The status of bovine brucellosis in Ethiopia with special emphasis on exotic and cross bred cattle in dairy and breeding farms

Acta Tropica

Volumn 126, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 186-192

  Asmare, K ^a,e   Sibhat, B ^b   Molla, W ^c   Ayelet, G ^d,e   Shiferaw, J ^d   Martin, A D ^e   Skjerve, E ^e   Godfroid, J ^e  

^a HAWASSA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^b HARAMAYA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GONDAR   (Ethiopia)

^d NATIONAL VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Ethiopia)

^e NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

Biosecurity; Bovine brucellosis; CFT; Herd; RBPT; Seroprevalence

Indexed keywords

CATTLE; COMMERCIAL SPECIES; DAIRY FARMING; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE PREVALENCE; REGULATORY FRAMEWORK; RISK FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BOVIDS; BRUCELLA; BRUCELLOSIS; CATTLE FARMING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS BREEDING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DAIRY CATTLE; DAIRYING; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ETHIOPIA; EXOTIC CATTLE; INFECTION RISK; NONHUMAN; RISK FACTOR; SEROPREVALENCE; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; SUBURBAN AREA; URBAN AREA;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; BRUCELLOSIS, BOVINE; CATTLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ETHIOPIA; LIVESTOCK; RISK FACTORS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES;

ETHIOPIA;

ANIMALIA; BOS; BOVINAE; BRUCELLA;

EID: 84875286694     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: 18736254     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2013.02.015     Document Type: Article

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