Journal
TROPICAL ANIMAL HEALTH AND PRODUCTION
Volume 33, Issue 4, Pages 295-303Publisher
KLUWER ACADEMIC PUBL
DOI: 10.1023/A:1010531802372
Keywords
breed; cattle; dairy; epidemiology; herd size; housing; Mycobacterium bovis; tuberculin
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Bovine tuberculosis in dairy cattle in Asmara, Eritrea, was studied using a cross-sectional study to describe its prevalence and to identify factors associated with it. A total of 72 randomly selected herds were included in the study. The comparative intradermal tuberculin test was used for the diagnosis. Of 1813 individual animals tested, 14.5% were reactors. Thirty herds (41.7%) had at least one reactor but, by defining a reactor herd as any herd with two or more reactors, only 19 (26.4%) herds were classified as reactor herds. Based upon individual animal specificity of 98.5%, the calculated herd specificity was > 99%. A multiple logistic model showed that the presence of exotic breeds was associated with a high risk (odds ratio = 5.70; 95% confidence interval 1.13-28.8). An increased risk was also linked to large herds. Keeping the animals always indoors reduced the risk, but could not be fitted to the model owing to empty cells.
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