Prevalence of genital campylobacteriosis and trichomonosis in crossbred breeding bulls kept on zero-grazed smallholder dairy farms in the Tanga region of Tanzania

Journal of the South African Veterinary Association

Volumn 76, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 224-227

  Swai, E S ^a,c   Hulsebosch, J ^b   Van der Heijden, W ^b  

^a Tanga Dairy Development Programme   (Tanzania)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c Veterinary Investigation Centre Arusha   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

Breeding bulls; Campylobacter fetus subsp. venerealis; Prevalence; Smallholder; Tanzania; Tritrichomonas foetus

Indexed keywords

TAURINE;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BLOOD LEVEL; CAMPYLOBACTER FETUS; CATTLE DISEASE; CATTLE FARMING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS BREEDING; DAIRY CATTLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; ENDEMIC DISEASE; GENITAL TRACT INFECTION; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; NONHUMAN; PARASITE ISOLATION; PREVALENCE; TANZANIA; TRICHOMONAS FOETUS; TRICHOMONIASIS; UROGENITAL SYSTEM EXAMINATION; AGE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; CATTLE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION;

CAMPYLOBACTER FETUS; CAMPYLOBACTER FETUS SUBSP. VENEREALIS; TRITRICHOMONAS FOETUS;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; CAMPYLOBACTER FETUS; CAMPYLOBACTER INFECTIONS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; MALE; PREVALENCE; TANZANIA; TRICHOMONAS INFECTIONS;

EID: 33745065837     PISSN: 10199128     EISSN: 22249435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4102/jsava.v76i4.431     Document Type: Article

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