Occurrence of mastitis and associated risk factors in lactating goats under pastoral management in Borana, Southern Ethiopia

Tropical Animal Health and Production

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1249-1255

  Megersa, Bekele ^a   Tadesse, Chala ^a   Abunna, Fufa ^a   Regassa, Alemayehu ^a   Mekibib, Berhanu ^a   Debela, Etana ^a  

^a HAWASSA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Borana; Clinical; Ethiopia; Goats; Mastitis; Prevalence; Risk factors; Subclinical

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL HOUSING; ARTICLE; BODY CONSTITUTION; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; GOAT; GOAT DISEASE; HUMAN; LACTATION; MASTITIS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SEASON; STATISTICAL MODEL; GOAT DISEASES; VETERINARY;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; BODY CONSTITUTION; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; GOAT DISEASES; GOATS; HOUSING, ANIMAL; HUMANS; LACTATION; LOGISTIC MODELS; MASTITIS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SEASONS;

ANIMALIA; CAPRA HIRCUS; IXODIDA; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 77954459860     PISSN: 00494747     EISSN: 15737438     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11250-010-9557-7     Document Type: Article

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