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Trypanotolerant livestock in the context of trypanosomiasis intervention strategies

Year of publication 2004

Place of publication Rome, Italy ;

Pages 76

Author Agyemang, K.

Publisher FAO ;

Product type Book (series)

ISBN 925105262x

Series title PAAT Technical and Scientific Series

Series number 7

Edition 1

Synopsis (short abstract) Trypanosomiasis poses a considerable constraint on livestock-agricultural development in tsetse-infested areas of sub-Saharan Africa. For various and complex reasons, many efforts to limit or eradicate trypanosomiasis have failed or have had limited success. However, in certain areas of West Africa, livestock production remains impossible, despite the presence of tsetse fly, though the use of cattle and small ruminant breeds that are tolerant to the disease.

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