Risk factors of bovine tuberculosis in cattle in rural livestock production systems of Ethiopia

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 89, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 205-211

  Tschopp, Rea ^a,b   Schelling, Esther ^a   Hattendorf, Jan ^a   Aseffa, Abraham ^b   Zinsstag, Jakob ^a  

^a SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^b ARMAUER HANSEN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Bovine tuberculosis; Cattle; Ethiopia; Mycobacterium bovis; Prevalence; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BOVINE TUBERCULOSIS; CATTLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; PREVALENCE; RISK; RISK FACTOR; RURAL POPULATION; STATISTICAL MODEL; TUBERCULIN TEST; ZOONOSIS;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; ODDS RATIO; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS, BOVINE; ZOONOSES;

BOS; BOVINAE; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS;

EID: 67349251538     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2009.02.006     Document Type: Article

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