Prevalence and risk-mapping of bovine brucellosis in Maranhão State, Brazil

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 110, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 169-176

  Borba, M R ^a,b   Stevenson, M A ^c   Goncalves V S P ^d   Neto, J S Ferreira ^a   Ferreira, F ^a   Amaku, M ^a   Telles, E O ^a   Santana, S S ^e   Ferreira, J C A ^f   Lobo J R ^g   Figueiredo, V C F ^g   Dias, R A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b Bolsista CAPES Foundation   (Brazil)

^c MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

^e Fiscal Estadual Agropecuário da Agência Estadual de Defesa Agropecuária do Maranhão   (Brazil)

^f Pecuária e Abastecimento no Estado do Maranhão SFA MA MAPA   (Brazil)

^g PECUÁRIA E ABASTECIMENTO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brazil; Brucellosis; Cattle; Prevalence; Risk factors; Spatial analysis

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; MERCAPTOETHANOL; ROSE BENGAL;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BLOOD; BRAZIL; BRUCELLA; BRUCELLOSIS; CATTLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC MAPPING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ANIMALS; BRAZIL; BRUCELLA; BRUCELLOSIS, BOVINE; CATTLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC MAPPING; LOGISTIC MODELS; MERCAPTOETHANOL; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; ROSE BENGAL; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES;

ANIMALIA; BOS; BOVINAE;

EID: 84877003894     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2012.11.013     Document Type: Article

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