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| What is the difference between a Stercorarian trypanosome and a Salivarian trypanosome? |
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| What is the syndrome that trypanosomosis causes in humans? | Sleeping sickness
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| At what age are cattle most susceptible to trypanosomosis? | 6-9 years old
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| Which salivarian trypanosome affects all domestic mammals and causes skin disease in donkeys? | T. brucei
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| Which salivarian trypanosome does not require a vector and what disease does it cause? |
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| Which stercorarian trypanosome causes Chagas’ disease in humans in South America? What is its insect vector? |
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| Where are the salivarian trypanosomes found? | In the tsetse fly belt of Africa.
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| What are the clinical features of trypanosomosis in ruminants? |
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| How can low levels of parasitaemia be detected? | By haemolysing whole blood samples and analysing the plasma:buffy coat interface microscopically to look for organisms.
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| What is the most common treatment for trypanosomosis? What consideration should be made when treating horses? | Diminazene aceturate – causes local reactions in horses and so should be given at multiple sites as deep muscular injections and massaged well.
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