Seroprevalence and associated risk factors of bovine brucellosis in Addis Ababa dairy farms

Tropical Animal Health and Production

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1001-1005

  Tesfaye, Gebreyohans ^a   Tsegaye, Wondeson ^b   Chanie, Mersha ^c   Abinet, Fisseha ^d  

^a WOLLO UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^b JIMMA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GONDAR   (Ethiopia)

^d Ethiopian Veterinary Associations (EVA)   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Addis Ababa; Bovine brucellosis; Dairy farms; Risk factor; Seroprevalence

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; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RISK; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL;

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

BOS; BOVINAE; BRUCELLA;

EID: 79955691117     PISSN: 00494747     EISSN: 15737438     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11250-011-9798-0     Document Type: Article

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