A study on seroprevalence of caprine brucellosis under three livestock production systems in southern and central Ethiopia

Tropical Animal Health and Production

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 555-560

  Asmare, Kassahun ^a,e   Megersa, Bekele ^a   Denbarga, Yifat ^a   Abebe, Girma ^a   Taye, Anley ^a   Bekele, Jemere ^a   Bekele, Tesfaye ^b   Gelaye, Esayas ^c   Zewdu, Endrias ^d   Agonafir, Abebe ^a   Ayelet, Gelagay ^c   Skjerve, Eystein ^e  

^a HAWASSA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^b Oromia Pastoral Commission   (Ethiopia)

^c NATIONAL VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Ethiopia)

^d AMBO UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^e NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

Caprine brucellosis; Goats; Production systems; Risk factors; Seroprevalence

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BRUCELLA; CAPRA; CAPRA HIRCUS;

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; ROSE BENGAL;

AGE; AGGLUTINATION TEST; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BRUCELLA; BRUCELLOSIS; CHEMISTRY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; GOAT; GOAT DISEASE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL;

AGE FACTORS; AGGLUTINATION TESTS; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; BRUCELLA; BRUCELLOSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; GOAT DISEASES; GOATS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; ROSE BENGAL; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES;

EID: 84872781842     PISSN: 00494747     EISSN: 15737438     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11250-012-0258-2     Document Type: Article

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