First-time detection of mycobacterium species from goats in Ethiopia

Tropical Animal Health and Production

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 133-139

  Hiko, Adem ^a   Agga, Getahun Ejeta ^b,c  

^a HARAMAYA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^b ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^c LOVELACE RESPIRATORY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Abattoir; Goats; Meat inspection; Mycobacterium; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; ETHIOPIA; GOAT; GOAT DISEASE; HISTOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCOBACTERIUM; PATHOLOGY; PREVALENCE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SLAUGHTERHOUSE; STATISTICS; TUBERCULOSIS;

ABATTOIRS; ANIMALS; ETHIOPIA; GOAT DISEASES; GOATS; HISTOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM; PREVALENCE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TUBERCULOSIS;

ANIMALIA; CAPRA; CAPRA HIRCUS; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 78649924143     PISSN: 00494747     EISSN: 15737438     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11250-010-9665-4     Document Type: Article

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