Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in

Trypanosomosis: a priority disease in tsetse-challenged areas of Burkina Faso

  • Regular Articles
  • Published:
Tropical Animal Health and Production Aims and scope Submit manuscript

Abstract

Trypanosomosis is an important disease affecting humans as well as animals. It remains a big constraint to livestock productions in tropical areas. The objective of this study was to assess the importance of trypanosomosis among cattle diseases in Burkina Faso, mainly in tsetse-challenged areas, and to capture information on how farmers apply available methods for controlling the disease. A survey has been carried out in 29 villages of Burkina Faso in three regions (north, southwest, and west regions). One hundred and thirty-four cattle breeders were interviewed individually with a questionnaire. The results indicate that among the 16 diseases mentioned by cattle breeders, trypanosomosis is the most important one in tsetse-challenged areas. Overall, 76.12 % of the breeders mentioned it as the most important disease, while 54.55 % of the farmers in the southwest region and 70.91 % of the farmers in the west region ranked it as a priority disease. Chemoprophylaxis/chemotherapy is widely used as a control method. Isometamidium chloride and diminazene aceturate were used by 53.49 and 46.52 % of the responders, respectively. Among farmers, 85.55 % ranked diminazene aceturate as the less efficient while 14.45 % ranked isometamidium chloride as the most efficient trypanocid. Trypanocidal drug quality and drug resistance were raised as a major concern by 30.77 and 50 % of the respondents, respectively. According to them, zebu cattle are more susceptible to trypanosomosis than taurine Baoule cattle and their crosses with zebu, emphasizing that crossing susceptible breeds with trypanotolerant ones, could be used as part of an integrated control strategy.

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this article

Log in via an institution

Price excludes VAT (USA)
Tax calculation will be finalised during checkout.

Instant access to the full article PDF.

Fig. 1

Similar content being viewed by others

References

  • Achukwi, M.D. and Musongong, G.A., 2009. Trypanosomosis in the Doayo/Namchi (Bos taurus) and zebu White Fulani (Bos indicus) cattle in Faro Division, North Cameroon. Journal of Applied Biosciences, 15, 807--814

    Google Scholar 

  • Affognon, H., 2007. Economic Analysis of Trypanocide Use in Villages under Risk of Drug Resistance in West Africa. Doctoral thesis, Leibniz University of Hanover, Germany. http://deposit.ddb.de/cgi-bin/dokserv?idn=983870918&dok_var=d1&dok_ext=pdf&filename=983870918.pdf

  • Agyemang, K., 2005. Trypanotolerant livestock in the context of trypanosomiasis intervention and strategies. FAO/PAAT Technical and Scientific Series, 7, 66p.

    Google Scholar 

  • Bauer, B., Amsler-Delafosse, S., Kaboré, I., Kamuanga, M., 1999. Improvement of cattle productivity through rapid alleviation of African Animal trypanosomosis by integrated disease management practices in the agropastoral zone of Yalé, Burkina Faso. Tropical Animal Health and Production, 31, 89--102

    Article  PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Bouyer, J., Stachurski, F., Gouro, A.S., Lancelot, R., 2009. Control of bovine trypanosomosis by restricted application of insecticides to cattle using footbaths. Veterinary Parasitology, 161, 187--193

    Article  PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Clausen, P.-H., Sidibe, I., Kabore, I., Bauer, B., 1992. Development of multiple drug resistance of Trypanosoma congolense in Zebu cattle under high natural tsetse fly challenge in the pastoral zone of Samorougouan, Burkina Faso. Acta Tropica, 51, 29--236

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Courtin, F., Jammoneau, V., Duvallet, G., Garcia, A., Coulibaly, B., Doumenge, J.P., Cuny, G., Solano, P., 2008. Sleeping sickness in West Africa (1906–2006): changes in spatial repartition and lessons from the past. Tropical Medicine and International Health, 13, 334--344

