Prospective cohort study reveals unexpected aetiologies of livestock abortion in northern Tanzania.

ABSTRACT: Livestock abortion is an important cause of productivity losses worldwide and many infectious causes of abortion are zoonotic pathogens that impact on human health. Little is known about the relative importance of infectious causes of livestock abortion in Africa, including in subsistence farming communities that are critically dependent on livestock for food, income, and wellbeing. We conducted a prospective cohort study of livestock abortion, supported by cross-sectional serosurveillance, to determine aetiologies of livestock abortions in livestock in Tanzania. This approach generated several important findings including detection of a Rift Valley fever virus outbreak in cattle; high prevalence of C. burnetii infection in livestock; and the first report of Neospora caninum, Toxoplasma go

SUBMITTER: Thomas KM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9270399 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature