Low prevalence of bovine tuberculosis in Somali pastoral livestock, southeast Ethiopia

Tropical Animal Health and Production

Volumn 44, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1445-1450

  Gumi, Balako ^a,c   Schelling, Esther ^b   Firdessa, Rebuma ^c   Erenso, Girume ^c   Biffa, Demelash ^d   Aseffa, Abraham ^c   Tschopp, Rea ^b,c   Yamuah, Lawrence ^c   Young, Douglas ^e   Zinsstag, Jakob ^b  

^a JIMMA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^b SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^c ARMAUER HANSEN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Ethiopia)

^d HAWASSA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^e IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

CIDT, bovine tuberculosis, camel, cattle, goats; Ethiopia; Pastoralist; Somali region

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; BOVINE TUBERCULOSIS; CAMEL; CATTLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; GOAT; GOAT DISEASE; INTRACUTANEOUS TEST; LIVESTOCK; MALE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; CAMELS; CATTLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; GOAT DISEASES; GOATS; INTRADERMAL TESTS; LIVESTOCK; MALE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS, BOVINE;

ANIMALIA; AVES; BOS; BOVINAE; CAMELIDAE; CAPRA HIRCUS; MYCOBACTERIUM;

EID: 84866170393     PISSN: 00494747     EISSN: 15737438     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11250-012-0085-5     Document Type: Article

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