Search for dissertations about: "tsetse"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 7 swedish dissertations containing the word tsetse.

  1. 1. Becoming Wilderness : a topological study of Tarangire, Northern Tanzania 1890-2004

    Author : Camilla Årlin; Mats Widgren; Dan Brockington; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Tanzania; Tarangire National Park; game reserve; topology; political ecology; landscape; tsetse; Mbugwe; Gorowa; conservation; man-animal networks; Human geography; Kulturgeografi; kulturgeografi; Human Geography;

    Abstract : Based on field and archival research, Becoming Wilderness analyses the fluid constructs of game preservation and their affect within networks and landscapes to the west of Tarangire National Park, Northern Tanzania from the late 19th Century until the present. The initial query of this thesis is how and why Tarangire comes to be separated as different from its surrounding (on the map and within policy) and what this has entailed for what is ‘within’ and ‘outside’. READ MORE

  2. 2. Reproductive biology of the tsetse Glossina pallidipes Austen (Diptera, Glossinidae) with special reference to mating behaviour

    Author : Thomas G. T. Jaenson; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : NATURAL SCIENCES; NATURVETENSKAP;

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  3. 3. Trypanotolerance and phenotypic characteristics of four Ethiopian cattle breeds

    Author : Jennie Stein; Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet; Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet; []
    Keywords : LANTBRUKSVETENSKAPER; AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES;

    Abstract : Trypanosomosis is the single most important livestock disease in sub-Saharan Africa. Infected animals suffer from weight loss, anemia and miscarriages. Trypanotolerant breeds, however, can survive, produce and reproduce even under disease pressure. In Ethiopia some breeds live in infected areas and could possess trypanotolerance. READ MORE

  4. 4. Immunological studies in the brain and signaling pathways in experimental African trypanosomiasis

    Author : Ahmed Sharafeldin; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
    Keywords : Trypanosoma brucei; Cytokines; Chemokines; IFN-gamma; Transcription factors;

    Abstract : African Trypanosomiasis is a disease prevalent among humans and animals in tropical Africa which is caused by the extracellular hemoflagellate Trypanosoma brucei (T. b.). READ MORE

  5. 5. Immunopathology and signalling molecules involved during experimental African trypanosomiasis

    Author : Ragaa Abdelkhalig Eltayeb; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
    Keywords : African Trypanosomiasis; Cytokines; Chemokines; Co-stimulatory molecules; Immunopathogenesis; T.b. brucei;

    Abstract : In humans, African trypanosomiasis occurs in two forms; the chronic West African form is caused by T.b. gambiense and the acute or subacute East African form is caused by T.b. READ MORE