High Prevalence of Bovine Tuberculosis in Dairy Cattle in Central Ethiopia: Implications for the Dairy Industry and Public Health

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 12, 2012, Pages

  Firdessa, Rebuma ^a,g   Tschopp, Rea ^a,d,f   Wubete, Alehegne ^b   Sombo, Melaku ^b   Hailu, Elena ^a   Erenso, Girume ^a   Kiros, Teklu ^a   Yamuah, Lawrence ^a   Vordermeier, Martin ^e   Hewinson, R Glyn ^e   Young, Douglas ^d   Gordon, Stephen V ^c   Sahile, Mesfin ^b   Aseffa, Abraham ^a   Berg, Stefan ^e  

^a ARMAUER HANSEN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Ethiopia)

^b National Animal Health Diagnostic and Investigation Center   (Ethiopia)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^d IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e VETERINARY LABORATORIES AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

^f SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^g UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BOVINE TUBERCULOSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAIRY CATTLE; DAIRY INDUSTRY; ETHIOPIA; GENOTYPE; MOLECULAR TYPING; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; TUBERCULIN TEST;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; DAIRYING; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MALE; MILK; MOLECULAR TYPING; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK FACTORS; TUBERCULOSIS, BOVINE;

ANIMALIA; BACILLI (CLASS); BOS; BOS INDICUS; BOVINAE; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS;

EID: 84871709202     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0052851     Document Type: Article

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