This issue contains articles on tsetse distribution in Tanzania in 2012; detection of human-infective trypanosomes in acutely-infected Jack Russel from Zambia's south Luangwa national park by loop-mediated isothermal amplification; spatial distribution of non-clinical Rift Valley fever viral...

Contextualization: The antiparasitic resistance caused by the indiscriminate use of anthelmintic drugs for the control of gastrointestinal parasites in production animals and pets, has become one of the biggest problems in animal health. For this reason, the use of vaccines could benefit animal...

Animal feeds may contain exogenous compounds that can induce toxicity when ruminants ingest them. These toxins are secondary metabolites originating from various sources including plants, bacteria, algae and fungi. Animal feed toxins are responsible for various animal poisonings which negatively...

Parasites have had a significant impact on domestic ruminant health and production for a long time, but the emerging threat of drug resistance urgently requires an improved approach to parasite monitoring and control activities. The study reviewed the international literature to analyze the...

Silage is the best method for regulating the balance of green forage for ruminant animals, preserving green forage, and reducing nutrient losses during storage. During the production and utilization of silage feed, contamination by various mycotoxins is a common issue. Mycotoxins in silage can...

The responsible use of anthelmintic drugs in animal production has been promoted for many years to slow the emergence of anthelmintic-resistant parasites and prevent the spread of drug-resistant strains. The results emerging from the literature show that the application of alternative...

Background: Ethiopia's livestock sector supports the livelihoods of millions of smallholder farmers. However, despite the improvements of recent years, livestock productivity remains low due to critical constraints, including infectious diseases. The aim of this study was to collate and synthesize...

A wide variety of gastro-intestinal (GI) helminthes have been associated with morbidity and mortality in large and small ruminants. Substantial parasitic load in these animals is characterized by symptoms like diarrhea, poor weight gain, rough body coat, gastro intestinal disturbance like lack of...

Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies (TSEs) or prion diseases are a fatal group of infectious, inherited and spontaneous neurodegenerative diseases affecting human and animals. They are caused by the conversion of cellular prion protein (PrP^C) into a misfolded pathological isoform (PrP^Sc or ...

Livestock disease outbreaks become a burden to the animal husbandry farmers and cause great economic loss in India. Period regression analysis is used to find the periodic or cyclic character of livestock disease outbreaks in animals, as many other natural phenomena in environment is periodic or...