    Article  PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Courtin, F., Rayaissé, J-B., Tamboura, I., Serdébéogo, O., Koudougou, Z., Solano, P., Sidibé, I., 2010. Updating the Northern Tsetse Limit in Burkina Faso (1949–2009): Impact of Global Change. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 7, 1708--1719

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • Desquesnes, M. and Dia, M.L., 2003a. Mechanical transmission of Trypanosoma congolense in cattle by the African tabanid Atylotus agerstis. Experimental Parasitology, 105, 226--231

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • Desquesnes, M. and Dia, M.L., 2003b. Trypanosoma vivax: mechanical transmission in cattle by the one of the most common African tabanids, Atylotus agrestis. Experimental Parasitology, 103, 35--43

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • Desquesnes, M. and Dia, M.L., 2004. Mechanical transmission of Trypanosoma vivax in cattle by the African tabanid Atylotus fuscipes. Veterinary Parasitology, 109, 9--19

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Desquesnes, M., Biteau-Coroller, F., Bouyer, J., Dia, M.L., Foil, L., 2009. Development of mathematical model for mechanical transmission of trypanosomes and other pathogens of cattle transmitted by tabanids. International Journal of Parasitology, 39, 333--346

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • Dia, M.L., Desquesnes, M., Hamadou, S., Bouyer, J., Yoni, W., Gouro, A.S., 2008. Piège tétra: Evaluation d’un modèle de petite taille pour la capture des vecteurs des trypanosomoses animales. Revue d’Élevage et de Médecine Vétérinaire des Pays Tropicaux, 159 (1), 17--21

    Google Scholar 

  • Geerts, S. and Holmes, P.H., 1998. Drug Management and Parasite Resistance in Bovine Trypanosomiasis in Africa. PAAT Technical and scientific series 1. Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO), Rome, Italy.

    Google Scholar 

  • Grace, D., Randolph, T., Diall, O., Clausen, P.-H., 2008. Training farmers in rational drug-use improves their management of cattle trypanosomosis: A cluster-randomised trial in south Mali. Preventive Veterinary Medicine, 83, 83--97

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • Grace, D., Randolph, T., Affognon, H., Dramane, D., Diall, O., Clausen, P.-H., 2009. Characterisation and validation of farmers' knowledge and practice of cattle trypanosomosis management in the cotton zone of West Africa. Acta Tropica, 111, 137--143

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • Gu, Y., Gettinby, G., McKendrick, I., Murray, M., Peregrine, A.S., Revie, C., 1999. Development of a decision support system for trypanocidal drug control of bovine trypanosomosis in Africa. Veterinary Parasitology 87, 9--23

    Article  PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Hill, E.W., O’Gorman, G.M., Agaba, M., Gibson, J.P., Hanotte, O., Kemp, S.J., Naessens, J., Coussens, P.M., MacHugh, D.E., 2005. Understanding bovine trypanosomiasis and trypanotolerance: the promise of functional genomics. Veterinary Immunology and Immunopathology, 105, 247--258

    Google Scholar 

  • Kamuanga, M., Kaboré, I., Swalow, B., Amsler-Delafosse, S. and Bauer, B., 1995. Evaluating factors affecting implementation of community based tsetse control in Southern Burkina Faso. Part1: Use of insecticide-impregnated screens. In: Proceedings of the 23rd Meeting of the ISCTRC, Banjul, the Gambia, Organisation of African Union (OAU/STRC, Publication), 118, 318--330

  • Kristjanson, P.M., Swallow, B.M., Rowlands, G.J., Kriska, R.L. and de Leeuw, P.N., 1999. Measuring the costs of African animal trypanosomosis, the potential benefits of control and return to research. Agricultural Systems, 59, 79--98

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Mahama, C.I., Desquesnes, M., Dia, M.L., Losson, B., De Deken, R., Geerts, S., 2004. A cross-sectional epidemiological survey of bovine trypanosomosis and its vectors in the Savelugu and West Mamprusi districts of northern Ghana. Veterinary Parasitology, 122, 1--13

