Brucellosis seroprevalence in livestock in Uganda from 1998 to 2008: A retrospective study

Tropical Animal Health and Production

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 603-608

  Mwebe, Robert ^a   Nakavuma, Jesca ^b   Moriyón, Ignacio ^c  

^a Mukono District Local Government   (Uganda)

^b MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NAVARRA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Brucellosis; Host species; Retrospective; Seroprevalence

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BRUCELLA; BRUCELLOSIS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MILK; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; UGANDA; ZOONOSIS;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; BRUCELLA; BRUCELLOSIS, BOVINE; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; MILK; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; UGANDA; ZOONOSES;

BOS; BOVINAE;

EID: 79651474586     PISSN: 00494747     EISSN: 15737438     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11250-010-9739-3     Document Type: Article

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