Knowledge and practices related to bovine brucellosis transmission amongst livestock workers in yewa, south-western Nigeria

Journal of the South African Veterinary Association

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Adesokan, Hezekiah K ^a   Alabi, Peter I ^a   Stack, Judy A ^b   Cadmus, Simeon I B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

^b VETERINARY LABORATORIES AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ANIMAL HOUSING; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BRUCELLA; BRUCELLOSIS; COW; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HEALTH; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; HYGIENE; INTERVIEW; KNOWLEDGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEAT; MILK; NIGERIA; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CATTLE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FOOD CONTROL; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; QUESTIONNAIRE; YOUNG ADULT; ZOONOSIS; AGRICULTURAL WORKERS' DISEASES; BOVINAE; BRUCELLOSIS, BOVINE; TRANSMISSION; ZOONOSES;

NEOPTERIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGRICULTURAL WORKERS' DISEASES; ANIMALS; BRUCELLOSIS, BOVINE; CATTLE; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPTERIN; NIGERIA; QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT; ZOONOSES;

EID: 84876344449     PISSN: 10199128     EISSN: 22249435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4102/jsava.v84i1.121     Document Type: Article

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