Risk factors associated with leptospirosis in dairy goats under tropical conditions in Brazil

Research in Veterinary Science

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 14-17

  Lilenbaum, Walter ^a   Varges, Renato ^a   Medeiros, Luciana ^a   Cordeiro, Ana Gabriela ^a   Cavalcanti, Amanda ^a   Souza, Guilherme N ^b   Richtzenhain, Leonardo ^c   Vasconcellos, Silvio A ^c  

^a FLUMINENSE FEDERAL UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

^b Milk Quality Laboratory   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Goats; Leptospirosis; Management practices

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL HOUSING; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BRAZIL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FERTILITY; GOAT DISEASE; GRAZING; HERD; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MILK PRODUCTION; NONHUMAN; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SEROPREVALENCE; SEROTYPE; TOPOGRAPHY; TROPIC CLIMATE; VETERINARY MEDICINE;

ANIMALS; BRAZIL; DAIRYING; GOAT DISEASES; GOATS; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIROSIS; RISK FACTORS; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

ANIMALIA; CAPRA HIRCUS; LEPTOSPIRA;

EID: 36049011297     PISSN: 00345288     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rvsc.2007.03.011     Document Type: Article

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