Prevalence of Bovine tuberculosis in Ethiopian slaughter cattle based on post-mortem examination

Tropical Animal Health and Production

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 755-765

  Demelash, B ^a   Inangolet, F ^a   Oloya, J ^b   Asseged, B ^c   Badaso, M ^d   Yilkal, A ^d   Skjerve, E ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^b MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

^c TUSKEGEE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Cattle; Ethiopia; Meat inspection; Prevalence; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BOVINE TUBERCULOSIS; CATTLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MEAT; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SLAUGHTERHOUSE;

ABATTOIRS; ANIMALS; CATTLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; MALE; MEAT; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TUBERCULOSIS, BOVINE;

ANIMALIA; BOS; BOS INDICUS; BOVINAE;

EID: 67349177164     PISSN: 00494747     EISSN: 15737438     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11250-008-9248-9     Document Type: Article

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