Serological survey of bovine brucellosis in barka and arado breeds (Bos indicus) of Western Tigray, Ethiopia

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 94, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 28-35

  Haileselassie Mekonnen, ^a   Shewit Kalayou, ^b   Moses Kyule, ^c  

^a Live Animal Export Inspection and Certification Department   (Ethiopia)

^b MEKELLE UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^c ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Brucellosis; Cattle breeds; Production systems; Risk factors; Serological survey; Western Tigray

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BREEDING; BRUCELLA; BRUCELLOSIS; CATTLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMPLEMENT FIXATION TEST; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; IMMUNOLOGY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; BREEDING; BRUCELLA; BRUCELLOSIS, BOVINE; CATTLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMPLEMENT FIXATION TESTS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES;

ANIMALIA; BOS; BOS INDICUS; BOVINAE;

EID: 77549083486     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2009.12.001     Document Type: Article

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