A cross-sectional study of bovine tuberculosis in the transhumant and agro-pastoral cattle herds in the border areas of Katakwi and Moroto districts, Uganda

Tropical Animal Health and Production

Volumn 40, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 501-508

  Inangolet, F O ^a   Demelash, B ^a   Oloya, J ^b   Opuda Asibo, J ^b   Skjerve, E ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^b MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

Author keywords

Bovine tuberculosis; Cattle; Katakwi; Moroto; PPD tuberculin reactors; Uganda

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MILK; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL MODEL; TUBERCULIN TEST; UGANDA; ZOONOSIS;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; CATTLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MILK; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS, BOVINE; UGANDA; ZOONOSES;

ANIMALIA; AVES; BOS; BOS INDICUS; BOVINAE;

EID: 50249162448     PISSN: 00494747     EISSN: 15737438     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11250-007-9126-x     Document Type: Article

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