April 2013

Reuse of experimental huts for indoor residual spraying is feasible

Experimental huts are costly investments for programs evaluating insecticides and researching mosquito behaviour. These huts can be used to evaluate indoor residual sprays for malaria control but when the hut trials finish, contamination by the long lasting insecticide treatments might prevent further use of the hut. To see if experimental huts could be reused after indoor residual spraying tests, huts in Cotonou,...

Author(s): Seth Irish, Raphael N’Guessan, Abibatou Odjo, Clemence Metonnou, Pelagie Boko, Martin Akogbeto and Mark Rowland,  

April 2013

Prevalence of lungworm infection in small ruminants in North Gondar zone, Amhara National Regional State, Ethiopia

The study was conducted to determine the prevalence, associated risk factors and identification of the species of lungworms of small ruminants in four districts of Northwestern Amhara National Regional State. A total of 632 small ruminants were included in the study using coprologic procedures (565 animals) and post-mortem examination (87 animals). The study showed that the overall prevalence of lungworm infection was...

Author(s): Yitagele Terefe, Ketema Tafess, Getasew Fekadie and Nigatu Kebede  

April 2013

Two avian cestodes parasitic to Corvus species of Kashmir, India

Three species of birds belonging to the genus Corvus (Corvus monedula, Corvus splendens and Corvus macrorhynchos) were collected from nine different localities of Kashmir valley and investigated for the presence of helminthes. Dilepis undula (Schrank, 1788) was recovered from all the three host species. While, Mayhewia kavini Chishti and Khan, 1982 was recovered only from C. monedula and no specimen of this cestode was...

Author(s): Javid Ahmad Dar and Syed Tanveer