A comparative study of the seroprevalence of brucellosis in commercial and small-scale mixed dairy-beef cattle enterprises of Lusaka province and Chibombo district, Zambia

Tropical Animal Health and Production

Volumn 42, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1541-1545

  Chimana, Henry M ^a   Muma, John Bwalya ^a   Samui, Kenny L ^a   Hangombe, Benard M ^a   Munyeme, Musso ^a   Matope, Gift ^b   Phiri, Andrew M ^a   Godfroid, Jacques ^c   Skjerve, Eystein ^c   Tryland, Morten ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZAMBIA   (Zambia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE   (Zimbabwe)

^c NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

Brucellosis; Commercial cattle; Lusaka province

Indexed keywords

AGE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BRUCELLOSIS; CATTLE; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DAIRYING; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS; ZAMBIA;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; BRUCELLOSIS, BOVINE; CATTLE; COMMERCE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DAIRYING; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; MALE; RISK FACTORS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; ZAMBIA;

ANIMALIA; BOS; BRUCELLA;

EID: 77956180617     PISSN: 00494747     EISSN: 15737438     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11250-010-9604-4     Document Type: Article

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