Seroprevalence of brucellosis and its associated risk factors in cattle from smallholder dairy farms in Zimbabwe

Tropical Animal Health and Production

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 975-982

  Matope, Gift ^a,b   Bhebhe, Evison ^a   Muma, John Bwalya ^b,c   Oloya, James ^b,d   Madekurozwa, Rachel L ^a   Lund, Arve ^e   Skjerve, Eystein ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE   (Zimbabwe)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZAMBIA   (Zambia)

^d MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

^e NORWEGIAN VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Norway)

Author keywords

Brucellosis; Cattle; Seroprevalence; Smallholder dairy; Zimbabwe

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BRUCELLA; BRUCELLOSIS; CATTLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DAIRYING; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RISK; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; ZIMBABWE;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; BRUCELLA; BRUCELLOSIS, BOVINE; CATTLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DAIRYING; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; RISK FACTORS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; ZIMBABWE;

ANIMALIA; BOS; BRUCELLA;

EID: 79955678028     PISSN: 00494747     EISSN: 15737438     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11250-011-9794-4     Document Type: Article

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