Prevalence and risk factors for infection of bovine tuberculosis in indigenous cattle in the Serengeti ecosystem, Tanzania

BMC Veterinary Research

Volumn 9, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Katale, Bugwesa Z ^a,b   Mbugi, Erasto V ^a   Karimuribo, Esron D ^c   Keyyu, Julius D ^b   Kendall, Sharon ^d   Kibiki, Gibson S ^e   Godfrey Faussett, Peter ^f   Michel, Anita L ^g   Kazwala, Rudovick R ^c   van Helden, Paul ^h   Matee, Mecky I ^a  

^a MUHIMBILI UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH AND ALLIED SCIENCES   (Tanzania)

^b TANZANIA WILDLIFE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Tanzania)

^c SOKOINE UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Tanzania)

^d ROYAL VETERINARY COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^e KILIMANJARO CHRISTIAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE   (Tanzania)

^f LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^h UNIVERSITY OF STELLENBOSCH   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Bovine tuberculosis; Human animal interface; Mycobacterium bovis; Risk factors; Serengeti ecosystem; Wildlife

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; ATYPICAL MYCOBACTERIUM; AVES; BOS; BOVINAE; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BOVINE TUBERCULOSIS; CATTLE; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; TANZANIA; TUBERCULIN TEST; WILD ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; CATTLE; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; MALE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; TANZANIA; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS, BOVINE;

EID: 84891350863     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17466148     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1746-6148-9-267     Document Type: Article

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