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| Leite,Ricardo de Miranda Henriques; Thompson,James Alan; Gonçalves,Vítor Salvador Picão; Leite,Rômulo Cerqueira; Bandeira,Dimas A.; Lage,Andrey Pereira. |
| A serosurvey was conducted to estimate the prevalence of bovine brucellosis in the State of Paraíba, Brazil. A random sample of six municipalities was selected from each of three ecoregions of the State: the Agreste/Litoral region (1), the Cariri/Curimatau region (2) and the Sertão region (3). These 18 municipalities were divided in quadrants and one herd was selected at random from each quadrant. The sampling scheme included herds with more than 50 bovines, which excludes small-holder subsistence livestock production. At least 32 animals were sampled within each herd, stratified in four age categories, as follows: (1) at least 8 animals under 6 months of age, (2) at least 8 animals of 7 to 18 months of age, (3) at least 8 animals of 19 to 30 months of age... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Brucellosis; Epidemiology; Cattle; Paraíba; Brazil. |
| Ano: 2003 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1413-95962003000900002 |
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