A survey of zoonotic diseases in trade cattle slaughtered at Tanga city abattoir: A cause of public health concern

Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Biomedicine

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 55-60

  Swai, E S ^a   Schoonman, L ^b  

^a Veterinary Investigation Centre Arusha   (Tanzania)

^b Tanga Dairy Trust TADAT   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

Abattoir; Antibody; Brucellosis; Leptospirosis; Risk; Seroprevalence; Slaughter stock; Tanga; Tanzania; Toxoplasmosis; Zoonoses; Zoonotic disease

Indexed keywords

ROSE BENGAL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIBODY SCREENING; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BOVINE TUBERCULOSIS; BRUCELLOSIS; CATTLE; COMMUNITY ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYSTICERCOSIS; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; ECHINOCOCCOSIS; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; INFECTION RATE; INFECTION RISK; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LATEX AGGLUTINATION TEST; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIRA BATAVIAE; LEPTOSPIRA HARDJO; LEPTOSPIRA INTERROGANS; LEPTOSPIRA POMONA; LEPTOSPIRA TARASSOV; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MALE; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SLAUGHTERHOUSE; TANZANIA; TOXOPLASMOSIS; TUBERCULIN TEST; ZOONOSIS; ANIMAL; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; BOVINAE; CATTLE DISEASES; PARASITIC DISEASES, ANIMAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; SEROLOGY; VETERINARY; ZOONOSES;

ANIMALIA; BOS; BOS INDICUS; BOVINAE; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIRA BATAVIAE; LEPTOSPIRA INTERROGANS; LEPTOSPIRA INTERROGANS SEROVAR HARDJO;

ABATTOIRS; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; PARASITIC DISEASES, ANIMAL; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEROLOGIC TESTS; TANZANIA; TUBERCULIN TEST; ZOONOSES;

EID: 84858139871     PISSN: 22211691     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S2221-1691(11)60190-1     Document Type: Article

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