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Also Known As: '''''Nagana — Trypanosomiasis — Chagas' Disease — Sleeping Sickness — Parrot Sickness'''''
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Also Known As: '''''Nagana — Trypanosomiasis — Chagas' Disease — Sleeping Sickness — Parrot Sickness — Dourine'''''
==Introduction==
==Introduction==
Trypanosomosis causes a '''wasting disease''' in cattle and '''sleeping sickness''' in humans.
Trypanosomosis causes a '''wasting disease''' in cattle and '''sleeping sickness''' in humans.
'''''T. cruzi''''' is the most important species in veterinary medicine.
'''''T. cruzi''''' is the cause of Chagas disease in humans but can also affect dogs, cats and pigs. ''T. vivax'' and ''T. congolense'' are the main pathogens of cattle. In horses, ''T. equiperdum'' is the cause of '''Dourine'''.
Trypanosomosis is '''notifiable''' to the World Organisation for Animal Health [http://www.oie.int/ (OIE)].
Trypanosomosis is '''notifiable''' to the World Organisation for Animal Health [http://www.oie.int/ (OIE)].
Worldwide
Worldwide
''T. brucei'', ''T. uniforme'', ''T. congolense'' and ''T. simiae'' are found only in the tsetse fly belt of Africa due to the restricted spread of their vector.
''T. brucei'', ''T. uniforme'', ''T. congolense'' and ''T. simiae'' are found only in the tsetse fly belt of Africa due to the restricted spread of their vector. ''T. vivax'' is more widespread occurring in Sub-saharan Africa as well as South America.
==Clinical Signs==
==Clinical Signs==
===Dogs and Cats===
===Dogs and Cats===
'''Pyrexia''', myocarditis, '''myositis''', corneal opacity and '''neurological signs''' may all be present.
'''Pyrexia''', myocarditis, '''myositis''', corneal opacity and occasionally '''neurological signs''' may all be present.
==Diagnosis==
==Diagnosis==
==References==
==References==
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Merck Veterinary Manual, '''Tsetse-transmitted Trypanosomiasis''' accessed online 03/06/2011 @ http://www.merckvetmanual.com/mvm/index.jsp?cfile=htm/bc/10413.htm
Merck Veterinary Manual, '''Tsetse-transmitted Trypanosomiasis''' accessed online 03/06/2011 @ http://www.merckvetmanual.com/mvm/index.jsp?cfile=htm/bc/10413.htm
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