Publications by authors named "E Lyatuu"
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- * The study sampled 2048 dairy cattle across 1371 farms and found a molecular prevalence of 3.5%, with the highest rates in the Njombe region and one specific bacteria being the most common.
- * Recommendations include further research on the disease's sources, better education for livestock keepers, and potential vaccination programs to control brucellosis in high-risk areas.
Background: Smallholder dairy farming is crucial for the Tanzanian dairy sector which generates income and employment for thousands of families. This is more evident in the northern and southern highland zones where dairy cattle and milk production are core economic activities. Here we estimated the seroprevalence of Leptospira serovar Hardjo and quantified potential risk factors associated with its exposure in smallholder dairy cattle in Tanzania.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBovine brucellosis is a bacterial zoonoses caused by . We conducted a cross-sectional study to determine brucellosis seroprevalence and risk factors among smallholder dairy cattle across six regions in Tanzania. We sampled 2048 dairy cattle on 1374 farms between July 2019 and October 2020.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFQ fever is a zoonotic disease, resulting from infection with . Infection in cattle can cause abortion and infertility, however, there is little epidemiological information regarding the disease in dairy cattle in Tanzania. Between July 2019 and October 2020, a serosurvey was conducted in six high dairy producing regions of Tanzania.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThis study evaluates the effect of heat stress on milk production and describes the pattern of response of milk yield to increasing heat load, using temperature-humidity index (THI) on test-day milk records of small holder dairy cattle herds in the sub-Saharan African climate of Tanzania. Climate data obtained from aWhere, an agricultural weather data platform (http://www.awhere.
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