Current Prevalence of Tuberculous Lesions among Slaughtered Cattle in Northeastern States of Nigeria
An abattoir study on the prevalence of bovine tuberculosis in six cattle-producing states of Nigeria was carried out from 2000 to 2004. Out of 302,700 slaughtered head of cattle examined postmortem, 4.05% (CI: 3.12, 4.98) had tuberculosis lesions. The annual prevalences during the study period varie...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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CIRAD
2009-01-01
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| Series: | Revue d’Elevage et de Médecine Vétérinaire des Pays Tropicaux |
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| Online Access: | http://revues.cirad.fr/index.php/REMVT/article/view/10088 |