Risk factors for brucellosis in indigenous cattle reared in livestock-wildlife interface areas of Zambia

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 80, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 306-317

  Muma, J B ^a,b   Samui, K L ^a   Oloya, J ^b,c   Munyeme, M ^a   Skjerve, E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZAMBIA   (Zambia)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^c MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

Author keywords

Brucellosis; Cattle; Livestock wildlife interface; Risk factor; Zambia

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; ZAMBIA;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; BRUCELLOSIS, BOVINE; CATTLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; ZAMBIA;

ANIMALIA; BOS; BRUCELLA;

EID: 34249329194     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2007.03.003     Document Type: Article

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