Erratum to A cross-sectional study on bovine tuberculosis in Hawassa town and its surroundings, Southern Ethiopia (Trop Anim Health Prod, 10.1007/s11250-009-9507-4);A cross-sectional study on bovine tuberculosis in Hawassa town and its surroundings, Southern Ethiopia

Tropical Animal Health and Production

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 915-920

  Regassa, Alemayehu ^a   Tassew, Asmelash ^a   Amenu, Kebede ^a   Megersa, Bekele ^a   Abunna, Fufa ^a   Mekibib, Berhanu ^a   Macrotty, Tanguy ^c   Ameni, Gobena ^b  

^a HAWASSA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^b ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^c INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Bovine tuberculosis; Postmortem; Prevalence; Southern Ethiopia; Tuberculin test

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BOS; BOVINAE;

EID: 77952891080     PISSN: 00494747     EISSN: 15737438     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11250-009-9525-2     Document Type: Erratum

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