Brucella seroprevalence of the Kafue lechwe (Kobus leche kafuensis) and Black lechwe (Kobus leche smithemani): Exposure associated to contact with cattle

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 100, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 256-260

  Muma, J B ^a   Munyeme, M ^a   Matope, G ^b   Siamudaala, V M ^c   Munang'andu, H M ^d   Matandiko, W ^c   Godfroid, J ^d   Skjerve, E ^d   Tryland, M ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZAMBIA   (Zambia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE   (Zimbabwe)

^c Zambia Wildlife Authority   (Zambia)

^d NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

Bangweulu swamps; Brucellosis; Kafue flats; Kobus leche; Zambia

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANTELOPE; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BLOOD; BRUCELLA; BRUCELLOSIS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; ZAMBIA;

ANIMALS; ANTELOPES; AUTOPSY; BRUCELLA; BRUCELLOSIS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; ZAMBIA;

ANIMALIA; BOS; BRUCELLA; KOBUS LECHE; KOBUS LECHE SMITHEMANI;

EID: 79957952778     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2011.03.013     Document Type: Article

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