Occurrence of rift valley fever in cattle in Ijara district, Kenya

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 117, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 121-128

  Owange, Nelson O ^a,d   Ogara, William O ^a   Affognon, Hippolyte ^d   Peter, Gathura B ^a   Kasiiti, Jacqueline ^b   Okuthe, Sam ^c   Onyango Ouma, W ^e   Landmann, Tobias ^d   Sang, Rosemary ^d,f   Mbabu, Murithi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

^b Ministry of Agriculture   (Kenya)

^c FAO Emergency Centre for Transboundary Animal Diseases (ECTAD) Eastern Africa FAO UN   (Kenya)

^d INTERNATIONAL CENTRE OF INSECT PHYSIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY ICIPE   (Kenya)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

^f KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; In cattle; Maintenance; Occurrence; Rift valley fever; Sero prevalence

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; RAIN; VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL; BLOOD; BOVINE; CATTLE DISEASES; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; KENYA; RIFT VALLEY FEVER; SEASON; TIME; VETERINARY;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; KENYA; RAIN; RIFT VALLEY FEVER; SEASONS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84910131227     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2014.08.008     Document Type: Article

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