Sensitivity and specificity of a single intradermal tuberculin test at the cervical and caudal folds in zabu cattle in Ethiopia

Indian Journal of Animal Sciences

Volumn 71, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 325-327

  Ragassa, Alemayehu ^a   Ameni, Gobena ^a  

^a ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Caudal fold; Cervical fold; Tuberculin test; Tuberculous lesion

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035629427     PISSN: 03678318     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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