Browsing by Author "Eufemi, Elisa"

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    Genomic diversity and disease prevalence in Ugandan cattle
    (ReColAd Workshop, 2015) Colli, Licia; Bomba, Lorenzo; Milanesi, Marco; Vajana, Elia; Negrini, Riccardo; Eufemi, Elisa; Capomaccio, Stefano; Mazza, Raffaele; Stella, Alessandra; Joost, Stephane; Stucki, Sylvie; Taberlet, Pierre; Pompanon, François; Kabi, Fred; Muwanika, Vincent; Masembe, Charles; Ajmone Marsan, Paolo
    Ugandan cattle are represented by three main types: the long-horned Ankole, the short-horned zebu, and the Ankole-zebu crosses called “Nganda”. In the course of the EU-funded project Nextgen, Ugandan cattle have been extensively sampled over the whole country to investigate the association between genotypes and resistance/tolerance to endemic diseases (e.g. tsetse fly- and tick-born diseases).
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    Genomic diversity and Population Structure of Ugandan Taurine and Zebuine Cattle Breeds
    (XXI ASPA Congress, 2015) Colli, Licia; Milanesi, Marco; Bomba, Lorenzo; Vajana, Elia; Negrini, Riccardo; Eufemi, Elisa; Capomaccio, Stefano; Mazza, Raffaele; Stella, Alessandra; Joost, Stephane; Stucki, Sylvie; Taberlet, Pierre; Pompanon, François; Kabi, Fred; Muwanika, Vincent; Masembe, Charles; Ajmone Marsan, Paolo
    An extensive sampling of Ugandan cattle was carried out in the course of the European project Nextgen to identify possible associations between geno types, livestock endemic diseases and environmental variables.
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    Modeling the spatial distribution of Theileriaparva(Theiler 1904), causative agent of East Coast Fever disease in cattle
    (NEXTGEN Consortium, 2015) Vajana, Elia; Colli, Licia; Milanesi, Marco; Bomba, Lorenzo; Negrini, Riccardo; Capomaccio, Stefano; Eufemi, Elisa; Kabi, Fred; Muwanika, Vincent; Masembe, Charles; Ajmone-Marsan, Paolo
    The ileriaparvais a protozoan emo-parasite affecting sub-Saharan Bostaurusand Bosindicuspopulations. It is the causative agent of East Coast Fever, a major cattle disease causing the death of ~1.1∙106 animals per year and an annual loss of ~168∙106USD (Norvalet. al., 1992). T. parvageographical occurrence is bound to the presence of susceptible bovine host populations, the main tick vector Rhipicephalusappendiculatus(Neumann 1901), as well assuitable ecological conditions for the survival of both the vector and the parasite. While tick habitat requirements have been extensively investigated (see e.g. Cumming, 2002), studies focusing solely on the environmental conditions determining the parasite occurrence are still lacking.