Autor:	C.J. Daborn, J. Nyange, Rudovick Kazwala, J. M. Sharp, Dominic M. Kambarage, S.F.H. Jiwa
Rok vydání:	2001
Předmět:	Veterinary medicine medicine.medical_specialty General Veterinary biology Significant difference General Medicine biology.organism_classification Lactating cattle Tanzania Animal science Grazing Epidemiology Bovine tuberculosis Herd medicine Tuberculin test
Zdroj:	Veterinary Research Communications. 25:609-614
ISSN:	0165-7380
DOI:	10.1023/a:1012757011524
Popis:	A study was conducted in the Southern Highlands of Tanzania to determine the prevalence of bovine tuberculosis and the risk factors associated with the occurrence of the disease in cattle of different categories and in different climatic zones. The overall prevalence of the disease was 13.2%, and 51% of the herds tested contained reactor cattle. Assessment of risk factors was based on comparisons of the reactivity of the cattle in the single comparative intradermal tuberculin test (SCITT). Older cattle were more affected by the disease than yearlings and calves (p 0.05). However, significantly more (14.6%) lactating cattle reacted in the SCITT than did non-lactating cows (12.0%) (p
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