    Google Scholar 

  • McDermott, J., Woitag, T., Sidibe, I., Bauer, B., Diarra, B., Ouedraogo, D., Kamuanga, M., Peregrine, A., Eisler, M., Zessin, K.H., Mehlitz, D., Clausen, P-H., 2003. Field studies of drug resistant cattle trypanosomes in Kenedougou Province, Burkina Faso. Acta Tropica, 86, 93--103

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • Ministère des Ressources Animales (MRA), 2006. Les statistiques du secteur de l'élevage au Burkina Faso. Rapport du Ministère des Ressources Animales, Ougadougou, Burkina Faso, 70p

  • Mulugeta, W., Wilkes, J., Mulatu, W., Majiwa, P.A.O., Masake, R., Peregrine, A.S., 1997. Long-term occurrence of Trypanosoma congolense resistant to diminazene, isometamidium and homidium in cattle at Ghibe, Ethiopia. Acta Tropica, 64, 205--217

    Article  PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Murik, A., Hagos, A., Yacob, H.T., Asnake, F., Basu, A.K., 2008. Prevalence of bovine trypanosomosis and trypanocidal drug sensitivity studies on Trypanosoma congolense in Wolyta and Dawero zones of southern Ethiopia. Veterinary Parasitology, 152, 141--147

    Google Scholar 

  • Mwangi, E.K., Stevenson, P., Gettinby, G., Reid, S.W.J., Murray, M., 1998. Susceptibility to trypanosomosis of three Bos indicus cattle breeds in areas of differing tsetse fly challenge. Veterinary Parasitology, 79, 1--17

    Article  PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Naessens, J., Teale, A.J. and Sileghem, M., 2002. Identification of mechanisms of natural resistance to African trypanosomiasis in cattle. Veterinary Immunology and Immunopathology, 87, 187--194

    Article  PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Ohaga, S.O., Kokwaro, E.D., Ndiege, I.O., Hassanali, A., Saini, R.K., 2007. Livestock farmers' perception and epidemiology of bovine trypanosomosis in Kwale District, Kenya. Preventive Veterinary Medicine, 80 (1), 24--33

    Article  PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Ouédraogo, D., Kamuanga, M., Savadogo, K., McDermott, J., Woitag, T., 2006. Determinants of Therapeutic Choices and Cattle Health Management in Western Burkina Faso. Revue d’économie du développement, 5 (20), 93--111

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Ouédraogo-Koné, S., 2008. The Potential of Some Sub-humid Zone Browse Species as Feed for Ruminants. Doctoral Thesis, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, 67p.

  • Peregrine, A.S., Knowles, G., Ibatayo, A.I., Scott, J.R., Moloo, S.K., Murphy, N.B., 1991.Variation in resistance to isometamidium chloride and diminazene aceturate by clones derived from a stock of Trypanosoma congolense. Parasitology, 102, 93--100

    Article  PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Rayaissé, J.B., Courtin, F., Akoundjin, M., César, J., Solano, P., 2009. Influence de l’anthropisation sur la végétation locale et l’abondance des tsé-tsé au sud du Burkina Faso. Parasite, 16, 21--28

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • SAS (Statistical Analysis System), 2002. Institute Inc., SAS/STAT user's guide version 9.1, Cary, NC: SAS Institute Inc.

