Brucellosis among smallholder cattle farmers in Zambia

Tropical Animal Health and Production

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 915-920

  Muma, John Bwalya ^a   Pandey, Girja Shankar ^b   Munyeme, Musso ^a   Mumba, Chisoni ^a   Mkandawire, Ethel ^a   Chimana, Henry Mwelwa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZAMBIA   (Zambia)

^b Golden Valley Agricultural Research Trust   (Zambia)

Author keywords

Abortion; Brucellosis; Cattle; Smallholder farmer; Vaccination; Zambia

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; ROSE BENGAL;

AGE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BRUCELLOSIS; CATTLE; CHEMISTRY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DAIRYING; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MILK; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; VACCINATION; VETERINARY ABORTION; ZAMBIA; ZOONOSIS;

ABORTION, VETERINARY; AGE FACTORS; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; BRUCELLOSIS; BRUCELLOSIS, BOVINE; CATTLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DAIRYING; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MILK; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; ROSE BENGAL; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; VACCINATION; ZAMBIA; ZOONOSES;

ANIMALIA; BOS; BRUCELLA;

EID: 84857689219     PISSN: 00494747     EISSN: 15737438     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11250-011-9987-x     Document Type: Article

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