The prevalence of serum antibodies to tick-borne infections in cattle in smallholder dairy farms in Murang'a District, Kenya; a cross-sectional study

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 95-107

  Gitau, G K ^a,b   Perry, B D ^b   Katende, J M ^b   McDermott, J J ^a   Morzaria, S P ^b   Young, A S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

^b INTERNATIONAL LIVESTOCK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Dairy cattle; Kenya; Serum antibody prevalence; Smallholder; Tick borne infections

Indexed keywords

ACARI; ANAPLASMA MARGINALE; BABESIA; BABESIA BIGEMINA; BOS TAURUS; EHRLICHIA; RHIPICEPHALUS APPENDICULATUS; THEILERIA; THEILERIA MUTANS; THEILERIA PARVA;

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; PROTOZOON ANTIBODY;

ANAPLASMA; ANAPLASMOSIS; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL PARASITOSIS; ARTICLE; BABESIA; BABESIOSIS; BLOOD; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EHRLICHIA RUMINANTIUM; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HEARTWATER DISEASE; IMMUNOLOGY; KENYA; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; THEILERIA; TICK BORNE DISEASE;

ANAPLASMA; ANAPLASMOSIS; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; BABESIA; BABESIOSIS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EHRLICHIA RUMINANTIUM; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HEARTWATER DISEASE; KENYA; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; THEILERIA; THEILERIASIS; TICK-BORNE DISEASES;

EID: 0031136908     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-5877(96)01100-2     Document Type: Article

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