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Detection of Biological Effects of Environmental Pollutants of the Kafue River on the Kafue Lechwe (KOBUS LECHE KAFUENESIS)by Characterization of Selected Biomarkers
(2012-01-24)A lot of research in ecotoxicology is currently focused on identifying and developing suitable biomarkers for use in assessing environmental pollution. Thus this study was aimed at assessing the potential of Cytochrome ... -
Determination of Aflatoxin Levels in Raw Groundnuts From Markets in Lusaka District,Zambia
(The University of Zambia, 2015)Groundnuts, one of the most susceptible crops to aflatoxin (AF) contamination, are widely produced and consumed in Zambia. Previous studies have reported high levels of AFs in groundnuts produced in Zambia. However, there ... -
Determination of Virulence factors in Salmonella isolates of Human, Poultry and Dog origin in Lusaka District, Zambia
(2014-02-07)This study was conducted in Lusaka, Zambia to determine the distribution of the invA, invF,hilA, hilC, hilD, sipC and spiC virulence genes in Salmonella isolates from dogs, chickens and humans using both the Polymerase ... -
Development of a specific and sensitive method for detection of Salmonella in Chickens using Polymerase chain reaction technique
(2012-10-08)Conventional microbiological techniques used in the detection and identification of Salmonella infections in chicken samples are relatively lengthy. In Zambia today, the situation has even been made worse by the indiscriminate ... -
Economic Analysis of the Viability of Small holder Dairy Farming in Zambia
(2012-10-08)A cross sectional study was carried out with specific objectives of assessing the relative profitability of smallholder dairy farming and determining the socio-economic factors affecting it, in six of the then nine provinces ... -
Epidemiology of cryptosporidiosis in dogs in Lusaka District, Zambia
(The University of Zambia, 2016)Cryptosporidium is an intracellular zoonotic protozoan parasite that causes cryptosporidiosis, a diarrhoeal disease of humans and domestic animals. The parasite has been reported in a variety of domestic animals including ... -
Epidemiology of foot and Mouth Disease in Zambia
(The University of Zambia, 2015)Foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) is a highly infectious and devastating disease of livestock that has affected Zambia’s potential to boost the economy through trade in livestock commodities. The inadequate understanding, due ... -
The epidemiology of gastrointestinal nematodes in goats in the traditional grasslands of Zambia
(2012-09-05)Monthly faecal gastrointestinal nematode egg counts, coprocultures, differential larval counts and packed cell volumes of goats (according to age classes <6 months, 6 months to 1 year, 1 year to 2 years, more than 2 years) ... -
Epidemiology of Peste des Petits Ruminants(PPR) in the high risk areas of Muchinga, Northern and North-Western provinces of Zambia
(The University of Zambia, 2015)Peste des Petits Ruminants (PPR) is a highly infectious epizootic disease of small ruminants that cause high mortality and has become an increasingly important trans-boundary disease following the eradication of Rinderpest. ... -
Estimating the basic reproduction number for the 2015 Nyimba district bubonic plague outbreak
(The University of Zambia, 2020)Plague is a re-emerging flea-borne infectious disease of global importance and in recent years Zambia has periodically experienced increased incidence of bubonic plague outbreaks. However, there are currently no studies ... -
Evaluation of immunomagnetic beads and loop mediated Isothermal amplification in detecting mycobacterium tuberculosis complex in Bovine Milk
(The University of Zambia, 2015)The study evaluated the use of immunomagnetic beads (IMB) in detecting Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex (MTC) in bovine milk. A total of 161 animals from traditional small scale farmers of Mphango and Itope areas of ... -
Evaluation of the level of awareness of congenital toxoplasmosis and associated practices among pregnant women and health workers in Tanzania's Temeke District
(University of Zambia, 2016)Toxoplasmosis is a zoonotic disease caused by an intracellular obligate coccidian protozoan called Toxoplasma gondii. The parasite infects all warm blooded animals and usually develops in immune-compromised hosts. The risk ... -
Exposure risk assessment to aflatoxins through the consumption of peanut among children aged 6-59 months in Lusaka district.
(The University of Zambia, 2022)Aflatoxins are a family of toxins produced by certain fungi found on agricultural crops such as maize (corn), peanuts (groundnuts), cottonseed, and tree nuts. Based on the Codex Alimentarius framework for food control ... -
Extended spectrum beta-lactamase (ESBL) producing escherichia coli in poultry and water in Lusaka district
(The University of Zambia, 2015)Extended Spectrum Beta-Lactamase are enzymes that hydrolyse the beta-lactam ring on most of the beta-lactam antibiotics which comprise of penicillins, cephalosporins, and the monobactam aztreonam thereby rendering the ... -
Field assessment of the efficacy of Tephrosia Vogelii(hook)plant leaf extracts for control of ticks on naturally infested Cattle in Njola Veterinary Camp of Monze District,Zambia
(The University of Zambia, 2016)Ticks and tick borne diseases (TBDs) are responsible for substantial direct and indirect economic losses in livestock production in the sub-Saharan countries. Conventional acaricide methods for controlling ticks and TBDs ... -
Gastrointestinal nematodes in traditional cattle of Zambia : seasonality and relationship between faecal egg counts and worm burden
(2012-09-04)Faecal egg counts, differential larval counts and post mortem total worm counts were done on seventy traditional cattle from Southern province of Zambia between February and September 1997 to establish the relationship ... -
Haematological and Blood biochemical changes in the pathophysiology of trypanoma congolese infection indigenous Zambian goats
(2012-09-17)Trypanosomosis is an economically important parasitic disease of almost all domesticated animals in Zambia. However, very little work has been done to estabUsh the pathophysiology of the disease in animals in Zambia. The ... -
Hygienic and compositional quality of Raw Milk Produced by Smallholder dairy farmers in Lusaka Province of Zambia
(2015-10-26)This study was carried out to evaluate the hygienic and compositional quality of raw milk produced by smallholder dairy farmers (SHDFs) in Lusaka province of Zambia. It was conducted during the months of January and February ... -
The Immunogenicity of Irradiated Theileria Parva( Katete) Sporozoites in the Immunisation of Cattle against Malignant Theileriosis
(2012-09-04)The effect of irradiation on the Katete stock of Theileria parva sporozoites either directly (stabilate form) or indirectly (in their tick vectors) was compared to the 'infection and treatment' method of immunisation of ... -
Impact of brucellosis on Socio-Economic Well-being of Cattle Farmers inthe Western and Southern Provinces of Zambia
(University of Zambia, 2017)Brucellosis is a highly contagious zoonotic and devastating disease that affects households‟ potential to improve their well-being through trade in livestock and livestock commodities. Despite the disease being endemic ...
