Publications by authors named "D A Asare"
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- * Out of 397 guinea fowls sampled, 24.7% tested positive for avian influenza antibodies, with adult birds showing higher rates than younger ones.
- * The findings emphasize the need for ongoing monitoring of avian influenza in guinea fowls to prevent virus spread and suggest nationwide surveillance to better understand its prevalence in Ghana.
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- - Rabies is a major public health concern in Ghana, particularly in rural areas with limited healthcare access, as it mainly spreads through bites from infected dogs and leads to numerous deaths each year.
- - Current efforts, like dog vaccination campaigns, face significant limitations due to low vaccination rates, poor surveillance, and inadequate cooperation between sectors.
- - The paper advocates for implementing One Health principles, which connect human, animal, and environmental health initiatives, to enhance rabies control in Ghana and aim for elimination by 2030.
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- Conventional oral vaccine delivery in poultry faces challenges like vaccine breakdown in the GI tract and the requirement for cold storage.
- The study explored the use of cashew-alginate microbeads, developed through ionotropic gelation and freeze-drying, to create a more stable and protective vaccine delivery system.
- Results showed that these microbeads maintained vaccine effectiveness for three months without cold storage, indicating their potential for improving oral vaccine delivery in chickens.
Reproducibility of Quantitative Double-Echo Steady-State T Mapping of Knee Cartilage.
J Magn Reson Imaging
February 2025
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- - The study investigates the reproducibility of knee cartilage T mapping using a fast technique called qDESS, focusing on its ability to identify joints at risk for osteoarthritis.
- - Researchers evaluated two methods for analyzing cartilage: manual segmentation of specific regions and automatic segmentation through a deep-learning tool, assessing test-retest performance over different time intervals.
- - The analysis revealed that all cartilage regions demonstrated good reproducibility, allowing for better profiling of this biomarker's technical performance in clinical assessments.
This study was designed as a cross-sectional study to find out the prevalence and associated risk factors of burnout among veterinary students at Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) in Kumasi-Ghana. A total of 74 veterinary students served as the respondents and were given online questionnaires which comprised questions on emotional exhaustion (EE), depersonalisation (DP) and reduced personal accomplishment (RPA). Data obtained were analysed using descriptive statistics, Chi-square test and regression analysis.
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