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Pathogenicity of Trypanosoma brucei brucei in experimentally infected pigs
E B Otesile1, S O Akpavie, B O Fagbemi
1Department of Veterinary Medicine, University of Ibadan, Nigeria.
Revue D'Elevage Et De Medecine Veterinaire Des Pays Tropicaux
|January 1, 1991
Abstract:
An experimental infection of 4-to 5-month old pigs with a stock of Trypanosoma brucei brucei resulted in a high parasitaemia, anorexia, pyrexia and a decline in the packed cell volume by one third. Nervous sign of circling and wobbling of the hind legs occurred in one of the pigs which at necropsy revealed a very severe meningo-encephalitis and the presence of trypanosomes in the brain. These results confirm that T. b. brucei might cause a severe disease in pigs.