Risk factors associated with bovine tuberculosis in traditional cattle of the livestock/wildlife interface areas in the Kafue basin of Zambia

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 85, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 317-328

  Munyeme, M ^a   Muma, J B ^a   Skjerve, E ^b   Nambota, A M ^a   Phiri, I G K ^a   Samui, K L ^a   Dorny, P ^c   Tryland, M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZAMBIA   (Zambia)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^c INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Bovine tuberculosis; Cattle; Livestock wildlife interface; Risk factors; Zambia

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; TUBERCULIN TEST; WILD ANIMAL; ZAMBIA;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; ANIMALS, WILD; CATTLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; LOGISTIC MODELS; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS, BOVINE; ZAMBIA;

BOS; BOVINAE;

EID: 44549084540     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2008.03.006     Document Type: Article

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