Evaluation of abattoir inspection for the diagnosis of Mycobacterium bovis infection in cattle at Addis Ababa abattoir

Tropical Animal Health and Production

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 537-546

  Asseged, B ^a   Woldesenbet, Z ^a   Yimer, E ^b   Lemma, E ^b  

^a ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^b ETHIOPIAN PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

abattoir inspection; bovine tuberculosis; carcase condemnation; laboratory examination; sensitivity; specificity

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; FOOD CONTROL; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LUNG; LYMPH NODE; MALE; MEAT; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; PATHOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SLAUGHTERHOUSE; STANDARD;

ABATTOIRS; ANIMALS; CATTLE; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; FOOD INSPECTION; LUNG; LYMPH NODES; MALE; MEAT; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TUBERCULOSIS, BOVINE;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; BOVINAE; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS;

EID: 4544367246     PISSN: 00494747     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:TROP.0000040934.32330.44     Document Type: Article

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