Environmental predictors of bovine Eimeria infection in western Kenya

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cg.authorship.typesCGIAR and developing country instituteen
cg.authorship.typesCGIAR and advanced research instituteen
cg.contributor.affiliationUniversity of Nairobien
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Livestock Research Instituteen
cg.contributor.affiliationUniversity of Edinburghen
cg.contributor.affiliationUniversity of Southamptonen
cg.contributor.affiliationUniversity of Liverpoolen
cg.contributor.crpAgriculture for Nutrition and Health
cg.contributor.donorWellcome Trusten
cg.contributor.donorBiotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council, United Kingdomen
cg.contributor.donorMedical Research Council, United Kingdomen
cg.coverage.countryKenya
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2KE
cg.coverage.regionAfrica
cg.coverage.regionEastern Africa
cg.creator.identifierLian Thomas: 0000-0001-8447-1210en
cg.creator.identifierElizabeth Cook: 0000-0001-6081-8363en
cg.creator.identifierEric M. Fèvre: 0000-0001-8931-4986en
cg.creator.identifierWilliam de Glanville: 0000-0003-2474-0356en
cg.howPublishedFormally Publisheden
cg.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1007/s11250-016-1209-0en
cg.isijournalISI Journalen
cg.issn0049-4747en
cg.issue2en
cg.journalTropical Animal Health and Productionen
cg.reviewStatusPeer Reviewen
cg.subject.ilriANIMAL DISEASESen
cg.subject.ilriANIMAL PRODUCTIONen
cg.subject.ilriCATTLEen
cg.subject.ilriLIVESTOCKen
cg.volume49en
dc.contributor.authorMakau, D.N.en
dc.contributor.authorGitau, G.K.en
dc.contributor.authorMuchemi, G.K.en
dc.contributor.authorThomas, Lian F.en
dc.contributor.authorCook, Elizabeth A.J.en
dc.contributor.authorWardrop, N.A.en
dc.contributor.authorFèvre, Eric M.en
dc.contributor.authorGlanville, William A. deen
dc.date.accessioned2017-01-16T20:08:22Zen
dc.date.available2017-01-16T20:08:22Zen
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/78802
dc.titleEnvironmental predictors of bovine Eimeria infection in western Kenyaen
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
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Access
dcterms.audienceScientistsen
dcterms.available2017-01-04en
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
dcterms.extentp. 409-416en
dcterms.issued2017-02en
dcterms.languageen
dcterms.licenseCC-BY-4.0
dcterms.publisherSpringeren
dcterms.subjectanimal diseasesen
dcterms.subjectanimal productionen
dcterms.subjectcattleen
dcterms.subjectlivestocken
dcterms.typeJournal Article

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