Herd- and animal-level risk factors for bovine leptospirosis in Tanga region of Tanzania

Tropical Animal Health and Production

Volumn 42, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1565-1572

  Schoonman, L ^a   Swai, Emanuel Senyael ^b  

^a Tanga Dairy Trust TADAT   (Tanzania)

^b Veterinary Investigation Centre Arusha   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

Cattle; Leptospira; Risk factors; Seroprevalence; Tanga; Tanzania

Indexed keywords

AGGLUTINATION TEST; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; GENETICS; LEPTOSPIRA INTERROGANS; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; TANZANIA;

AGGLUTINATION TESTS; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; LEPTOSPIRA INTERROGANS; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; TANZANIA;

ANIMALIA; BOS; BOVINAE; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIRA INTERROGANS;

EID: 77956170065     PISSN: 00494747     EISSN: 15737438     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11250-010-9607-1     Document Type: Article

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