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Ecological factors and the prevalence of trypanosome infections and its economic implications for livestock industry in Simanjiro, Tanzania: A Review

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dc.creator Ngongolo, Kelvin
dc.creator Mtoka, Samuel
dc.creator Rubanza, Chrispinus D.
dc.date 2020-11-24T13:59:07Z
dc.date 2020-11-24T13:59:07Z
dc.date 2019
dc.date.accessioned 2022-10-20T13:09:17Z
dc.date.available 2022-10-20T13:09:17Z
dc.identifier Ngongolo, K., Mtoka, S., & Rubanza, C. D. (2019). Ecological factors and the prevalence of trypanosome infections and its economic implications for livestock industry in Simanjiro, Tanzania: A Review
dc.identifier DOI: 10.9734/IJTDH/2019/v36i330145
dc.identifier http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12661/2580
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12661/2580
dc.description Full text article. Also available at https://doi.org/10.9734/ijtdh/2019/v36i330145
dc.description Aims: Trypanosomosis is among one of the tropical neglected diseases which have impacted on human, livestock and wildlife. Different factors have been discussed by various researchers but ecological factors being considered in nutshell. This paper aimed at reviewing details on how the ecological factors influence the prevalence of trypanosome. Study Design: Literature review where various literatures have been reviewed and the information synthesized. This paper has placed focus on: habitat type, wildlife management type, wildlife abundance and diversity, fire incidence and human activities. Place and Duration of Study: This literature review work focused in Tanzania mainland and specifically on Simanjiro district for economic implication of trypanosomiasis for the period of 2011-2013 years. Methodology: Literature Searching was done using key words in the following search engines Research gate, (https://www.researchgate.net), Google scholar, (https://scholar.google.com/), and PubMed. Manual search in printed documents were done in reports from government, poster, proceedings and publications which were not available in the internet. Results: Variation of habitat types was observed to have impacts on spatial and temporal distribution of various tsetse flies and wildlife species which are vector and reservoirs of the diseases respectively. Incidence of fire affected the distribution of tsetse flies, wildlife and prevalence of trypanosome. For the interval of three years (2011-2013) a loss of more than 1millionUSD associated with trypanosomiasis is estimated in Simanjiro district. More money is used by pastoralists in treatment of animals than in spraying pesticides. Conclusion: It is recommended that, more work to be done on the impact of ecological factors on trypanosomiasis. Also more effort is required in controlling the disease through collaboration of different stakeholders such as livestock officers, ecologists, veterinarians and other relevant agencies.
dc.language en
dc.publisher SCIENCEDOMAIN INTERNATIONAL
dc.subject Ecological factors
dc.subject Trypanosomiasis
dc.subject Tsetse flies
dc.subject Simanjiro district
dc.subject Trypanosome infections
dc.subject Livestock industry
dc.subject Tanzania
dc.subject Wildlife
dc.subject Livestock
dc.title Ecological factors and the prevalence of trypanosome infections and its economic implications for livestock industry in Simanjiro, Tanzania: A Review
dc.type Article


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