Bovine tuberculosis of cattle in three districts of northwestern Ethiopia

Tropical Animal Health and Production

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 273-277

  Fetene, Teshome ^a,c   Kebede, Nigatu ^b  

^a Bahir Dar Regional Veterinary Laboratory   (Ethiopia)

^b ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^c NONE   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Bovine tuberculosis; Cattle; Ethiopia; Extensive system; Intensive system; Tuberculin test

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; BOVINE TUBERCULOSIS; CATTLE; DAIRYING; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; PREVALENCE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARD; TUBERCULIN TEST;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; CATTLE; DAIRYING; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; PREVALENCE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS, BOVINE;

BOS; BOVINAE;

EID: 58149203544     PISSN: 00494747     EISSN: 15737438     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11250-008-9186-6     Document Type: Article

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