Seroprevalence of brucellosis among livestock workers at Maiduguri cattle market, Borno State, North Eastern, Nigeria

Nuhu Bala Adamu; Solomon Olushola Adeniyi; Shuaibu Gidado Adamu*; James Olaniyi Olabode Bale; Anthony Ekle Joseph Okoh; Gali Abaka Umaru; Yahaya Abdullahi Umar

doi:10.5897/JPHE2015.0738

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Public Health and Epidemiology

Abbreviation: J. Public Health Epidemiol.
Language: English
ISSN: 2141-2316
DOI: 10.5897/JPHE
Start Year: 2009
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Seroprevalence of brucellosis among livestock workers at Maiduguri cattle market, Borno State, North Eastern, Nigeria

Nuhu Bala Adamu

Nuhu Bala Adamu
Department of Veterinary Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Maiduguri, Nigeria.
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Solomon Olushola Adeniyi

Solomon Olushola Adeniyi
Department of Veterinary Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Maiduguri, Nigeria.
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Shuaibu Gidado Adamu*

Shuaibu Gidado Adamu*
Department of Veterinary Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Maiduguri, Nigeria.
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James Olaniyi Olabode Bale

James Olaniyi Olabode Bale
National Animal Production Research Institute, Animal Reproduction Research Programme, Ahmadu Bello University Zaria, Nigeria.
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Anthony Ekle Joseph Okoh

Anthony Ekle Joseph Okoh
Department of Veterinary Public Health and Preventive Medicine, University of Agriculture, Makurdi, Nigeria
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Gali Abaka Umaru

Gali Abaka Umaru
Department of Animal Health, College of Agriculture, Jalingo, Taraba State, Nigeria
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Yahaya Abdullahi Umar

Yahaya Abdullahi Umar
Department of Biological Sciences, Nigerian Defence Academy, Kaduna, Nigeria.
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Article Number - 3C9303B54201
Vol.7(8), pp. 253-257 , August 2015
https://doi.org/10.5897/JPHE2015.0738

Received: 02 May 2015
Accepted: 05 June 2015
Published: 31 August 2015

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