Nagana, also called Animal African Trypanosomiasis, is a disease of vertebrate animals. The disease is caused by trypanosomes of several species in the genus trypanosoma. The trypanosomes infect the blood of the vertebrate host, causing fever, weakness, and lethargy which lead to weight loss and anemia; in some animals the disease is fatal unless treated. The trypanosomes are transmitted by tsetse. Species Trypanosoma brucei Trypanosoma cruzi Trypanosoma equiperdum Trypanosoma evansi etc. ... Species Trypanosoma brucei Trypanosoma cruzi Trypanosoma equiperdum Trypanosoma evansi etc. ... Binomial name Glossina morsitans The tsetse fly, Glossina morsitans, is a fly (order Diptera) that eats blood from animals, including humans. ...
This disease is the animal counterpart of Sleeping Sickness, also known as Human African Trypanosomiasis. Sleeping sickness or African trypanosomiasis is a parasitic disease in humans. ...
Nagana, also called nagana pest or Animal African Trypanosomiasis, is a disease of vertebrate animals.
The nagana pest disease has had a significant effect on African history, by keeping horses and camels (and thus cavalry and mounted knights and mounted messengers) out of much of Africa.
Another effect is that it is probable that the southward spread of the Bantu/Nguni peoples had to wait until their cattle evolved to become resistant to nagana.
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