    Google Scholar 

  • Soudre, A., Ouedraogo, A.G., Hanotte, O., Wurzinger, M., Sölkner, J., 2009. Trypanosomosis and cattle health management in three regions of Burkina Faso. In Tielkes, E., (ed), Proceedings of the 5th Tropentag, Hamburg 2009, (Biophysical and Socio-economic frame conditions for the sustainable management of natural resources: International research on food security, natural resource management and rural development), 244. http://www.tropentag.de/2009/proceedings/proceedings.pdf

  • Sow, A., Ouattara, L., Compaore, Z., Doulkoum, B.R., Pare, M., Poda, G., Nyambre, J., 2008. Prévalence sérologique de la peste des petits ruminants dans la province du Soum au Nord du Burkina Faso. Revue d’Élevage et de Médecine Vétérinaire des Pays Tropicaux., 61 (1), 5--9

    Google Scholar 

  • Steverding, D., 2008. The history of African trypanosomiasis. Parasites and Vectors, 1, 3 doi:10.1186/1756-3305-1-3. http://www.parasitesandvectors.com/content/pdf/1756-3305-1-3.pdf

  • Talaki, E., 2008. Etude de la résistance des trypanosomes à l’isométamidium et au diminazène dans la zone cotonnière de l’Afrique de l’Ouest (Mali – Guinée – Burkina Faso). Thèse de doctorat unique, Université Polytechnique de Bobo – Dioulasso, Burkina Faso. http://www.beep.ird.fr/collect/upb/index/assoc/HASHf6cd.dir/IDR-2008-TALA-ETU.pdf

  • Taylor, K.A., 1998. Immune responses of cattle to African trypanosomosis: protective or pathogenic? International Journal of Parasitology, 28, 219--40

    Article  PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Taylor, K.A., Lutje, V., Kennedy, D., Authié, E., Boulangé, A., Logan-Henfrey, L. Gichuki, B., Gettinby, G., 1996. Trypanosoma congolense: B-lymphocyte Responses Differ between Trypanotolerant and Trypanosusceptible cattle. Experimental Parasitology, 83, 106--116

    Article  PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Van der Waaij, E.H., Hanotte, O., Van Arendonk, J.A.M., Kemp, S.J., Kennedy, D., Gibson, A., Teale, A., 2003. Population parameters for traits defining trypanotolerance in an F2 cross of N’Dama and Boran cattle. Livestock Production Science, 84, 219--230

    Google Scholar 

Download references

Acknowledgments

The authors are grateful to the Austrian Exchange Service for the grant and for funding the field work, the International Livestock Research Institute, the University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences in Austria, and the Polytechnic University of Bobo-Dioulasso in Burkina Faso for cofunding the field work. We also thank the regional directors and collaborators of the study areas and the farmers for their active collaborations during the surveys.

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Division of Livestock Sciences, Department of Sustainable Agricultural Systems, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Gregor Mendel Str. 33, 1180, Vienna, Austria

    Albert Soudré, Maria Wurzinger & Johann Sölkner

  2. Polytechnic University of Bobo-Dioulasso, P.O. Box 1091, Bobo Dioulasso, Burkina Faso

    Salifou Ouédraogo-Koné & Anicet Georges Ouédraogo

  3. Institute of Animal Breeding and Genetics, University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna, Veterinärplatz 1, 1210, Vienna, Austria

    Simone Müller

  4. School of Biology University Park, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, NG7 2RD, Nottinghamshire, UK

    Olivier Hanotte

  5. International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), P.O. Box 30700, Nairobi, 00100, Kenya

    Olivier Hanotte

Authors
  1. Albert Soudré
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  2. Salifou Ouédraogo-Koné
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  3. Maria Wurzinger
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  4. Simone Müller
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  5. Olivier Hanotte
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  6. Anicet Georges Ouédraogo
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  7. Johann Sölkner
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Corresponding author

Correspondence to Albert Soudré.

Electronic supplementary material

Below is the link to the electronic supplementary material.

ESM 1

(Doc 74 kb)

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Cite this article

Soudré, A., Ouédraogo-Koné, S., Wurzinger, M. et al. Trypanosomosis: a priority disease in tsetse-challenged areas of Burkina Faso. Trop Anim Health Prod 45, 497–503 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11250-012-0248-4

Download citation

  • Accepted:

  • Published:

  • Issue Date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11250-012-0248-4

Keywords

Search

Navigation