Responses to tuberculin among Zebu cattle in the transhumance regions of Karamoja and Nakasongola district of Uganda

Tropical Animal Health and Production

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 275-283

  Oloya, J ^a,b   Opuda Asibo, J ^a   Djonne B ^c   Muma, J B ^d   Matope, G ^e   Kazwala, R ^f   Skjerve, E ^b  

^a MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^c NORWEGIAN VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Norway)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ZAMBIA   (Zambia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE   (Zimbabwe)

^f SOKOINE UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

Bovine tuberculosis; Prevalence; Transhumance; Uganda; Zebu cattle

Indexed keywords

FRESH WATER; TUBERCULIN;

AGE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BOVINE TUBERCULOSIS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; CLIMATE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DRINKING; FEMALE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SEASON; TUBERCULIN TEST; UGANDA;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; CATTLE; CLIMATE; DRINKING; FEMALE; FRESH WATER; MALE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEASONS; TUBERCULIN; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS, BOVINE; UGANDA;

ANIMALIA; BOS INDICUS; BOS TAURUS; CORYNEBACTERINEAE; MYCOBACTERIUM;

EID: 33745885308     PISSN: 00494747     EISSN: 15737438     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11250-006-4322-7     Document Type: Article

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