Risk factors associated with anthrax in cattle on smallholdings

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 140, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1888-1895

  Biswas, P K ^a   Islam, M Z ^a   Shil, S K ^a   Chakraborty, R K ^b   Ahmed, S S U ^a   Christensen, J P ^c  

^a Chittagong Government Veterinary College   (Bangladesh)

^b Department of Livestock Services ^*  (Bangladesh)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Anthrax; epidemiology; risk assessment; zoonoses

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CARE; ANIMAL FOOD; ANTHRAX; ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CATTLE DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EICHHORNIA CRASSIPES; EPIDEMIC; FOOD HANDLING; GRASS; INFECTION RISK; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; ANTHRAX; BANGLADESH; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; EICHHORNIA; POACEAE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84865463167     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: 14694409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268811002408     Document Type: Article

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