TROPICAL ANIMAL HEALTH & PRODUCTION
VOL. 31 , NO. 1 , FEBRUARY 1999
CONTENTS
GENERAL ANIMAL HEALTH
An outbreak of suspected poisoning of cattle by Dichapetalum sp. in
Tanzania
HM Msami 1-7
INFECTIOUS DISEASES
Rinderpest antibody detected in sheep and goats before an outbreak of
rinderpest reported in cattle in northern Tanzania
PN Wambura, JO Mollel, DW Moshy, AN Mbise,WP Taylor 9-14
Coenurus cerebraUs infection in Ethiopian highland sheep: incidence and
observations on pathogenesis and clinical signs
M Achenef, T Markos, G Feseha, A Hibret, S Tembely 15-24
Epidemiology of Trypunosoma evcmsi infection in crossbred dairy cattle in
Malaysia
TS Cheah, RA Sani, P Chandrawathani, S Bahri, l Dahlan 25-31
ADMINISTRATION
Financing the delivery of animal health services in developing countries: a
case study of Ghana
PK Turkson, CF Brownie 33-44
PIG PRODUCTION
Performance of pigs on diets containing detoxified sheanut cake
SWA Rhule 45-53
REPRODUCTION
Reduced ovulatory and oestrous activity in Zebu heifers following
Trypanosornci vivox infection
OL Obasi, D Ogwu, G Mohammed, ED Okon 55-62
Book Review 63
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TROPICAL ANIMAL HEALTH AND PRODUCTION
VOL. 31, No. 2 , 1999
CONTENTS
INFECTIOUS DISEASES
Rinderpest vaccination and the incidence and development of
trypanosomosis in cattle
P Stevenson, PB Rossiter, L Munga, EK Ndung'u, RB Dolan 65-73
POULTRY DISEASES
Susceptibility of local Nigerian and exotic chickens to infectious bursal
disease by contact exposure
JOA Okoye, EP Aba-Adulugba, RC Ezeokonkwo, SC Udem, LJE
Orajaka 75-81
VECTOR-BORNE DISEASES
Short Communication
Prevalence and distribution of animal trypanosomosis in Buvuma islands
in Lake Victoria, Uganda
JW Magona, DW Kakaire, JSP Mayende 83-87
Improvement of cattle productivity through rapid alleviation of African.
animal trypanosomosis by integrated disease management practices in
the agropastoral zone of Yale, Burkina Faso
B Bauer, S Amsler-Delafosse, l Kabore, M Karnuanga 89-102
ADMINISTRATION
Perceived constraints to privatization of delivery of veterinary services in
Ghana
PK Turkson, CF Brownie 103-114
RUMINANT PRODUCTION
Calliancha calothyrsus as a supplement for milk production in the Kenya
Highlands
RT Paterson, E Kiruiro, HK Arimi 115-126
Authors' Errata 74
Book Review 82
TROPICAL ANIMAL HEALTH AND PRODUCTION
VOL. 31, NO. 4, AUGUST 1999
CONTENTS
PARASITIC DISEASES
Comparative anthelmintic activity of strategic sustained low-level
administration ofalbendazole in feed pellets compared to single doses
ofclosantel and tetramisole against natural ovine parasitic
gastroenteritis
FA Khan, PK Sanyal, CP Swarnkar, D Singh, PSK Bhagwan 193-204
Epidemiology ofparasitoses in dairy animals in the north west humid
Himalayan region of India with particular reference to gastrointestinal
nematodes
KP Jithendran, TK Bhat 205-214
VECTOR-BORNE DISEASES
The effect of short-interval deltamethrin applications to control tsetse on
the seroprevalence ofbabesiosis in cattle
P Van den Bossche, D Mudenge 215-222
GENERAL ANIMAL PRODUCTION
Smallholder farming of the greater cane rat, Thryonomys swinclerumus,
Temminck, in southern Ghana: a baseline survey of management
practices
EK Adu, WS Alhassan, FS Nelson 223-232
RUMINANT PRODUCTION
Productive, physiological and biochemical changes in imported and
locally born Friesian and Holstein lactating cows under hot summer
conditions of Egypt
IFM Marai, AAM Habeeb, HM Farghaly 233-243
POULTRY PRODUCTION
Carcase composition of Taiwan simulated native chickens
SW Roan, WB Fang, CL Hu, BY Wang 245-257
Book Reviews 258-262
VOL. 31, No. 5 , 1999
CONTENTS
VECTOR-BORNE DISEASES
Cross-bred cattle protected against Hyalomma anatolicum anatolicum by
larval antigens purified by immunoaffinity chromatography
S Ghosh, MH Khan, N Ahmed 263-273
Short Communication: The effect of rangeland fires on cattle tick
infestation in western Zambia
RMT Baars 275-278
RUMINANT PRODUCTION
Estimating the effects of tsetse control on livestock productivity - a case
study in southwest Ethiopia
GJ Rowlands, Woudyalew Mulatu, SGA Leak, SM Nagda, GDM
d'leteren 279-294
Use of browses (Terminalia serecm, Combretum apiculatum or Euclea
schimperi) as a supplement for growing Tswana goats
AA Aganga, CB Monyatsiwa 295 305
Feeding of dairy cattle in the forest-garden farms of Kandy, Sri Lanka
G Zemmelink, S Premaratne, MNM lbrahim, PH Leegwater 307-319
The nutritive value, intake, digestibility and nitrogen balance of farm-
grown and prepared sunflower-based dairy calf meals
W Mandibaya, C Mutisi, H Hamudikuwanda, M Titterton 321-331
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