Animal trypanosomiasis

After the First International Conference on the sleeping sickness in 1907 I was sent to the Gold Coast in western Africa to study the disease and provide new ways for the British Government to combat the disease. Sleeping sickness is a vector-born, a parasitic pathogen, disease spread by the tsetse fly. The disease comes in multiple stages. The first stage’s symptoms include fever, itchiness, joint pain, and mild headaches. The second stage is how the disease gets its name because people who get to this stage have insomnia, numbness, and confusion. Reaching the second stage of the disease can be fatal, and this is when many deaths from the disease occur. Now, five years after the conference I believe I have some fresh ideas to help not just the health of our own, but keep our workers healthy to continue to promote the value of raw materials here, especially gold. At the Conference on Sleeping Sickness we saw some much- needed international cooperation on this disease. Great colonial powers worked together including ourselves, Germany, France, and Portugal. This conference gave us a great map on how to begin to intervene with sleeping sickness. We must as well keep in mind our own interests and be careful of spending too many resources on the natives. First, I believe we should look at some of the recommendations outlined at the First Convention on Sleeping Sickness. I was instructed to begin to put these ideas and restrictions in place in the Gold Coast. These ideas were…

The Pharmaceutical Industry’s Decision Making Process Introduction This paper will explore the ways that pharmaceutical companies make decisions regarding disease research. The current hypothesis is that prospective profitability is the most prevalent and most important reason taken into account. If this is true, then many ethical issues could arise, including the unnecessary suffering of individuals affected, since there could be a chance that the companies are not researching certain diseases…

Chagas disease, also known as American trypanosomiasis is a disease caused by a group of parasite called, Trypanosome cruzi and is most often spread by Triatomine bugs. It was discovered by Brazilian physician Carlos Chagas, in 1909. There are 6-7 million people infected with this disease, and 10,000 deaths a year. It is frequently found in people, dogs, cats, and wild animals in Central and South America, especially in farm lands where poverty prevails. Deforestation for agriculture, mining,…

Britain had granted them their full independence as Botswana on September 30, 1966. Culture The Botswana’s believed human kind and the other animals and plants were the creation of spiritual entities. “For those that still follow a traditional belief system, ancestral worship is central to their daily religious practice, as it is believed that, if appeased, the ancestors will protect the family, strengthen the community and keep away ill omens.” (n.d.).http://www.mapsofworld.com/botswana/facts/)…

A Research Paper on Trimethylaminuria Makenzie Paulson Genetics Mr. Ken Blacksmith Milwaukie High School June 1st, 2018 Abstract In 1970, the first clinical case of trimethylaminuria (TMAU) was found by J.R Humbert, when diagnosing a 6-year old girl. Trimethylaminuria, is a rare metabolic disorder caused by a genetic mutation or variation, that causes a strong, pungent fish odor to be excreted from the body in the form of sweat, urine, and other bodily fluids. Those diagnosed with…

The article "Sleeping Sickness Parasite has a weak spot in its tail” by Catherine Brahic, is a very brief summary about a parasite,Trypanosoma brucei, passed to humans from the tsetse fly. The sleeping sickness is responsible for 50,000 deaths a year in Africa. Brahic states that they have discovered that the parasite cannot reproduce if its whip-like tail or "flagellum" stops working. Although they are still unsure, as to why the flagellum exists. Keith Gull of Oxford University has a theory,…

Natural and Unnatural Causes of Wildlife Endangerment and Extinction Animal extinction is a huge epidemic that is happening faster than we ever expected. Endangered species are dying off left and right due to natural and unnatural causes. Things like poaching and global warming are constantly effecting our environment and changing the way species are living every day. All humans have a responsibility to take care of our environment, which, in turn, will help protect our species and others as…

Although Kitty criticizes Margaret’s unattractive animalistic nature, Kitty is herself equally animalistic and is represented as a bastardized animal. Nothing short of an anthropomorphized cat, Kitty, bearing her animality in her very name, wails (West 5, 7) and moans (15) incessantly like a mewing cat. In 1916, Edward Forbush described the domestic cat, which can be similarly applied to Kitty, as “the inmate of … humble homes” who has “elegance of form … [and] daintiness of habit” (7). However,…

Be Countless animals are dragged away from their natural environments and are forced to live as a subject of observation. In addition, they serve as amusement for the animal capturers, the human race. Over a time span of one hundred years, zoos have been a popular source of entertainment for interested human beings who are curious to learn about the various kinds of animals that the world holds. A certain question has been floating in the air for many years. “Are zoos cruel to wild animals?”…

The Animals of India In The White Tiger, by Arvin Adiga, animal imagery is used to show the corruption of India. Adiga describes India as a jungle in order to communicate the severity of the corruption that has been taking place in India through all aspects. The entire country is corrupt, from the governments officials, police officers, to the media. The main character, Balram is portrayed as the “White tiger” to show his individuality and rare case of overcoming corruption. The white…