Mortality in East African shorthorn zebu cattle under one year: Predictors of infectious-disease mortality

BMC Veterinary Research

Volumn 9, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Thumbi, Samuel M ^a,f,g   Bronsvoort, Mark B ^b   Kiara, Henry ^c   Toye, P G ^c   Poole, Jane ^c   Ndila, Mary ^c   Conradie, Ilana ^e   Jennings, Amy ^b   Handel, Ian G ^b   Coetzer, J A W ^e   Steyl, Johan ^e   Hanotte, Olivier ^d   Woolhouse, Mark E J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c INTERNATIONAL LIVESTOCK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^f WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Cattle; Infectious disease; Mortality

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BOS; BOS INDICUS; STRONGYLOIDEA; THEILERIA; TRYPANOSOMA; VERMES;

AFRICA; AGING; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; MORTALITY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RISK FACTOR; TIME;

AFRICA, EASTERN; AGING; ANIMALS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84883546956     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17466148     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1746-6148-9-175     Document Type: Article

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