Risk factors associated with camel brucellosis in Jordan

Tropical Animal Health and Production

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 193-200

  Al Majali, Ahmad M ^a   Al Qudah, Khaled M ^a   Al Tarazi, Yasser H ^a   Al Rawashdeh, Odeh F ^a  

^a JORDAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Jordan)

Author keywords

Brucellosis; Camels; Jordan; Prevalence; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ROSE BENGAL;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; BRUCELLOSIS; CAMEL; COMPLEMENT FIXATION TEST; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; JORDAN; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; RISK; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; VETERINARY ABORTION;

ABORTION, VETERINARY; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; BRUCELLOSIS; CAMELS; COMPLEMENT FIXATION TESTS; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; JORDAN; LOGISTIC MODELS; ODDS RATIO; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; ROSE BENGAL;

BOVIDAE; BRUCELLA; BRUCELLA MELITENSIS; CAMELIDAE;

EID: 39749090395     PISSN: 00494747     EISSN: 15737438     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11250-007-9080-7     Document Type: Article

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