Seroepidemiological survey of bovine brucellosis in cattle under a traditional production system in western Ethiopia

OIE Revue Scientifique et Technique

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 765-773

  Adugna, K E ^a   Agga, G E ^a   Zewde, G ^a  

^a ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Bovine; Brucellosis; Complement fixation test; Ethiopia; Rose Bengal test; Seroprevalence; Western Ethiopia

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; BRUCELLOSIS; CATTLE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; MICROBIOLOGY; SEROLOGY; VETERINARY ABORTION;

ABORTION, VETERINARY; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; BRUCELLOSIS, BOVINE; CATTLE; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SEROLOGIC TESTS;

EID: 84898450437     PISSN: 02531933     EISSN: 16080645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.20506/rst.32.2.2218     Document Type: Article

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