Herd-level factors for Brucella seropositivity in cattle reared in smallholder dairy farms of Zimbabwe

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 94, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 213-221

  Matope, G ^a   Bhebhe, E ^a   Muma, J B ^c   Lund, A ^d   Skjerve, E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE   (Zimbabwe)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZAMBIA   (Zambia)

^d NORWEGIAN VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Norway)

Author keywords

Brucella seropositivity; Herd level factors; Smallholder dairy cattle; Zimbabwe

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BRUCELLA; BRUCELLOSIS; CATTLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DAIRYING; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; IMMUNOLOGY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RISK; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; ZIMBABWE;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; BRUCELLA; BRUCELLOSIS, BOVINE; CATTLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DAIRYING; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; RISK FACTORS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; ZIMBABWE;

ANIMALIA; BOS; BRUCELLA;

EID: 77949486210     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2010.01.003     Document Type: Article

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