Use Of Trypanotolerant Livestock Breeds

It is well-known that innate resistance for many diseases, including trypanosomiasis, occurs in animal populations which have been subject to natural selection by exposure to disease pressure over many generations.

In West Africa the N’dama and in Kenya the Orma Boran breeds possess trypanotolerant traits which can be exploited to improve livestock production in the tsetse infested areas. It should however be noted that these animals can act as disease carriers.