Bovine tuberculosis and brucellosis prevalence in cattle from selected milk cooperatives in Arsi zone, Oromia region, Ethiopia

BMC Veterinary Research

Volumn 9, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Tschopp, Rea ^a,c,g   Abera, Birhanu ^d   Sourou, Sabi Yao ^b,e   Guerne Bleich, Emmanuelle ^b   Aseffa, Abraham ^a   Wubete, Alehegne ^f   Zinsstag, Jakob ^c   Young, Douglas ^g  

^a ARMAUER HANSEN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Ethiopia)

^b Food and Agriculture Organization   (Ethiopia)

^c SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^d Asella Regional Veterinary Laboratory   (Ethiopia)

^e KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

^g NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bovine brucellosis; Bovine tuberculosis; Cattle; Disease prevalence; Ethiopia; Milk cooperatives

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BOS; BOVINAE; CANIS FAMILIARIS; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM COMPLEX; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM-INTRACELLULARE;

ANIMAL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BOVINAE; BRUCELLOSIS, BOVINE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DAIRYING; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; FOOD HANDLING; MICROBIOLOGY; MILK; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; TUBERCULOSIS, BOVINE; ARTICLE; BOVINE TUBERCULOSIS; BRUCELLOSIS; CATTLE;

ANIMALS; BRUCELLOSIS, BOVINE; CATTLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DAIRYING; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; FOOD HANDLING; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; MILK; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; TUBERCULOSIS, BOVINE;

EID: 84881292634     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17466148     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1746-6148-9-163     Document Type: Article

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