The milk delivery chain and presence of Brucella spp. antibodies in bulk milk in Uganda

Tropical Animal Health and Production

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 985-994

  Rock, Kim Toeroek ^a   Mugizi, Denis Rwabiita ^b   Ståhl, Karl ^c   Magnusson, Ulf ^a   Boqvist, Sofia ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

^c NATIONAL VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Brucellosis; Food security; Livestock; Small holder; Sub Saharan Africa; Zoonosis

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BOVINE; BRUCELLA; BRUCELLOSIS; DAIRYING; DRINKING; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MILK; PROCEDURES; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; TRANSMISSION; UGANDA; VETERINARY;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; BRUCELLA; BRUCELLOSIS; CATTLE; DAIRYING; DRINKING; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MILK; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; UGANDA;

EID: 84962314343     PISSN: 00494747     EISSN: 15737438     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11250-016-1052-3     Document Type: Article

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