Bovine Tuberculosis and Brucellosis in Cattle and African Buffalo in the Limpopo National Park, Mozambique

Transboundary and Emerging Diseases

Volumn 62, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 632-638

  Tanner, M ^a,b   Inlameia, O ^c   Michel, A ^d   Maxlhuza, G ^e   Pondja, A ^c   Fafetine, J ^c   Macucule, B ^e   Zacarias, M ^e   Manguele, J ^e   Moiane, I C ^c   Marranangumbe, A S ^f   Mulandane, F ^c   Schonfeld C ^b   Moser, I ^b   van Helden, P ^g   Machado, A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (Germany)

^c EDUARDO MONDLANE UNIVERSITY   (Mozambique)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^e Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security   (Mozambique)

^f Agriculture Research Institute of Mozambique   (Mozambique)

^g UNIVERSITY OF STELLENBOSCH   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Brucellosis; Buffalo; Cattle; Limpopo; Tuberculosis; Wildlife livestock human interface

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; BOVINE; BRUCELLOSIS; BUFFALO; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; LIVESTOCK; MOZAMBIQUE; PREVALENCE; RECREATIONAL PARK; SOUTH AFRICA; TUBERCULOSIS, BOVINE; VETERINARY; WILD ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; BRUCELLOSIS; BUFFALOES; CATTLE; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; LIVESTOCK; MOZAMBIQUE; PARKS, RECREATIONAL; PREVALENCE; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SOUTH AFRICA; TUBERCULOSIS, BOVINE;

EID: 84945472526     PISSN: 18651674     EISSN: 18651682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/tbed.12210     Document Type: Article

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