Development of a decision support system for trypanocidal drug control of bovine trypanosomosis in Africa

During this century livestock production has increased massively through the improved ability to diagnose, treat, control and prevent certain diseases. Despite these advances, disease remains a major constraint to livestock production and welfare throughout the world. In many instances, this is a re...

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Main Authors: Gu, Y., Gettinby, George, McKendrick, I., Murray, M., Peregrine, A.S.
Format: Journal Article
Language:Inglés
Published: Elsevier 1999
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/33251
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Gettinby, George
McKendrick, I.
Murray, M.
Peregrine, A.S.
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description During this century livestock production has increased massively through the improved ability to diagnose, treat, control and prevent certain diseases. Despite these advances, disease remains a major constraint to livestock production and welfare throughout the world. In many instances, this is a result of failure to properly apply methods that are already available. TrypsChemo is an expert system that attempts to aid the applicaiton of veterinary knowledge to disease management. It has been designed to maximise the effectiveness and cost efficiency of the different trypanocidal drug regimes currently available for prophylaxis and treatment of tsetse-transmitted bovine trypanosomosis in Africa. This paper describes the design of TrypsChemo, the properties of the system, and illustrates how it can be used to support decision making for trypanocidal drug control. The system is currently undergoing a structured evaluation by potential users in Africa.
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spelling CGSpace332512024-04-25T06:01:52Z Development of a decision support system for trypanocidal drug control of bovine trypanosomosis in Africa Gu, Y. Gettinby, George McKendrick, I. Murray, M. Peregrine, A.S. trypanosomiasis chemoprophylaxis chemotherapy drugs resistance to chemicals information systems bovidae During this century livestock production has increased massively through the improved ability to diagnose, treat, control and prevent certain diseases. Despite these advances, disease remains a major constraint to livestock production and welfare throughout the world. In many instances, this is a result of failure to properly apply methods that are already available. TrypsChemo is an expert system that attempts to aid the applicaiton of veterinary knowledge to disease management. It has been designed to maximise the effectiveness and cost efficiency of the different trypanocidal drug regimes currently available for prophylaxis and treatment of tsetse-transmitted bovine trypanosomosis in Africa. This paper describes the design of TrypsChemo, the properties of the system, and illustrates how it can be used to support decision making for trypanocidal drug control. The system is currently undergoing a structured evaluation by potential users in Africa. 1999-11 2013-07-03T05:26:18Z 2013-07-03T05:26:18Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/33251 en Limited Access Elsevier Veterinary Parasitology;87(1): 9-23
spellingShingle trypanosomiasis
chemoprophylaxis
chemotherapy
drugs
resistance to chemicals
information systems
bovidae
Gu, Y.
Gettinby, George
McKendrick, I.
Murray, M.
Peregrine, A.S.
Development of a decision support system for trypanocidal drug control of bovine trypanosomosis in Africa
title Development of a decision support system for trypanocidal drug control of bovine trypanosomosis in Africa
title_full Development of a decision support system for trypanocidal drug control of bovine trypanosomosis in Africa
title_fullStr Development of a decision support system for trypanocidal drug control of bovine trypanosomosis in Africa
title_full_unstemmed Development of a decision support system for trypanocidal drug control of bovine trypanosomosis in Africa
title_short Development of a decision support system for trypanocidal drug control of bovine trypanosomosis in Africa
title_sort development of a decision support system for trypanocidal drug control of bovine trypanosomosis in africa
topic trypanosomiasis
chemoprophylaxis
chemotherapy
drugs
resistance to chemicals
information systems
bovidae
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/33251
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