Prevalence of bovine tuberculosis in cattle in different farming systems in the eastern zone of Tanzania

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 167-172

  Shirima, G M ^a   Kazwala, R R ^b   Kambarage, D M ^b  

^a Livestock Training Institute   (Tanzania)

^b SOKOINE UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

Bovine tuberculosis; Cattle; Comparative tuberculin test; Farming systems

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; DAIRYING; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; PREVALENCE; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; TANZANIA; TUBERCULIN TEST;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; CATTLE; DAIRYING; FEMALE; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; PREVALENCE; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; TANZANIA; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS, BOVINE;

BOS TAURUS; BOVINAE;

EID: 0037457371     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-5877(02)00214-3     Document Type: Article

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