GCE Agricultural Science 1989 Question 41

Question 41

Animal Health

A protozoan disease of livestock not transmitted by a vector is

  1. A.coccidiosis
  2. B.babesiosis
  3. C.trypanosomiasis
  4. D.redwater
  5. E.anaplasmosis.
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Answer: A (coccidiosis)

Explanation

Coccidiosis spreads when animals eat oocysts in contaminated feed or litter; the others are spread by ticks or tsetse flies.