[Experimental Trypanosoma infections in Cameroon dwarf goats: histopathological observations (author's transl)].

14 Cameroon Dwarf goats were experimentally infected with Trypanosoma (Duttonella) vivax, T. (Nannomonas) congolense, and T. (Trypanozoon) brucei. Infection with T. burcei caused death of the animals within 45-201 days. All goats which died following T. brucei-infection showed characteristic mononuclear cell infiltrations in brain and heart, most of them showed infiltrations in skin (eye lids), sceletal muscles, kidneys, fat and connective tissue as well. Infections with T. vivax and T. congolense produced no clinical signs and very little histological alterations. Animals infected with T. congolense or T. brucei for more than 5 months showed amyloid deposits in their livers, spleens and kidneys.