Risk factors for dairy cow mastitis in the central highlands of Ethiopia

Tropical Animal Health and Production

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 463-472

  Mungube, E O ^a   Tenhagen, B A ^b   Kassa, T ^c   Regassa, F ^c   Kyule, M N ^b   Greiner, M ^b   Baumann, M P O ^b  

^a KENYA AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^b FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^c ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Addis Ababa; dairy cows; management; mastitis; peri urban; risk factors; urban

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DAIRYING; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; METHODOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; CATTLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DAIRYING; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MASTITIS, BOVINE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS;

EID: 3242736596     PISSN: 00494747     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:TROP.0000034999.08368.f3     Document Type: Article

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