Risk factors associated with the presence of positive reactions in the SCCIT test in water buffalo around two cities in Punjab, Pakistan

Acta Tropica

Volumn 115, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 242-247

  Javed, M Tariq ^a   Shahid, A Latif ^a   Farooqi, Farooq A ^a   Akhtar, M ^a   Cardenas, Gabriel A ^b   Wasiq, M ^a   Cagiola, Monica ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Pakistan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c ISTITUTO ZOOPROFILATTICO SPERIMENTALE DELL UMBRIA E DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Buffalo; Pakistan; Risk factors; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

BOVINE TUBERCULOSIS; CATTLE; DISEASE PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BOVINE TUBERCULOSIS; BREEDING; BUFFALO; CATTLE FARMING; CITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HERD; HIGH RISK POPULATION; INFECTION RISK; LACTATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PAKISTAN; RISK FACTOR; SCREENING TEST; SINGLE COMPARATIVE CERVICAL INTRADERMAL TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULIN TEST; ANIMAL; BOVINAE; TUBERCULOSIS; VETERINARY;

ANIMALS; BUFFALOES; CATTLE; FEMALE; MALE; PAKISTAN; RISK FACTORS; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS;

FAISALABAD; OKARA; PAKISTAN; PUNJAB [PAKISTAN];

ANIMALIA; BOS; BUBALUS;

EID: 77953538044     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2010.04.004     Document Type: Article

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