Udder health problems and major bacterial causes of camel mastitis in Jijiga, Eastern Ethiopia: Implication for impacting food security

Tropical Animal Health and Production

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 341-347

  Abera, M ^a   Abdi, O ^a   Abunna, F ^a   Megersa, B ^a  

^a HAWASSA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Camels; Card test; Ethiopia; Etiology; Mastitis; Prevalence; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BACILLUS (BACTERIUM); BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CAMELIDAE; CAMELUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; IXODIDA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; CAMEL; CATERING SERVICE; CHEMISTRY; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MASTITIS; MICROBIOLOGY; MILK; QUESTIONNAIRE; UDDER;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; CAMELS; DATA COLLECTION; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; FOOD SUPPLY; HUMANS; MAMMARY GLANDS, ANIMAL; MASTITIS; MILK; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 77951623942     PISSN: 00494747     EISSN: 15737438     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11250-009-9424-6     Document Type: Article

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