Herd prevalence of bovine brucellosis and analysis of risk factors in cattle in urban and peri-urban areas of the Kampala economic zone, Uganda

BMC Veterinary Research

Volumn 7, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Makita, Kohei ^a,e,f   Fèvre, Eric M ^b   Waiswa, Charles ^c   Eisler, Mark C ^a   Thrusfield, Michael ^d   Welburn, Susan C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^e RAKUNO GAKUEN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^f INTERNATIONAL LIVESTOCK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BOS; BOVINAE; BRUCELLA MELITENSIS BIOVAR ABORTUS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BRUCELLOSIS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DAIRYING; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS; UGANDA; URBAN POPULATION; VETERINARY ABORTION;

ABORTION, VETERINARY; ANIMALS; BRUCELLOSIS, BOVINE; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DAIRYING; FEMALE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; UGANDA; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 80054112937     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17466148     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1746-6148-7-60     Document Type: Article

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