PIG FARMING SYSTEMS AND CYSTICERCOSIS IN NORTHERN UGANDA

Pig farming systems and cysticercosis in Northern Uganda

Rudimentary non-market-oriented pig rearing systems have been implicated in the persistence of Taenia solium cysticercosis, an endemic disease of high public health concern in Uganda.We investigated the seroprevalence and key predisposing factors of the disease in Moyo and Lira, two pig-producing districts in Northern Uganda.Cross-sectional serosur

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Phenology-based adjustments improve population estimates of Antarctic breeding seabirds: the case of Cape petrels in East Antarctica

To monitor and conserve a species, it is crucial to understand the size and distribution of populations.For seabirds, population surveys are usually conducted at peak breeding attendance.One of the largest populations of Smoothing Cream Cape petrels in East Antarctica is at the Vestfold Islands, where environmental and logistical constraints often

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