Open AccessTrypanosomiasis And Animal Production In Nigeria
Author(s) -
P. Leeflang
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
nigerian journal of animal production
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 0331-2062
DOI - 10.51791/njap.v2i1.2319
Subject(s) - livestock , trypanosomiasis , animal production , production (economics) , business , agroforestry , microbiology and biotechnology , biology , ecology , economics , zoology , immunology , macroeconomics
TRYPANOSOMIASIS is one of the principal factors restricting growth of the livestock industry in Nigeria and, therefore, is a direct concern of animal scientists who aspire to increase the production of animal protein in this country. The present paper reviews the value of drug treatment of disease animals, destruction of game, clearing of vegetation, and the extermination of the tse-tse flies by insecticides as methods of controlling this disease; it also discusses the contribution of integrated land use, improved standards of nutrition and management, and trypanosome-tolerant cattle to minimize, for the present, the effect of trypanosomiasis on the development of the livestock industry.