Haematology of N’Dama and West African Shorthorn cattle herds under natural Trypanosoma vivax challenge in Ghana

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Animal trypanosomosis, caused by trypanosomes mainly transmitted by tsetse flies results in annual economic losses in Africa in the range of US$ 1.0 - 1.2 billion in cattle production alone, and more than US$ 4.75 billion in terms of agricultural Gross Domestic Product (. The usual consequence of trypanosome infection is anaemia, which is often accompanied by poor growth, weight loss, low milk yield, infertility, abortion and paralysis (. The use of trypanotolerant cattle has not been given adequate consideration in integrated tsetse and trypanosomosis control programmes (. We previously reported natural n