Prevalence of bovine tuberculosis in pastoral cattle herds in the Oromia region, southern Ethiopia

Tropical Animal Health and Production

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1081-1087

  Gumi, Balako ^a,c   Schelling, Esther ^b   Firdessa, Rebuma ^c   Aseffa, Abraham ^c   Tschopp, Rea ^b,c   Yamuah, Lawrence ^c   Young, Douglas ^d   Zinsstag, Jakob ^b  

^a JIMMA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^b SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^c ARMAUER HANSEN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Ethiopia)

^d IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bovine tuberculosis; Oromia; Pastoralist; Prevalence; South Ethiopia

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BOS; BOVINAE; CAMELIDAE; CAPRA HIRCUS;

EID: 85027948218     PISSN: 00494747     EISSN: 15737438     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11250-010-9777-x     Document Type: Article

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