Identification

Title

Domestic animal health data from Mambwe District, Zambia (2013)

Abstract

The dataset describes the results of a laboratory analysis investigating the presence of various infectious agents in goats, cattle, pigs, dogs and sheep from Mambwe District, Eastern Province, Zambia. Blood samples were collected in June, July and August 2013 and stored on Whatman FTA (Flinders Technology Associates) cards. Laboratory analysis was conducted using polymerase chain reactions (PCR) for African trypanosomes and tick-borne infections. In addition, serum was tested for Brucella using the Rose Bengal test. Cattle and dogs were tested for African trypanosomes, tick-borne infections and Brucella. Goats and sheep were tested for African trypanosomes and Brucella. Pigs were tested for African trypanosomes only. The objective was to evaluate the health status of domestic animals in the Mambwe District. This work was conducted alongside a human wellbeing questionnaire survey. The research was part of a wider research project, the Dynamic Drivers of Disease in Africa Consortium (DDDAC). The research was funded by NERC project no NE/J000701/1 with support from the Ecosystem Services for Poverty Alleviation Programme (ESPA). Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/f81ede76-a1d4-4367-aa8c-de087350457e

Resource type

dataset

Resource locator

https://data-package.ceh.ac.uk/data/f81ede76-a1d4-4367-aa8c-de087350457e

name: Download the data

description: Download a copy of this data

function: download

https://data-package.ceh.ac.uk/sd/f81ede76-a1d4-4367-aa8c-de087350457e.zip

name: Supporting information

description: Supporting information available to assist in re-use of this dataset

function: information

Unique resource identifier

code

https://catalogue.ceh.ac.uk/id/f81ede76-a1d4-4367-aa8c-de087350457e

codeSpace

doi:

Dataset language

eng

Spatial reference system

code identifying the spatial reference system

Classification of spatial data and services

Topic category

farming

health

Keywords

Keyword set

keyword value

originating controlled vocabulary

title

GeoNames

reference date

date type

creation

effective date

2006-01-01

Keyword set

keyword value

tick-borne infection

Anaplasma

Goats

Sheep

Dogs

Pigs

Cattle

Brucella

Ehrlichia

Rickettsia

Babesia

Theileria

trypanosome

Dynamic Drivers of Disease in Africa Consortium (DDDAC)

Ecosystem Services for Poverty Alleviation (ESPA)

Veterinary science

Geographic location

West bounding longitude

31.826

East bounding longitude

32.094

North bounding latitude

-13.2

South bounding latitude

-13.828

Temporal reference

Temporal extent

Begin position

2013-06-01

End position

2013-08-31

Dataset reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2017-08-30

date type

creation

effective date

2016-05-31

Frequency of update

notPlanned

Quality and validity

Lineage

Blood samples were collected from domestic animals at the household level alongside a structured questionnaire survey. The work was preceded by a census, which provided the sample frame from which the study households were randomly selected, so as to provide the minimum sample size of animal-owning households necessary for estimating trypanosomiasis prevalence. Written consent was obtained prior to commencing the sampling. A total of 473 goats, 340 cattle, 246 pigs, 199 dogs and 22 sheep were sampled. Blood samples were collected from ear veins and stored on Whatman (Flinders Technology Associates) FTA cards prior to analysis for African trypanosomes and tick-borne infections. Trypanosomes were identified using the ITS-PCR (Internal transcribed spacer - Polymerase chain reaction) and tick-borne infections were identified using reverse line blotting. Blood samples were collected from the jugular vein for brucellosis and serum analysed using the Rose Bengal Test. Only sexually mature animals were tested for brucellosis. Data were collated in a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet and exported as a comma separated file for ingestion into the Environmental Information Data Centre (EIDC).

Conformity

Conformity report

specification

title

Commission Regulation (EU) No 1089/2010 of 23 November 2010 implementing Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards interoperability of spatial data sets and services

reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2010-12-08

degree

explanation

Data format

name of format

Comma-separated values (CSV)

version of format

Constraints related to access and use

Constraint set

Limitations on public access

Constraint set

Limitations on public access

Constraint set

Limitations on public access

Constraint set

Limitations on public access

Constraint set

Limitations on public access

Constraint set

Limitations on public access

If you reuse this data, you should cite: Schaten, K., Machila, N., Chirwa, C., Shaw, A.P.M., Mashili, J., Hang'andu, F., Simukonda, S., Simuunza, M., Anderson, N.E., MacLeod, E.T., Thrusfield, M., Welburn, S.C. (2017). Domestic animal health data from Mambwe District, Zambia (2013). NERC Environmental Information Data Centre https://doi.org/10.5285/f81ede76-a1d4-4367-aa8c-de087350457e

publisher

Metadata on metadata

Metadata point of contact

organisation name

Environmental Information Data Centre

full postal address

Lancaster Environment Centre, Library Avenue, Bailrigg

Lancaster

LA1 4AP

email address

info@eidc.ac.uk

responsible party role

pointOfContact

Metadata date

2021-06-25T18:36:10

Metadata language

eng