Serological prevalence of leptospirosis in cattle slaughtered in the Zango abattoir in Zaria, Kaduna State, Nigeria;Sieroprevalenza di leptospirosi in bovini macellati nel macello Zango in Zaria, nello stato di Kaduna, in Nigeria

Veterinaria Italiana

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 179-184

  Ngbede, Emmanuel O ^a   Raji, Mashood A ^a   Kwanashie, Clara N ^a   Okolocha, Emmanuel C ^a   Gugong, Victor T ^a   Hambolu, Sunday E ^a  

^a AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Abattoir; Abattoir worker; Butcher; Cattle; ELISA; Enzyme linked immunosorbent assay; Hardjo; Leptospira spp; Leptospirosis; Nigeria; Public health; Zoonosis

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; IMMUNOLOGY; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MALE; NIGERIA; SLAUGHTERHOUSE;

ABATTOIRS; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; FEMALE; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MALE; NIGERIA; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES;

ANIMALIA; BOS; LEPTOSPIRA;

EID: 84862869531     PISSN: 0505401X     EISSN: 18281427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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