Outbreaks in cattle are associated with various environmental factors in temperate climates but limited work has been done in tropical settings. The objective of this work was to determine the prevalence and environmental factors associated with bovine Eimeria spp. infection in a mixed farming area of western Kenya. A total of 983 cattle were sampled from 226 cattle-keeping households. Faecal samples were collected directly from the rectum via digital extraction and analysed for the presence of Eimeria spp. infection using the MacMaster technique. Individual and household level predictors of infection were explored using mixed effects logistic regression. The prevalence of individual animal Eimeria infection was 32.8% (95% CI 29.9–35.9). A positive linear relationship was found between risk of Eimeria infection and increasing temperature (OR = 1.4, 95% CI 1.06–1.86) and distance to areas at risk of flooding (OR = 1.49, 95% CI 1.17–1.91). There was weak evidence of non-linear relationship between Eimeria infection and the proportion of the area around a household that was classified as swamp (OR = 1.12, 95% CI 0.87–1.44; OR (quadratic term) = 0.85, 95% CI 0.73–1.00), and the sand content of the soil (OR = 1.18, 95% CI 0.91–1.53; OR (quadratic term) = 1.1, 95% CI 0.99–1.23). The risk of animal Eimeria spp. infection is influenced by a number of climatic and soil-associated conditions.en_US
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Accessen_US
dcterms.audienceScientistsen_US
dcterms.available2017-01-04en_US
dcterms.bibliographicCitationMakau, D.N., Gitau, G.K., Muchemi, G.K., Thomas, L.F., Cook, E.A.J., Wardrop, N.A., Fèvre, E.M. and Glanville, W.A. de. 2017. Environmental predictors of bovine Eimeria infection in western Kenya. Tropical Animal Health and Production 49(2):409–416.en_US
dcterms.extentp. 409-416en_US
dcterms.issued2017-02en_US
dcterms.languageenen_US
dcterms.licenseCC-BY-4.0en_US
dcterms.publisherSpringeren_US
dcterms.subjectanimal diseasesen_US
dcterms.subjectanimal productionen_US
dcterms.subjectcattleen_US
dcterms.subjectlivestocken_US
dcterms.typeJournal Articleen_US

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